I saw "Max", starring Thomas Haden Church-We Bought a Zoo, Spider-Man 3; Lauren Graham-Gilmore Girls_tv, Bad Santa; Josh Wiggins-this is his second movie with Hellion being his first; Robbie Amell-Firestorm in The Flash_tv, Cheaper By the Dozen 2, FYI:he is the cousin of Stephen Amell who plays the Arrow; Luke Kleintank-Bones_tv, Gossip Girl_tv and of course Max-who is a Belgian Malinois, which is a type of Belgian Shepherd, was actually played by about 5 different dogs.
This is a family friendly film about a dog hero that is sort of in the style of the old Rin Tin Tin and Lassie adventures. Thomas plays a retired Marine that is married to Lauren. Robbie and Josh are their two sons, with Robbie being older and in the Marines, like dear old dad and Josh is a stay at home video gamer, when he is not riding his bicycle in the park with his friends. Robbie is the dog handler to Max, a highly trained search & rescue dog that is used in Afghanistan to find enemy weapons. Luke is a childhood friend of Robbie's and is in the same squad, but he has a side business going on that involves smuggling guns back home to certain persons of interest. After Robbie is killed on a mission, Max is sent back stateside, along with Robbie's body, because he develops PTSD just like regular soldiers do. It is soon evident that Max won't be usable on anymore missions and is set to be put down, when Josh discovers that he has a bond with him-being Robbie's brother probably has something to do with that. Luke also shows up to check on how his side business is going on with the Mexican cartels. Well, if you guess that Max and Josh get involved in his business, then I'm not going to tell you any differently. As the end credits start, they show pictures of other dogs that have been in service to the military but there is nothing at the very end. It's rated "PG" for violence and some mild language and has a running time of 1 hour & 51 minutes. I enjoyed it enough that I would buy it on DVD.
This is a family friendly film about a dog hero that is sort of in the style of the old Rin Tin Tin and Lassie adventures. Thomas plays a retired Marine that is married to Lauren. Robbie and Josh are their two sons, with Robbie being older and in the Marines, like dear old dad and Josh is a stay at home video gamer, when he is not riding his bicycle in the park with his friends. Robbie is the dog handler to Max, a highly trained search & rescue dog that is used in Afghanistan to find enemy weapons. Luke is a childhood friend of Robbie's and is in the same squad, but he has a side business going on that involves smuggling guns back home to certain persons of interest. After Robbie is killed on a mission, Max is sent back stateside, along with Robbie's body, because he develops PTSD just like regular soldiers do. It is soon evident that Max won't be usable on anymore missions and is set to be put down, when Josh discovers that he has a bond with him-being Robbie's brother probably has something to do with that. Luke also shows up to check on how his side business is going on with the Mexican cartels. Well, if you guess that Max and Josh get involved in his business, then I'm not going to tell you any differently. As the end credits start, they show pictures of other dogs that have been in service to the military but there is nothing at the very end. It's rated "PG" for violence and some mild language and has a running time of 1 hour & 51 minutes. I enjoyed it enough that I would buy it on DVD.