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2[[caption-width-right:350:[[{{Tagline}} Unleash your power.]]]]
3Max Steel is a movie based on [[WesternAnimation/MaxSteel2013 the 2nd iteration of the Max Steel series]].
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5When a teenager, Max [=McGrath=] (Ben Winchell), discovers that his body can generate the universe's most powerful energy, he must bond with a techno-organic being named Steel (voiced by Creator/JoshBrener) to contain it. United as the superhero Max Steel, the two friends must combat an alien menace known as the Ultralinks and unlock the secrets of their past.
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7It was released on October 14, 2016.
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11* AbandonedArea: The old N-Tek facility that was destroyed 16 years ago by a tornado. [[spoiler:It was actually destroyed by evil Ultralinks controlling the air.]]
12* AdaptationNameChange: Miles Dredd is renamed as Miles Edwards, [[spoiler:probably in order to make it less obvious that he is the antagonist]].
13* DisappearedDad: Max's father, Jim, died prior to the events of the film.
14* DeadpanSnarker: Steel. He's a ''very'' sarcastic robot.
15* ExplosiveOverclocking: What happens to some electronics when exposed to Max's tachyon energy.
16* HalfHumanHybrid: [[spoiler: Max derives his powers from his HumanAlien dad.]]
17* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Steel has no memory. [[spoiler:He gets it back at the end of the film.]]
18* MeetCute: Max meets his love interest when she almost ran him over with her truck.
19* PentUpPowerPeril: If Max didn't have Steel drain him of his tachyon energy regularly, he could explode.
20* ProductPlacement: The movie is based on a toyline, so this is a given.
21** At one point, Max searches "my fingers emit liquid energy" on Google.
22* TheQuisling: [[spoiler: Miles allies himself with the evil Ultralinks and betrays Max and Steel.]]
23%%* TechnologyPorn.
24* TransformationSequence: Max Steel gets one for the final battle.

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