Max Reload and the Nether Blasters

Max Reload isn't for everyone, but it's not trying to be. It's a pizza-and-soda Saturday night gamer film for serious gamers - not the kind that just grind through bug releases, but can name a developer other than Hideo Kojima.

The kind of story that might feature in Stranger Things, if it were set in a nostalgic present day, Max Reload and the Nether Blasters combines geeky gamer affection with generation gap digs and demon-fighting adventure.

It may be glitchily rough around the edges, but Conditt and Tremp's film also knows exactly what it is, and affectionately revives a 1980s sense of adolescent adventure for the networked era. It even has a bloopers reel at the end...

It's not ground breaking, but it is enjoyable, and gamers, retro gaming enthusiasts and nostalgia hounds will find plenty to enjoy here.

Max Reload and the Nether Blasters' good-hearted nature can't equate to a satisfying lo-fi 80s homage.

A mild recommendation is given for tolerant fans of B-movies and gamers, but don't expect to play Max Reload more than once.

... definitely popcorn entertainment perfect for a Saturday night with a few generations looking to watch a film together.

On the one hand it's light entertainment; on the other, it's a family sized meal of a movie with lashings of extra cheese. Dig in.

Despite not having much in the way of a budget, filmmakers Scott Conditt and Jeremy Tremp think outside the box and manage to stretch things as best they can.

Gamer's fantasy adventure is cheesy fun, with profanity.