A.X.L. is a mediocre, albeit serviceable, kids movie for its target audience. This
movie is about a teenage boy whose life is changed forever when he comes across
a highly advanced robot dog known as A.X.L.. Alex Neustaedter gives a good
performance. He has a likable screen presence and his friendship with AX.L. is
fun to watch. Becky G gives an okay performance. Her character is very simple,
but she has good chemistry with Neustaedter. All the other performances from
smaller characters are corny and out of place. The script is very mediocre. The
lead characters are likable enough and A.X.L. is fun to watch, but the movie
lacks a compelling plot. Oliver Daly’s direction is competent but nothing more.
The visual effects are mostly great though a few terrible moments remain. At
100 minutes long the pacing is all over the place with some scenes going way too
fast and others lasting way too long. Overall A.X.L is a serviceable kids film,
but has too many flaws for me to recommend seeing this in the theater.
5/10
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