“Maximum Ride” (*1/2 out of four) was a maximum time-waster about six children who are cross-bred genetically with avian DNA and take flight around the country to discover their origins and subsequently discover their destiny. Unfortunately, the story and script never takes flight and remains a pallid rehash of “The Maze Runner” and the “Divergent” series but without those movie’s spectacle and grandeur. Script is by James Patterson who based this on his novel but he must have had something else on his mind.