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{{short description|2016 science fiction film}}
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| name = Maximum Ride
| name = Maximum Ride
| image =
| image = Maximum Ride poster.jpg
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| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Jay Martin
| director = Jay Martin
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| screenplay = Angelique Hanus <br />Jesse Spears
| screenplay = Angelique Hanus <br />Jesse Spears
| based on = {{Based on|''[[Maximum Ride]]''|[[James Patterson]]}}
| based_on = {{Based on|''[[Maximum Ride]]''|[[James Patterson]]}}
| starring = Allie Marie Evans
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* Allie Marie Evans
* [[Patrick Johnson (actor)|Patrick Johnson]]
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| music = Bowie Dinkel<br>Kelvin Pimont
* [[Lyliana Wray]]
* Luke Gregory Crosby
* [[Gavin Lewis]]
* Tetona Jackson
* [[Zayne Emory]]
* Carrie Wampler
* [[Peter O'Brien (actor)|Peter O'Brien]]
}}
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| music = Bowie Dinkel<br />Kelvin Pimont
| cinematography = Ed Wu
| cinematography = Ed Wu
| editing = Joel Griffen
| editing = Joel Griffen
| studio = JP Entertainment<br>[[Studio 71]]
| studio = JP Entertainment<br />[[Studio 71]]
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]<ref name="THR" />
| distributor = [[Paramount Pictures]]<ref name=thr>{{cite web|last=Scheck|first=Frank|title='Maximum Ride': Film Review|date=September 30, 2016|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/maximum-ride-review-934238|accessdate=November 4, 2016}}</ref>
| released = {{Film date|2016|08|30}}
| released = {{Film date|2016|08|30}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
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'''''Maximum Ride''''' is a 2016 American science fiction film based on the novel of the same name by [[James Patterson]]. [[YouTube]] personality [[Jenna Marbles]] served as an executive producer of the film.<ref name=thr/><ref name=ew>{{cite web|last=Collis|first=Clark|title=James Patterson adaptation Maximum Ride has wings: See the exclusive trailer|date=July 27, 2016|publisher=''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/27/maximum-ride-trailer-james-patterson|accessdate=November 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Walsh|first=Katie|title=Review Minimum budget yields minimal originality for young adult adaptation 'Maximum Ride'|date=September 29, 2016|publisher=''[[Los Angeles Times]]''|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-maximum-ride-review-20160926-snap-story.html|accessdate=November 4, 2016}}</ref>
'''''Maximum Ride''''' is a 2016 American [[science fiction film]] based on the [[Maximum Ride|novel series of the same name]] by [[James Patterson]]. It adapts the first half of ''[[Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment|The Angel Experiment]],'' the first book in the series''.'' [[YouTube]] personality [[Jenna Marbles]] served as an executive producer of the film.<ref name="THR" /><ref name=ew>{{cite magazine|last=Collis|first=Clark|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/27/maximum-ride-trailer-james-patterson|title=James Patterson adaptation Maximum Ride has wings: See the exclusive trailer|date=July 27, 2016|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]|access-date=November 4, 2016|archive-date=November 23, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123104442/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/07/27/maximum-ride-trailer-james-patterson|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Walsh|first=Katie|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-maximum-ride-review-20160926-snap-story.html|title=Review Minimum budget yields minimal originality for young adult adaptation 'Maximum Ride'|date=September 29, 2016|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=November 4, 2016|archive-date=November 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105161144/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-maximum-ride-review-20160926-snap-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
Jeb rescues Max and the other children from the School. His son Ari is left behind and presumed dead. In the present, Max is seen waking up from a dream; upon waking up, she encounters other members of the Flock. Iggy explains that they're running out of food, but Max wants to remain in the house. Angel is then captured by Erasers.
{{long plot|date=January 2017}}
Jeb wakes a young Max inside her cage and leads her out of the school to his car, where the other kids are waiting. As they drive away, Ari bursts out of the building, calling for his father.
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The Flock returns to the house and find the schools location. They decide that Fang and Max will go to rescue Angel, while the others will remain home. Ari went to the house looking for Max, but they fight him off and escape, but Ari is left alive.


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Max and Fang stop to eat on a rooftop in Utah, where Max hears a girl being attacked. Fang tells Max not to intervene, but Max flies down to help before being shot in the shoulder. Fang smashes the gunman through a window; the girl, Ella, tells him that her mother is a doctor. They rush Max to the veterinary practice where Max is operated on.
In the present, Max runs through dark woods, fleeing searchlights. She stops at the edge of a cliff and jumps, only to wake up from her dream. She goes through the house, eating breakfast and encountering other members of the Flock. Nudge wants to leave the house and go shopping, but Max forbids it. She also confiscates a bomb that Gazzy is making.
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Iggy, Gazzy and Nudge are walking through a small town. Iggy has a plan to meet up with the others at Lake Mead. Gazzy realizes Nudge is gone; they find her in a clothing store but have no idea that Ari is watching them.
Max is given the all clear by the doctor, who points out a tracking chip in her shoulder and she rejoins Fang, who is angry that Max intervened but she insists it was the right thing to do. They arrive at the cabin. As they are about to kiss, they are interrupted by a sound outside and Fang covers Max's mouth. It turns out to be Iggy, Gazzy and Nudge. Max tells them about the tracking chip. They tell her about the house and about Ari. Max leaves the cabin and Ari confronts her and seems about to overpower her, but Fang starts fighting him before he and The Flock are captured.
They recover at the School, in cages, but are initially overjoyed to find Angel. Ari arrives and escorts Max to where Jeb is waiting. Max no longer trusts Jeb who tells her that she was created to help people and save the world. He shows her a hidden note and tells her that it was Ari's choice to become an Eraser. Max leaves the room and distracts Ari enough to steal his key card.


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Meanwhile, one of the whitecoats is secretly reporting on Jeb to another authority. The woman says that the Flock is expendable, but dangerous, and must be controlled.
Iggy explains that they have six months' worth of food, which may force them to leave, but Max wants to remain in the house where Jeb left them for safety. Fang says she still thinks Jeb is coming back.

Ari returns to the cage room to taunt Max, but Max has unlocked her cage and jumps on him. She hands the key card to Iggy before Ari chases her out of the room and the Flock escapes from their cages. Ari and the Erasers corner Max, only for the Flock to arrive with a bomb made by Gazzy. Max leaps out of the way and escapes safely. Jeb arrives, calling Ari's name. The Flock stands there, watching. Jeb pleads with Max, telling her she doesn't understand but she tells him the experiments over and opens her wings.
Meanwhile, Angel senses voices and goes outside, where she is captured by Erasers. The Flock runs after her, but is too late. Ari, now an Eraser, beats Max up.

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Afterwards, the Flock walks through the woods. They pause and Max comforts Angel, only to collapse. She sees a vision of events throughout the movie, of child Ari moving to stab her with the scissors, and of New York City. When she awakens, she describes it to the Flock and they decide to go to New York City to look for more answers. The final shot is a video playing over and over again, of Max's final words to Jeb: "The experiment's over."
In a flashback, Max speaks with Ari. They talk about Jeb, and it is clear that Ari is jealous that Jeb spends more time with Max.

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Max wakes up. The Flock returns to the house and reads through Jeb's files, looking for the School's location. They find a map. It is decided that Fang and Max will go to rescue Angel, while the others, who aren't as fast at flying, will remain home with Iggy watching over them. However, Ari has stayed behind and is watching the house. He later comes in looking for Max, but encounters the younger three. They fight him off and Gazzy detonates his bomb. They escape, but behind them, Ari's fist emerges from the rubble.

Meanwhile, Angel begins to cry after extensive testing and electric shocks. A mysterious scientist instructs the others to let her rest.

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Max and Fang stop to eat on a rooftop in Moab, Utah, where Max hears a girl being attacked. They argue, and Fang tells Max not to intervene. Max seems to agree, but then flies down to help. At first she's fighting well, but then she is shot in the shoulder and collapses. Fang smashes the gunman through a window and turns to help Fang; the girl, Ella, tells him that her mother is a doctor. They rush Max to the veterinary practice. When Dr. Martinez arrives, Fang hides. Dr. Martinez reluctantly operates on Max.

In a flashback, young Max is rushed through the School on a gurney, struggling against the whitecoats as they try to restrain her. She wakes up in the present in Ella's room. She sees Fang waiting outside, but agrees to stay for breakfast.

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Elsewhere, Iggy, Gazzy and Nudge are walking through a small town. Iggy has a plan to meet up with the others at Lake Mead. Gazzy realizes Nudge is gone; she has walked into a clothing store. They go back and get her, arguing, with no idea that Ari is observing them.

Dr. Martinez gives Max a checkup, noting her shoulder is already almost fully recovered. However, her X-rays are more concerning; she has a tracking chip in her shoulder, and of course wing bones in her skeleton. Dr. Martinez promises Max support; Max excuses herself. After checking her wings and cutting apart a gifted shirt to accommodate them, she rejoins Fang. The pair reach the cabin at Lake Mead, where they begin to argue. Fang doesn't think Max should have risked herself like that; she insists that protecting Ella was the right thing to do. He tells her that he can't lose her, but then they're interrupted by a sound. Iggy, Gazzy and Nudge have arrived.

Max tells them about the tracking chip. They tell her about the house and about Ari, who they recognized by a scar on his face. Fang explains that Max gave him the scar with some scissors, but she doesn't want to talk about it.

A flashback reveals that young Ari was taunting Max, calling her a monster and showing her the key card to her cage, while hiding scissors behind his back.

That morning, while everyone else sleeps, Max leaves the cabin. Ari confronts her and seems about to overpower her, but Fang grabs him, flies him into the air, and slams him into the ground. The Flock stands together, only for more Erasers to emerge from the woods. Ari turns on a noise device that causes the Flock to collapse in pain, and Max can only watch as they're captured one by one.

They recover at the School, in cages, but are initially overjoyed to find Angel. She warns Max not to listen to "him," just before Ari arrives, saying, “Somebody wants to talk to you, Max.”

He escorts her to an empty white room, where Jeb is waiting. Jeb offers her chocolate chip cookies, but she no longer trusts him, realizing that he never really rescued them, and their safe house in the woods was a test all along. He tells her that she was created to help people and save the world, but now that they know the truth, they must remain at the School. He shows her a note hidden beneath the cookies that says "You don't know everything. Trust me." He also tells her that it was Ari's choice to become an Eraser.

Max leaves the room. She taunts Ari as he forces her back into her cage, telling him that he won’t hurt her because Daddy wouldn’t like it. In his rage, he doesn't notice her stealing his key card.

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Meanwhile, one of the whitecoats is secretly reporting on Jeb to another authority, saying that Jeb may be too emotional and attached. The woman she's talking to says that the Flock is expendable, but dangerous and must be controlled.

Ari returns to the cage room to taunt Max, but this time Max has unlocked her cage and jumps on him, pummeling him. She hands the key card to Iggy before Ari chases her out of the room. The Flock escapes from their cages and Nudge knocks out the building's power, while Gazzy creates a bomb.

Ari and the Erasers corner Max, only for the Flock to arrive with the bomb. Max leaps out of the way and escapes safely.

Jeb arrives, calling Ari's name. The Flock stands there, watching. Jeb pleads with Max, telling her she doesn't understand, but she tells him "this Experiment's over" and opens her wings.

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Afterwards, the Flock walks through the woods. They pause and Max comforts Angel, only to collapse. She sees a vision of events throughout the movie, of child Ari moving to stab her with the scissors, and of New York City. When she awakens, she describes it to the Flock and they decide to go to New York City to look for more answers.

The final shot is of a video playing over and over again, of Max's final words to Jeb: "The experiment's over."


==Cast==
==Cast==
* Allie Marie Evans as Max
* Allie Marie Evans as Max
* [[Patrick Johnson (actor)|Patrick Johnson]] as Fang
* [[Patrick Johnson (actor)|Patrick Johnson]] as Fang
* Lyliana Wray as Angel
* [[Lyliana Wray]] as Angel
* Luke Gregory Crosby as Ari
* Luke Gregory Crosby as Ari
* Gavin Lewis as Gazzy
* [[Gavin Lewis]] as Gazzy
* Tetona Jackson as Nudge
* Tetona Jackson as Nudge
* Zayne Emory as Iggy
* [[Zayne Emory]] as Iggy
* Carrie Wampler as Ella
* [[Peter O'Brien (actor)|Peter O'Brien]] as Jeb
* [[Peter O'Brien (actor)|Peter O'Brien]] as Jeb
* [[Tina Huang]] as Dr. Rosen
* [[Tina Huang]] as Dr. Rosen
* Lillie Owers as Young Max
* Lillie Owers as Young Max

==Production==
In September 2007, it was announced that a film would be created based on the ''Maximum Ride'' series. [[James Patterson]] would be the executive producer.<ref name="CS">{{cite web |url=https://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53768 |title=Catherine Hardwicke Takes Maximum Ride |publisher=ComingSoon.net |date=March 17, 2009 |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=November 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112051538/http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=53768 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Avi Arad]], who had already worked on films such as ''[[Spider-Man in film|Spider-Man]]'' and ''[[X-Men (film series)|X-Men]]'', would also produce alongside [[Steven Paul]].<ref name="CS" /><ref>[http://www.maximumride.co.uk/film.php Maximum Ride - The Film] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120804032622/http://www.maximumride.co.uk/film.php |date=2012-08-04 }}</ref> In an interview with James Patterson, it was revealed that Arad has already planned out the first two movies.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jamespatterson.com/books_max.html |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011041640/http://www.jamespatterson.com/books_max.html |title=Books: Maximum Ride |archivedate=October 11, 2007}}</ref> On August 7, 2008, it was announced that [[Columbia Pictures]] had bought the screen rights to the franchise. The film was slated for a 2010 release.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990239.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562 | work=Variety | title=Columbia takes 'Maximum Ride' | first=Michael | last=Fleming | date=August 7, 2008 | access-date=June 14, 2020 | archive-date=August 24, 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100824012129/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117990239.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562 | url-status=live }}</ref> [[Catherine Hardwicke]] was said to direct and [[Don Payne (writer)|Don Payne]] would be handling the script.<ref name="CS" /> In January 2010 it was announced that the film would go into pre-production. Hardwicke asked for a script rewrite to include more action in the film and hired [[Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby]] for the job, which subsequently delayed its estimated release to 2013. In February 2011, the Maximum Ride Facebook page posted, "The Maximum Ride Movie is Coming – In 3D!" and asked its Facebook fans who they would like to play Max in the movie.<ref name="FBPageMovieUpdate">{{cite web |url=http://www.facebook.com/maximumride/posts/10150105329937170 |title=The Maximum Ride Movie is Coming! |publisher=facebook.com |access-date=June 14, 2020 |archive-date=January 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109000116/https://www.facebook.com/maximumride/posts/10150105329937170 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The film ran into trouble in early 2012, when Catherine Hardwicke quit as the film director.<ref name="USATODAY.com">{{cite news | url=http://books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/2012-02-01/james-pattersons-nevermore-cover-reveal-and-q38a/617894/1 | work=USA Today | title=James Patterson's 'Nevermore': Cover reveal, plus Q and A | access-date=June 14, 2020 | archive-date=June 26, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120626125524/http://books.usatoday.com/bookbuzz/post/2012-02-01/james-pattersons-nevermore-cover-reveal-and-q38a/617894/1 | url-status=live }}</ref> When asked about the odds of a movie still being made, Patterson claimed he was "...very hopeful as opposed to mildly depressed".<ref name="USATODAY.com"/> Trouble continued with the death of screenplay writer Don Payne on March 26, 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=36957 |title=Don Payne Has Died {{!}} Movie News {{!}} Empire |website=www.empireonline.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012063051/http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=36957 |archive-date=2013-10-12}}</ref>

With the film stalled by mid-2014, the series was submitted for adaptation into a web series by [[Collective Digital Studio]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/collective-digital-studio-will-turn-james-pattersons-maximum-ride-into-a-web-series/ |title=Collective Digital Studio Will Turn James Patterson's 'Maximum Ride' Into a Web Series |publisher=Thewrap.com |date=2014-07-09 |accessdate=2022-05-28 |archive-date=April 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200403134823/https://www.thewrap.com/collective-digital-studio-will-turn-james-pattersons-maximum-ride-into-a-web-series/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Sites attached to Patterson and Hachette claimed that the series would begin in the second half of 2015.<ref>{{cite web |author=James Patterson |url=http://maximumrideforever.com/#web-series |title=James Patterson – Books – Maximum Ride &#124; James Patterson Kids |publisher=Maximumrideforever.com |date=2005-07-03 |accessdate=2022-05-28 |archive-date=May 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521092852/http://maximumrideforever.com/#web-series |url-status=live }}</ref>

The completed film, starring Allie Marie Evans as Maximum Ride, was released on Digital HD on August 30, 2016.


==Reception==
==Reception==
Frank Scheck of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' gave the film a negative review, writing "You've seen it before, and done a lot better."</ref>https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/maximum-ride-review-934238 </ref><!-- only 1 reviews listed at Rotten Tomatoes. --><ref>{{cite web|title=Maximum Ride|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/maximum_ride/|accessdate=November 4, 2016}}</ref>
Frank Scheck of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' gave the film a negative review, writing "You've seen it before, and done a lot better."<ref name="THR">{{cite web|last=Scheck|first=Frank|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/maximum-ride-review-934238|title='Maximum Ride': Film Review|date=September 30, 2016|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=November 4, 2016|archive-date=November 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105102301/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/maximum-ride-review-934238|url-status=live}}</ref> Katie Walsh of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' criticized the film for its "obvious exposition, tortured dialogue and shoddy special effects".<ref>{{cite web|last=Walsh|first=Katie|date=2016-09-29|title=Review: Minimum budget yields minimal originality for young adult adaptation 'Maximum Ride'|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-maximum-ride-review-20160926-snap-story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031063218/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-maximum-ride-review-20160926-snap-story.html|archive-date=October 31, 2020|access-date=2020-10-28|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><!-- only 1 reviews listed at Rotten Tomatoes. <ref>{{cite web|title=Maximum Ride|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/maximum_ride/|access-date=November 4, 2016}}</ref> -->


==References==
==References==
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* {{IMDb title|0825283}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|maximum_ride}}
* {{rotten-tomatoes|maximum_ride}}
* {{Official website|http://www.maxridemovie.com/}}


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Maximum Ride
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJay Martin
Screenplay byAngelique Hanus
Jesse Spears
Based onMaximum Ride
by James Patterson
Produced by
  • Gary Binkow
  • Amee Dolleman
Starring
CinematographyEd Wu
Edited byJoel Griffen
Music byBowie Dinkel
Kelvin Pimont
Production
companies
JP Entertainment
Studio 71
Distributed byParamount Pictures[1]
Release date
  • August 30, 2016 (2016-08-30)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Maximum Ride is a 2016 American science fiction film based on the novel series of the same name by James Patterson. It adapts the first half of The Angel Experiment, the first book in the series. YouTube personality Jenna Marbles served as an executive producer of the film.[1][2][3]

Plot

[edit]

Jeb rescues Max and the other children from the School. His son Ari is left behind and presumed dead. In the present, Max is seen waking up from a dream; upon waking up, she encounters other members of the Flock. Iggy explains that they're running out of food, but Max wants to remain in the house. Angel is then captured by Erasers.

The Flock returns to the house and find the schools location. They decide that Fang and Max will go to rescue Angel, while the others will remain home. Ari went to the house looking for Max, but they fight him off and escape, but Ari is left alive.

Max and Fang stop to eat on a rooftop in Utah, where Max hears a girl being attacked. Fang tells Max not to intervene, but Max flies down to help before being shot in the shoulder. Fang smashes the gunman through a window; the girl, Ella, tells him that her mother is a doctor. They rush Max to the veterinary practice where Max is operated on.

Iggy, Gazzy and Nudge are walking through a small town. Iggy has a plan to meet up with the others at Lake Mead. Gazzy realizes Nudge is gone; they find her in a clothing store but have no idea that Ari is watching them.

Max is given the all clear by the doctor, who points out a tracking chip in her shoulder and she rejoins Fang, who is angry that Max intervened but she insists it was the right thing to do. They arrive at the cabin. As they are about to kiss, they are interrupted by a sound outside and Fang covers Max's mouth. It turns out to be Iggy, Gazzy and Nudge. Max tells them about the tracking chip. They tell her about the house and about Ari. Max leaves the cabin and Ari confronts her and seems about to overpower her, but Fang starts fighting him before he and The Flock are captured.

They recover at the School, in cages, but are initially overjoyed to find Angel. Ari arrives and escorts Max to where Jeb is waiting. Max no longer trusts Jeb who tells her that she was created to help people and save the world. He shows her a hidden note and tells her that it was Ari's choice to become an Eraser. Max leaves the room and distracts Ari enough to steal his key card.

Meanwhile, one of the whitecoats is secretly reporting on Jeb to another authority. The woman says that the Flock is expendable, but dangerous, and must be controlled.

Ari returns to the cage room to taunt Max, but Max has unlocked her cage and jumps on him. She hands the key card to Iggy before Ari chases her out of the room and the Flock escapes from their cages. Ari and the Erasers corner Max, only for the Flock to arrive with a bomb made by Gazzy. Max leaps out of the way and escapes safely. Jeb arrives, calling Ari's name. The Flock stands there, watching. Jeb pleads with Max, telling her she doesn't understand but she tells him the experiments over and opens her wings.

Afterwards, the Flock walks through the woods. They pause and Max comforts Angel, only to collapse. She sees a vision of events throughout the movie, of child Ari moving to stab her with the scissors, and of New York City. When she awakens, she describes it to the Flock and they decide to go to New York City to look for more answers. The final shot is a video playing over and over again, of Max's final words to Jeb: "The experiment's over."

Cast

[edit]

Production

[edit]

In September 2007, it was announced that a film would be created based on the Maximum Ride series. James Patterson would be the executive producer.[4] Avi Arad, who had already worked on films such as Spider-Man and X-Men, would also produce alongside Steven Paul.[4][5] In an interview with James Patterson, it was revealed that Arad has already planned out the first two movies.[6] On August 7, 2008, it was announced that Columbia Pictures had bought the screen rights to the franchise. The film was slated for a 2010 release.[7] Catherine Hardwicke was said to direct and Don Payne would be handling the script.[4] In January 2010 it was announced that the film would go into pre-production. Hardwicke asked for a script rewrite to include more action in the film and hired Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby for the job, which subsequently delayed its estimated release to 2013. In February 2011, the Maximum Ride Facebook page posted, "The Maximum Ride Movie is Coming – In 3D!" and asked its Facebook fans who they would like to play Max in the movie.[8]

The film ran into trouble in early 2012, when Catherine Hardwicke quit as the film director.[9] When asked about the odds of a movie still being made, Patterson claimed he was "...very hopeful as opposed to mildly depressed".[9] Trouble continued with the death of screenplay writer Don Payne on March 26, 2013.[10]

With the film stalled by mid-2014, the series was submitted for adaptation into a web series by Collective Digital Studio.[11] Sites attached to Patterson and Hachette claimed that the series would begin in the second half of 2015.[12]

The completed film, starring Allie Marie Evans as Maximum Ride, was released on Digital HD on August 30, 2016.

Reception

[edit]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter gave the film a negative review, writing "You've seen it before, and done a lot better."[1] Katie Walsh of the Los Angeles Times criticized the film for its "obvious exposition, tortured dialogue and shoddy special effects".[13]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Scheck, Frank (September 30, 2016). "'Maximum Ride': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  2. ^ Collis, Clark (July 27, 2016). "James Patterson adaptation Maximum Ride has wings: See the exclusive trailer". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on November 23, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  3. ^ Walsh, Katie (September 29, 2016). "Review Minimum budget yields minimal originality for young adult adaptation 'Maximum Ride'". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 5, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2016.
  4. ^ a b c "Catherine Hardwicke Takes Maximum Ride". ComingSoon.net. March 17, 2009. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  5. ^ Maximum Ride - The Film Archived 2012-08-04 at archive.today
  6. ^ "Books: Maximum Ride". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
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