Director/writer Mortimer, who shares story credit with Luke Passmore, uses Hamster as the audience proxy into deciphering Max Fist. The driving mystery seems to be whether Max is every bit the delusional street dweller presented, or if there’s a semblance of truth to his tall tales. It’s Max’s story that proves the most interesting, especially as Hamster’s development seems to cease the more Max finds his confidence. Manganiello is more than up to the task of playing Max. His physicality alone makes him a plausible Superman type, but it’s when the actor can dig into the flawed parts of the character that Max feels multi-dimensional. The sloppy Clark Kent is far more compelling than the single-minded Superman, and Manganiello handles both well.