In a dramatic atmosphere, this movie presents a special kind of friendship that occur between a young man called Miles and a robotic dog A.X.L., who has been developed by the army to help the soldiers in wars. The army needs to get their dog, but Miles and A.X.L. try to do their best to save their friendship.
22 May 1978, New York City, New York, USA
30 May 1958, Newport Beach, California, USA
3 December 1978, Chicago, Illinois, USA
22 February 1969, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
27 July 1985, Seaside Heights, New Jersey, USA
1 March 1982, Tehran, Iran
2 January 1978, Panama
2 March 1997, Inglewood, California, USA
5 December 1969, Los Angeles, California, USA
August 27, 2018
Pro-STEM twist in often-violent sci-fi boy-and-"dog" tale.
August 24, 2018
A.X.L. feels in desperate need of repairs.
August 24, 2018
Meanwhile, the scientists who lost A-X-L spend half the movie watching these events unfold on a computer screen, doing not a danged thing because they want to see how it all pans out. They are, it must be said, lousy scientists.
August 25, 2018
It's utterly forgettable.
August 24, 2018
What's missing is any genuine personality from the robot (or the human characters, for that matter).
August 24, 2018
... derivative of Short Circuit while generally lacking charm, surprise, or imagination.
August 23, 2018
As cuddly as a Battle Bot, as warm as anything you'd find in the Craftsman section in your neighborhood Sears.
August 24, 2018
By the time he develops rabies and has to be put down out back behind the shed (sorry, wrong boy and his dog story, but you get the point), we simply don't care. (Full Content Review for Parents - Violence, Profanity, etc. - also Available)
August 27, 2018
A wholesome boy-and-his-dog adventure and an inoffensive PG trifle.... Meets the basic narrative requirements.
August 23, 2018
While familiarity shadows the endeavor, "A.X.L." gets by on little blasts of excitement and the core relationship between a meek young man and the robotic war dog he befriends.
August 24, 2018
It's a boy and his dog story with elements of "Pretty in Pink," "Rad" and "The Wraith," and it's those references that kinda make this movie work.
August 27, 2018
It doesn't offer anything new or exciting and it doesn't need to be in a theater. It's just there. You can watch much better family films at home.
