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With summer in full swing and the kids out of school and parents looking for some entertainment for not only the kids, but themselves and something they can do as a family, movies are a traditional respite.\u00a0 The problem becomes, however, finding that family friendly entertainment beyond the guaranteed awesomeness of Disney and Pixar which, by the way, is in top form this summer with \u201cInside Out.\u201d (If you haven\u2019t seen \u201cInside Out\u201d yet, run to your nearest theatre as fast as you can).\u00a0\u00a0 But this weekend, the solution to your problem is MAX.<\/p>\n

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Inspired by true stories of Military War Dogs (MWD) adopted by U.S. families after a dog\u2019s service in Iraq and Afghanistan, writer Sheldon Lettich and director Boaz Yakin team up to bring a poignant, heartwarming, tail-wagging story of hearth and home, family, friendship and loyalty, all as told through the eyes of a boy and a dog.\u00a0 And yes.\u00a0 Bring tissues; plenty of tissues.<\/p>\n

Taking us from the battlefield of Afghanistan to Anytown, USA (or small town Texas as MAX would have it) and the Wincott family.\u00a0 Ray Wincott is a former Marine, retired due to injuries suffered in Viet Nam.\u00a0 His wife Pamela is the peacekeeper in the family, bridging the communications gap between youngest son Justin, and Dad.\u00a0 Justin\u2019s older brother Kyle is proudly following in Dad\u2019s footsteps, serving in the Corps, something repeatedly thrown in 14-year old Justin\u2019s face and which, of course, leads to less some rebellious teen behavior like bootlegging video games.\u00a0 And Max, well Max is a Belgian Malinois trained to search for guns and ammunition the locals are selling to the Taliban.\u00a0 Kyle is not only Max\u2019s military handler, but the two are inseparable best friends.<\/p>\n

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While out on a mission, Kyle is killed.\u00a0 Grief stricken but holding up in the grand tradition of the military and the Marines, the Wincotts are presented with what has become a newer opportunity in the military.\u00a0 They have the chance to adopt Max.\u00a0 Their last connection with Kyle, Pamela needs no urging to bring Max home with them, especially when the only person Max connects with now is Justin and she realizes that the death of Kyle which has so adversely affected the family, has also emotionally scarred\u00a0 Max.\u00a0 Ray, on the other hand, isn\u2019t too keen on this reminder of Kyle.\u00a0 And Justin wants nothing to do with Max.\u00a0 But Pamela and the K9 commander Reyes see and feel something in Max\u2019s immediate connection to Justin.<\/p>\n

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Needless to say, Justin does form a bond with Max, but not without the help of his best friend Chuy and Chuy\u2019s \u201cdog whisperer\u201d cousin Carmen.\u00a0\u00a0 But the road of friendship is a rocky one to say the least, especially when Kyle\u2019s childhood friend and former Marine who fought alongside Kyle, Tyler Harne, returns from service early.\u00a0 Pleading shrapnel injury received during the same firefight that killed Kyle, something doesn\u2019t sit right about Tyler.\u00a0 Justin feels it.\u00a0 Max knows it.\u00a0 And it\u2019s the suspicions of Max and Justin that serve as the basis for not only their fast-growing bond, but further distancing between Ray and Justin.<\/p>\n

As Justin learns more about Kyle and his service, as well as the relationship between Kyle and Max, he starts to see the truth of what happened in Afghanistan, and the truth about Tyler.\u00a0 Together with Chuy and Carmen, Justin and Max embark on their own harrowing mission that uncovers\u00a0 a ring of gun smugglers involved with the theft and sale of military grade AK-47s.<\/p>\n

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Josh Wiggins resonates with 14-year old authenticity in the role of Justin.\u00a0 Carrying the laboring oar, along with the six dogs who play Max (in particular, Carlos, who was the main canine performer), Wiggins captures all the emotions of not only teen angst, but the anger of loss and estrangement, the feeling of being less loved than another sibling, and the coming to terms with acceptance of friendship.\u00a0 The strongest and most defined character arc in the film, Wiggins more than proves his mettle from beginning to end, delivering palpable emotion.<\/p>\n

Standout is Mia Xitlali.\u00a0 As Carmen, newcomer Xitlali delivers an independent, strong willed, intelligent performance that sets a good tone for teen girls; Carmen has not only a love of animals but great knowledge of them, can outride any boy on a mountain bike and has just enough sass and common sense grounding to keep herself and those around her on an even keel.\u00a0 There is not a moment you don\u2019t want to have Carmen as a friend in your corner.<\/p>\n

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Another relative newcomer is Dejon LaQuake who provides great comic relief and foil as Chuy.\u00a0 Reminiscent of a young Moises Arias or Shia LaBeouf, put LaQuake on your radar now.\u00a0 Likeable and energetic but with bouts of guilty nervousness, LaQuake\u2019s Chuy adds a lighter touch to the film as a break from heavier thematics.<\/p>\n

No stranger to fans of \u201cBones\u201d, \u201cGossip Girl\u201d, \u201cPretty Little Liars\u201d or even \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d, Luke Kleintank shows us a darker edgier side of himself than we\u2019ve seen before.\u00a0 As Tyler Harne, Kleintank expertly walks a fine line of deceit, drawing the audience deeper into the sub-plots that emerge as the film progresses.\u00a0 A slippery slope that bodes a fine performance.<\/p>\n

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Lauren Graham and Thomas Haden Church are on board as Pamela and Ray Wincott and although serviceable in the roles, each feels miscast, almost as if forcibly holding back on their performance and emotional range.\u00a0 Church especially is very one note for the bulk of the film, perhaps too much so, until the final moments of the third act.\u00a0 Notable is Jay Hernandez who steps in as, Sergeant Reyes, K9 commander stateside.\u00a0 Hernandez is the embodied essence of a Marine.<\/p>\n

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The greatest gift to MAX, however, is Max himself as played by six different Belgian Malinois, most notably lead canine actor Carlos.\u00a0 Carlos was always ready for his close-ups while Jagger, Pax, Dude, Pilot and Chaos tackled the various action modes complete with jailbreaks, heroism, running in mountainous terrain, and in a particularly terrifying key scene, dogfights with Rottweilers.\u00a0\u00a0 You will want to take all of these dogs home with you.<\/p>\n

Thanks to scribe Sheldon Lettich, a former Marine himself and owner of two Belgian Malinois, through some well crafted dialogue we learn something about MWDs and about the relatively new program that allows the MWDs to be adopted by their handlers and\/or families after their service ends.\u00a0 Interesting is that the Iraq\/Afghanistan conflicts is the first time in history the US has embraced this.\u00a0 Prior thereto, during Viet Nam in particular, MWDs were left behind or euthanized due to fear of disease being brought back to the US.\u00a0 Sprinkled throughout the film as dialogue and\/or plot points we see and learn about MWD training, hear about the importance of their work in the military, and the PTSD which the dogs suffer right along with soldiers.\u00a0 Given access and the cooperation of the K9 unit at Camp Pendleton, Lettich\u2019s research is impeccable.\u00a0 But, despite the information MAX does provide on MWDs, there is so much more that I would have liked to see included for an even richer texture, focusing more on the first act and the importance of the bond between MWDs and their military handlers, giving some more strokes to the canvas of Kyle and Max\u2019s backstory.\u00a0 Surprising is that the script never preaches about the Marine Corps or the military.\u00a0 Enough information is disseminated for the purposes of character and ethics, not only with dialogue but with costume and visual character construct so as to tacitly paint the portrait.<\/p>\n

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Particularly touching is a Fourth of July scene which is the turning point of the film for the character of Justin as he recalls being told by Sgt. Reyes that because of that final firefight which killed Kyle, Max is petrified of loud noises, car backfires, etc. as it takes him back to that fateful day.\u00a0 Recalling this, Justin races home from the town fireworks celebration and climbs into the large cage in the Wincott backyard in which Ray had put Max.\u00a0 Not only is the scene so well written and performed, filled with tacit emotion, but it is lensed beautifully by director Boaz Yakin and cinematographer Stefan Czapsky.<\/p>\n

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Yakin, who also co-wrote the script with Lettich, is no stranger to films predicated on tension filled crimes, nor is he stranger to bringing coming of age stories to life with truth and authenticity.\u00a0 One look at Yakin\u2019s resume and films like \u201cUptown Girls\u201d, \u201cSafe\u201d and \u201cRemember the Titans\u201d blended with that of Lettich\u2019s Jean-Claude Van Damme action films like \u201cBlood Sport\u201d and \u201cDouble Impact\u201d, as well as \u201cLionheart\u201d, and you get a sense of the depth of their collective storytelling.\u00a0\u00a0 Although cliched vehicles help move the story along, interesting are the sub-plots that unfold and the thematics addressed with each cogently interwoven and resolved by film\u2019s end, as well as the character dynamics and individual personalities that in most of the cases go beyond cookie cutter.<\/p>\n

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As mentioned, cinematographer Stefan Czapsky creates some beautiful imagery along with capturing the horrors of war.\u00a0 Thanks to the July 4th sequencing and the Afghanistan firefight, we see two sides of the visual coin, each distinct in its look, but equally powerful with visual emotional tension and cohesiveness that keeps the film from becoming disjointed.\u00a0 Also appreciated is the travelling camera lens that follows Justin, Carmen and Chuy through the woods on their bikes, providing vicarious excitement (and longing for summers days of youth long past) for the audience.\u00a0 Standout are some dogfights between MAX and two Rottweilers which will have you on the edge of your seat thanks to Czapsky, editor Bill Pankow and animal handler\/trainer Mark Forbes.\u00a0 Lensing in Asheville and Charlotte as stand-ins for Texas, Czapsky finds beauteous locations that celebrate and capture the sense of small town community Americana.<\/p>\n

And how about a 21-paw salute to Mark Forbes who worked heroically with the six Belgian Malinois who played MAX along with five Rottweilers who served as two on screen characters, plus six Chihuahuas!!!<\/p>\n

Filled with emotion, the joys of summer, the excitement and thrill of adventure, there\u2019s nothing quite like the story of a boy and his dog, unless that dog is MAX.<\/p>\n

Directed by Boaz Yakin
\nWritten by Sheldon Lettich and Boaz Yakin
\nCast:\u00a0\u00a0 Lauren Graham, Thomas Haden Church, Josh Wiggins, Luke Kleintank, Mia Xitlali, Dejon LaQuake, Jay Hernandez<\/p>\n

For more information on\u00a0 Military War Dogs, check out the US War Dogs Association at www.UsWarDogs.org<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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