This one is not so much a plot hole as it is a waste of time. After spending so much energy marketing how life-changing the exoskeleton was going to be for Max, it ended up being just a hunk of metal that happened to be drilled into him. Seriously, after it was attached, it was as if Max was walking around like he didn’t have it on and no one seemed to give a damn.
Perhaps these exoskeletons are common? If it was, there was certainly no mention of it. How about the fact that Max barely used it except as a handy and lousy way to deal with a few things. He blocked a sword swing once and was able to detach himself from Kruger at the end, but that’s it. They couldn’t think of anything more creative to show us? I was waiting for that moment, but never got it.
I know that the film wasn’t about the exoskeleton and that perhaps the producers are to blame for marketing and hyping it up, but either way, it serves no purpose in the overall story. The only part of the exoskeleton that has standing is the thing in Max’s brain, but even that could have been just that, solely a thing attached to Max’s brain. Maybe there’s some deeper meaning to the contraption. Actually, I hope there is and I hope someone can tell me the point of it other than being a disappointing… thing.
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