A-X-L Reviews
M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut
A-X-L had me bored almost all the way through
Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 17, 2022
Nicolás Delgadillo Discussing Film
A.X.L. feels hollow, and the robotic canine star can't sell enough emotion through its metallic shell.
Full Review | Original Score: 2. 5 / 5 | Jun 25, 2021
Francis X. Friel Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
A silly but enjoyable movie that would have felt right at home in the VHS era.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Mar 20, 2019
Allen Adams The Maine Edge
A.X.L. is a sloppy, derivative outing, devoid of originality and uninterested in making any real effort.
Full Review | Original Score: 0/5 | Feb 6, 2019
Tim Stevens Comicsverse
It is cliché over innovation every time with A.X.L.
Full Review | Nov 27, 2018
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Intriguing sci-fi thriller that explores what can happen when robots become smarter than humans.
Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 13, 2018
Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion
When all is said and done, you're left with the nagging question: why didn't they just re-release "Monster Truck" instead?
Full Review | Original Score: D | Sep 17, 2018
Richard James Havis South China Morning Post
A.X.L. is let down by a script that's good on science yet bad on characters and story.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 17, 2018
Scott Marks San Diego Reader
After 2016's Monster Trucks laid a giant goose egg at the box office, what made the folks at Global Road think this similarly themed shaggy mechanical pal tale would fare any better?
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 31, 2018
Jim Lane
Didn't anyone notice that the story made no sense, that it was just remnants of Short Circuit, E.T., WarGames and other better movies, strung together more or less at random?
Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Aug 30, 2018
Andrew Parker The Gate
I could keep going on about just how bizarrely off kilter A.X.L. is, but it's one of those things that you'll either want to steer clear of forever or just experience it for yourself.
Full Review | Original Score: 1/10 | Aug 30, 2018
Matthew Monagle Austin Chronicle
Like its titular character, A.X.L is a pastiche of familiar parts constructed in a lab, a blend of science-fiction and extreme sports tropes that result in little more than an audition reel for the film's young stars.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 30, 2018
Rendy Jones Rendy Reviews
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.
Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5 | Aug 27, 2018
Tara McNamara Common Sense Media
Pro-STEM twist in often-violent sci-fi boy-and-"dog" tale.
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 27, 2018
Eric D. Snider Crooked Marquee
A wholesome boy-and-his-dog adventure and an inoffensive PG trifle.... Meets the basic narrative requirements.
Full Review | Original Score: B- | Aug 27, 2018
Katie Rife AV Club
It's utterly forgettable.
Full Review | Original Score: D | Aug 25, 2018
Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times
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.
Full Review | Aug 25, 2018
Frank Scheck Hollywood Reporter
A.X.L. feels in desperate need of repairs.
Full Review | Aug 24, 2018
William Bibbiani TheWrap
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.
Full Review | Aug 24, 2018
Jim Judy Screen It!
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)
Full Review | Aug 24, 2018
