
A-X-L
3
(1.6K)
Science Fiction
Action
Adventure
Family
2018
98 min
PG
The life of a teenage boy is forever altered by a chance encounter with cutting edge military technology.
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Science Fiction
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Adventure
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"I wasn't sure whether to like or dislike. I did enjoy it and I want more, but there were a lot of bad parts.
For example, in the beginning, you can tell they couldn't think of a good reason to have the boy meet the dog. None of it is believable. He runs away and drives off, then immediately goes back, and to top matters off, the dog chases him back through there? Yeah, no. Lazy writing.
Then, the characters are both predictable and stupid. Like at first you think you can like them, then they make no sense. Sam, I thought it wasn't going to be an entitiled dirtbag, then that backfired. Not in a good way. The villain seems to have purpose, but again, it's really just lazy writing. At first hes happy with everything, then that suddenly takes a turn, and he's done letting them do whatever. He goes from idiotic scientist (who I thought would become an ally for a moment) to crazed lunatic.
There's also no consequences to anything. It's just a lot of thrown together ideas.
So why did I like it? Well. . .first off, I did like some of the expectation subversions. Sarah is subpar, yet her moment with AXL at the end, I truly love. It's good and a callback. Miles is fine, and his dedication to AXL makes sense it just doesn't feel genuine. That's what it lacks. Yes, the characters do stuff, but you don't feel they should. It lacks the execution despite being well put together.
In honesty, as I wrote this, I realized more and more why I dislike it. But despite that, I know the moment there's a show or sequel, I'm gonna watch it. Yes, it's dumb & full of lazy writing, but I enjoy the concept. I just think a different way of going about it could really push things over the edge and make it great."
"Can't say enough about this movie. Great storyline, and many of edge of your seat moments. The way that the storylines intertwined from the beginning all the way to the end is uncanny. It should be noted that the film feels like a movie that would have been aired on Nickelodeon or even on Disney from how well the film is written out. Would highly recommend watching this movie if you are able to."
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Michael Daugherty