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Maximum Ride (2016)

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Six children, genetically cross-bred with avian DNA, complete with wings, take flight around the country to discover their origins while on the run from a secret Government agency. REVIEW: I was never a big fan of the Maximum Ride book series by James Patterson. I liked the story it told well enough but the writing was atrocious, thus I never continued on past the first book, so I'm in no way a fan of this property. With that said, since I did enjoy the story I was pretty excited to check out the movie when it premiered on Video on Demand services earlier this year. Good lord, this is one bad movie. The acting from pretty much everyone is painfully bad (Allie Marie Evans as the main character Max is half-decent and shows promise but everyone else - youch ), however I can't really fault the young actors too much because the scripted dialog that they're given to work with is horribly awkward and just all-around abysmal. Even seasoned actors would have tr...