Review: 'Max,' about a kid, his dog and those gun smugglers
What better time for a heartwarming caper movie about a troubled but noble Texas teen, his troubled but noble dog, and those crazy mean gun smugglers they tangle with?
Billed as a family adventure, this movie is probably best described as a mix of "Lassie" and "No Country for Old Men."
[...] tragedy strikes, and Kyle is killed.
Back in Texas, the Wincott family — Mom Pamela (Lauren Graham, totally underused), Dad Ray (Thomas Haden Church) and teenager Justin (Josh Wiggins) — are grieving at the funeral when they meet Max, who, heartbreakingly, knows his boss is in the coffin.
Soon, Justin and Max are fast friends, nursing each other through tough times.
Trouble comes in the form of Tyler Harne (Luke Kleintank), Kyle's childhood buddy and fellow Marine, back from Afghanistan.
Soon, Justin, Max, Carmen and Chuy are off on a mystery-solving adventure in the woods — just three kids, a couple bikes, and a dog.
Max," a Warner Bros. release, is rated PG by the Motion Picture Association of America "for action violence, peril, brief language and some thematic elements.