After the fun of Vicious Fun (2020-also reviewed) I was pleased to see another 80's-set genre flick being presented at GRIMM Fest,leading to me meeting Max Reload.
View on the film:
Aiming to evoke the warm glow of the Family Adventure flicks of the 80's, the screenplay by co-writers/co-directors Scott Conditt & Jeremy Tremp sadly miss their target,due to little urgency coming across in Max and his interchangeable buddies sprint to save the world from a boo-hiss baddie,with 8-Bit gaming lingo dialogue coming off as being forced into an Adventure that suffers from stop/start glitches.
Whilst the coding for the script sadly turns out faulty, the directors display their love for video games with vibrant 8-Bit animation, slick whip-pans towards Max and his pals fighting to defeat the cursed Colecovision game, and neon-lit wide-shots on Kevin Smith unloading gaming trivia in the game shop,as Max reloads.
View on the film:
Aiming to evoke the warm glow of the Family Adventure flicks of the 80's, the screenplay by co-writers/co-directors Scott Conditt & Jeremy Tremp sadly miss their target,due to little urgency coming across in Max and his interchangeable buddies sprint to save the world from a boo-hiss baddie,with 8-Bit gaming lingo dialogue coming off as being forced into an Adventure that suffers from stop/start glitches.
Whilst the coding for the script sadly turns out faulty, the directors display their love for video games with vibrant 8-Bit animation, slick whip-pans towards Max and his pals fighting to defeat the cursed Colecovision game, and neon-lit wide-shots on Kevin Smith unloading gaming trivia in the game shop,as Max reloads.