Max Reload and the Nether Blasters is a film about Max Jenkins (Tom Plumley), a conceited teenage gamer who takes his friends and everyone around him for granted. And this is by no means a movie that I will be returning to watch again, even though I am a child of the 1980s myself. While I managed to sit through it, it wasn't a particularly outstanding or memorable movie experience for me. My rating of "Max Reload and the Nether Blasters" is a mere four out of ten stars. All in all, "Max Reload and the Nether Blasters" turned out to be a less than mediocre movie that mostly aim at gamers and hardcore pop culture nerds, while leaving less entertainment value to the rest of us mainstream audience members. The acting in the movie was adequate, but the lack of an overly interesting or captivating storyline was sort of serving as a ball and chain around the actors and actresses' performances. There were no surprises along the course of the story as it unfolded on the screen. Because it felt like directors Scott Conditt and Jeremy Tremp were just running on auto-pilot mode. The storyline was straight forward, but a bit too much so. But ultimately the movie was just too mundane and generic - not to mention predictable. Sure, there was a really nice 1980s vibe to the movie, and lots of interesting and fun references and Easter eggs throughout the movie. And now that I have just finished watching movie, I must admit that I am left with a sensation of "was that really it?" in the wake of the movie. Personally, I can't claim to have an ounce of interest in Kevin Smith, so there was no hype for me there. Then I saw that Greg Grunberg, Wil Wheaton, Martin Kove and Lin Shaye were on the cast list, and I must admit that sparked a bit of hope for the movie. So I didn't know what I should be expecting from the movie, aside from it looking like something from the 1980s based on the cover/poster. I hadn't even heard anything about "Max Reload and the Nether Blasters" prior to getting to sit down and watching this 2020 movie from Scott Conditt and Jeremy Tremp. What should you watch instead? I recommend RUN LOLA RUN (1998). Just because it is a low budget movie doesn't mean that it has to suck so much. The special fx are pretty weak, but that is expected. This movie almost seems like it was made by someone who doesn't know anything about gaming. Then it jumps to a game that has 8-bit/16-bit graphics. What does that mean? Well, the main character plays an atari game that, at first, shows that it has the type of graphics expected in an atari game. such as the fact that the classic game is bound to the gaming system's graphics. The movie follows no rules set by classic gaming. who never leaves one room and probably filmed all his scenes within a couple of hours. quasi-handsome lead male who acquires the girl after proving his bravery, chubby comic relief, semi-attractive nerdy girl who has affection for the lead male all throughout the movie but has an ex-boyfriend who hates the lead male and progresses from being interested in a super hot male to acquiring the lead male, quasi-jock ex-boyfriend who chews bubble gum and hates the lead male, quasi-hot supporting male that saves the day and sacrifices his life for everyone, bumbling vietnam-vet alcoholic grandpa who takes care of his grandson because the parents died and he shows interest in his grandson's hobbies, supporting old man idols that the younger cast need to consult in order to save the world, and Kevin Smith. The cast includes the typical post-2010's characters (which is a rehash of the typical post-1980's characters). This movie is pretty horrible to be honest. There is actually more modern day references to video gaming than there is nostalgic. What nostalgia? Nerd gamer talk and a fake coleco vision commercial? This movie isn't nostalgic.
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