

But when the grieving dog spies the flag-covered casket, he silently drapes his front paws over it and bows his head.Īsk Kyle’s father, since he would rather not deal with this living reminder of his elder son’s demise. A distraught Max, discharged from his duties and returned to the States, strains angrily at the leash held by Marines as they pay their respects to their comrade during a church funeral service.
#THE MAX FULL MOVIE MOVIE#
Their world soon is turned upside-down and the movie pounces upon its first opportunity to draw tears after Kyle is killed under uncertain circumstances during a mission. That would be Kyle’s brother, Justin ( Josh Wiggins), who resents the bond between his father and his heroic sibling and acts out by secretly selling pirated copies of video games to his acquaintances. That’s because proud mom Pamela ( Lauren Graham in God-fearing matron mode) and dad Ray (a more-dour-than-usual Thomas Haden Church as a Desert Storm vet left hobbled from a grievous injury) attempt to engage in upbeat pleasantries while trying to ignore the surly video-game-playing adolescent elephant in the room. When Kyle engages in a Skype session with the folks back home in small-town Texas, there is palpable tension in the air.

Lassie and her child companions often got into some dicey scrapes, but as much as I can recall, they usually didn’t result in much of a body count.īut before such illegal activity becomes the focus, we are quickly introduced to Marine Kyle Wincott ( Robbie Amell) and the mighty Max himself, a sleekly handsome Belgian Malinois and the current breed of choice for sniffing out danger on the frontlines. But matters go astray midway through when too much time is spent on a far-fetched subplot about a gang of Mexican arms dealers that obtains its contraband weapons from a corrupt American soldier.
