We review MaXXXine, a neon-soaked whimper of '80s pastiche that closes Ti West's trilogy of horror films starring Mia Goth.

Ti West's MaXXXine is an erotic cataclysm of gnarly kills and features another powerhouse performance from Mia Goth. Here's our review.

References to the max, but minimal smarts and intrigue.

After the one-two punch of “X” and “Pearl,” “MaXXXine” is a thrilling conclusion to an outstanding slasher trilogy.

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The third instalment in the slasher trilogy is stylish, but lacking in substance and sleaze

"MaXXXine" is horror auteur Ti West's Big Statement on horror, censorship, the hypocrisy in American conservatism and the dog-devour-dog ethos of the struggling classes in Hollywood. A lurid send-up of exploitation cinema of the '70s (split screens, neon-tinted lighting and blood blood blood), the third film in West's Mia Goth Gore is the New Shock…

Mia Goth reprises her role as aspiring Hollywood star Maxine Minx in “MaXXXine,” an A24 release in theaters Friday.

The third installment in the X film series leaves much to be desired beyond an easy compilation of style and tropes

Ti West’s stalk-and-slash set pieces hit all the classic marks but rarely transcend them

The horror trilogy that director Ti West began with "X" and "Pearl" comes to an unsatisfying close in a Hollywood-set sequel, an ’80s fantasia with little bite.

In this sequel to the original X, the writer-director Ti West has simply thrown everything at the screen, and none of it holds together particularly well

With Kevin Bacon on top form, Ti West’s horror trilogy goes out with a bang.

Ti West shows a deadly eye for droll detail in follow-up to ‘X’ and ‘Pearl’

NOW IN THEATERS! The third film in the X slasher trilogy, MaXXXine follows our heroine Maxine Minx (the incomparable Mia Goth) as she is cast in her first actual film The Puritan 2. The follow-up act for up-and-coming director Elizabeth Bender (the indomitable Elizabeth Debicki), she decides this porn starlet has the range to play

In keeping with the current cinematic age, even a slasher/porn-centric franchise gets a “universe” these days, as “MaXXXine” caps off a trilogy after “X” and “Pearl.”

Mia Goth revisits 1980s clichés and loses her steely agency as the star of this cluttered sequel.

Director Ti West and star Mia Goth’s latest collaboration looks fantastic but feels like a jumble sale’s worth of nods to past slashers

Mia Goth gives another mesmerizing performance in this wildly entertaining horror film loaded with pop-culture treats.

Director Ti West ends his modern slasher trilogy with a generous helping of sex, violence, cocaine, neon — and another great Mia Goth performance.

Goth excels as porn star and aspiring actor Maxine Minx, who makes the leap to horror movies as a killer stalks the Hollywood Hills in this predictable end to the X series

Triumphant third installment in Ti West's cinematic slasher-horror series

Director Ti West and fearless actress Mia Goth neatly wrap up their “X” trilogy with a bloody valentine to Tinseltown.

It’s just possible that writer-director Ti West is just a hair too meta for his own good — at least, judging by the concluding chapter of his X trilogy. Because what he seems to have done is to make a crummy, if gorgeous, ‘80s-style slasher pic, set, naturally, in the ‘80s, and chock full of that decade’s concerns over crumbling public morals, satanic cults, and psycho killers stalking the city streets. Why crummy? Because it almost entirely forgets that it’s supposed to be scary as well as sleazy, gripping as well as gory, visceral as well as violent, etc. Instead of a scream queen final girl who must find a way to rise above her fears and face her demons, we get star Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) as a badass blonde ball-busting bitch who refuses to accept anything less than the life she deserves. (The one scene in which she seems truly afraid feels like it belongs in a different film, perhaps the one it references.) She’s gonna be a movie star, her porno background be damned, and she’s so sure of it that she convinces director Elizabeth Bender (Elizabeth Debicki) to cast her in the followup to her surprise horror hit The Puritan. Bender is maybe the worst part of the film, full of basic blather about the secret seriousness of horror flicks and the hidden hypocrisies of the righteous. It’s bad enough that it might be parody, and the same goes for the utterly incoherent Big Baddie who turns out to be behind the ritual killings that have all Los Angeles on edge. So maybe that’s what’s really going on here, and maybe that’s why we get all the jokey references to showbiz — a Buster Keaton impersonator getting called Buster, etc. And maybe, just maybe, the film’s final shot serves as a frightening rebuke to all that comes before. At least it’s something to think about after all the lovely neon nonsense.

After escaping a Texas porn star massacre, Mia Goth's plucky rising star Maxine can't save this letdown followup to "X" and "Pearl."

Mia Goth, the mad minx of the multiplex, returns for 'MaXXXine' – her third entry in this gloriously frenetic horror franchise

Movie review, MaXXXine: Mia Goth and Kevin Bacon are standouts in this horror film about 1980s Hollywood, which is more style than substance

The final act loses its way, but in the main MaXXXine wraps Ti West's slasher trilogy in satisfying style.

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"Maxxxine" isn't the strongest movie in Ti West's "X" trilogy, but it's still a great summer slasher worth checking out.

The last time we saw Maxine Minx (Mia Goth), she had barely survived a porn shoot massacre in the middle of Texas. One of her last lines in that particular movie, 2022’s “X,” saw her parroting her father, a television preacher with the mantra, “I will not accept a life I do not deserve.” Now, […]

As the film gets closer to its conclusion, MaXXXine lacks tension and momentum.

Mia Goth stars in this nasty yet funny slasher, but it’s not as good as ‘Pearl’

Ti West and Mia Goth's unfocused finale is the weakest horror tale of the bunch

Mia Goth stars in 'MaXXXine,' Ti West's final installment in the slasher trilogy that began with 'X' and 'Pearl,' also featuring Elizabeth Debicki.

The director of ‘X’ and ‘Pearl’ returns with another meta-slasher movie, this one about sleazy ’80s home video hits.

'MaXXXine' improves upon the preceding films by synthesizing their weak points and turning them into strengths.

If knives weren’t already being sharpened for Ti West prior to MaXXXine––the third installment in his X series of exploitation throwbacks––they likely will be at the ready once discerning horror fans experience it. On the surface, this is West returning to the same bloody ground as his terrific 2009 breakout The House of the Devil,

This splashy third instalment is a disappointing follow-up to slasher movies X and Pearl

Mia Goth is so good in the new horror movie ‘Maxxxine,’ she’ll almost convince you it has something to say.

Mia Goth returns for the third chapter of the X trilogy as an adult film star trying to take a crack at horror while a serial killer stalks the city’s sex workers

Mia Goth fights the Hollywood power in the third chapter of Ti West's horror franchise, which reconfigures tawdry '80s thrillers, but maybe not enough.

Ti West's Maxxxine releases in theaters this week, closing out his trilogy with Mia Goth. Is it worth a watch? Read out review.

The third instalment of Ti West’s horror trilogy sees Mia Goth’s wannabe actress navigating the dark side of 1980s Hollywood

Mia Goth reprises her role as Maxine in A24 and horror director Ti West's 1980s ode "MaXXXine," a sequel to "X" and "Pearl."

Mia Goth’s porn starlet cleans up her CV with a bloody vengeance in this underwhelming and overreaching horror threequel.