Can a movie that is very dark and disturbing be highly recommended? In the case of MAX, the answer is emphatically yes. John Cusack is very convincing as the decadent aristocrat and Noah Taylor, as art student, Adolph Hitler, is a chilling menace. To say this movie portrays a human side of Hitler is like saying Dracula portrays a vampire as a responsible adult. A friend of mine complained that this movie had a sudden ending but unfortunately history has written all the scenes that did not have to be put up on the screen. MAX has been in release for two months and I am only the fifth viewer to comment on it. Are people afraid to discuss this film because of the subject matter? They shouldn't be. As Cusack's Max said, "Guilt is a second-hand emotion." But a very costly one.
Review of Max
