Mia Goth in Maxxxine (2024)
Mia Goth as Maxine & Elizabeth Debicki as Elizabeth Bender in Maxxxine (2024)
Ti West’s sequel to X is the third film in his X Trilogy and pretty much delivers as expected. Maxine takes on a seedy Hollywood on her own terms and fights her way through a maze of obstacles that includes a knife wielding psycho, a bizarre private detective, two persistent police officers, and a demanding director.
Kevin Bacon as John Labat in Maxxxine (2024)
Goth continues her role as Maxine with a bravado that becomes her. Kevin Bacon is dead on as the shifty detective who doesn’t know when to quit, Giancarlo Esposito is her smarmy and all business agent, and Elizabeth Dibicki is her no nonsense director, and they all push her forward in her quest to be a star.
Bobby Cannavale as Dt. Ben Torres & Michelle Monaghan as Dt. Marianne Williams in Maxxxine (2024
Everything is going smoothly until people she knows begin dying and suddenly she is getting more attention than she bargained for in the form of two detectives. As Cannavale and Monaghan play their own unique version of good cop/bad cop the mystery slowly unravels.
Mia Goth as Maxine & Giancarlo Esposito as Teddy Knight, Esq. in Maxxxine (2024)
And when it finally does, so does the plot. The final reel is rushed and ill planned. It plays as though it was filmed as an afterthought. Excellent cast, performances, and production. Deserved a better dénouement.