Fusing elements of science fiction and family drama, Max Beyond offers an intriguing premise that, in other hands, could have made for quite a compelling feature. As an animated film born of a collaborative effort between director Hasraf Dulull and video game developers looking to build their story and characters, it shows flashes of inventiveness amidst technical troubles that undermine the whole.
Set in a futuristic dystopia controlled by sinister corporations, the film’s central narrative follows brothers Leon and Max Walker as the latter uses powers of teleportation between parallel universes to search for a reality where the former succeeds in rescuing him from captivity. A high-concept plotline with potential for deep philosophical musings on the nature of choice, fate, and what connects us across space and time. Yet inconsistencies in animation quality and an overly repetitive rescue structure keep it from realizing its full vision.
With a larger...
Set in a futuristic dystopia controlled by sinister corporations, the film’s central narrative follows brothers Leon and Max Walker as the latter uses powers of teleportation between parallel universes to search for a reality where the former succeeds in rescuing him from captivity. A high-concept plotline with potential for deep philosophical musings on the nature of choice, fate, and what connects us across space and time. Yet inconsistencies in animation quality and an overly repetitive rescue structure keep it from realizing its full vision.
With a larger...
- 7/6/2024
- by Naser Nahandian
- Gazettely
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