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Mark Wahlberg
Beau Bridges
Mila Kunis
Chris O'Donnell
Joel Gordon
Ludacris

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An assassin and DEA agent come together to solve a series of murders that happen. Both take the law into their own hands while one tries to balance what is lawful and the other pushes him to balance what is right or best. Based off of the Video game of the same name. Action.

11/06/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

Another Payne-ful Video Game Adaptation

Max Payne has a lot in common with another video-turned-film that I recently saw: Hitman. Both have plenty of action, but suffer from lack of plot, questionable casting and do nothing to sway me that any video game needs to be turned into a movie ever again.

I still don't think Max Payne is the worst video game adaptation, nor do I think it's probably the worst movie this year. However, it does a lot more wrong than right, and won't convert either fans of the original video game or fans of action movies in general. There isn't enough action to satisfy those suffering from severe levels of testosterone, and there's not enough in common with the game to keep fanboys happy.

What you're left with is a murky story - depressing detective searching for the one man who got away after murd...

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2/4 

10/26/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

A Cold Day in Hell

I was expecting a great deal from this videogame turned live action movie since I've been hooked playing it when it first came out on the pc console. And what a huge let down for a gamer like me to be seeing something that tarnishes the name Max Payne. Everything was a mess and not even as accurate as they should since they’re basing the movie from the game. The actor playing Max is not even close to resemble such an icon. In the game Max Payne is the ultimate tough guy with the mean husky voice and a thirst for blood like no one else. In the movie though he’s played by the biggest wuss actor there is. I believe that Mark Wahlberg was definitely the wrong choice to play the role of the title character. I know the guy is a former rapper and there’s no doubt he can handle a gun but the thin...

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1/4 

10/22/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

How about Max "Painful"

This movie was horrible. I really don't know how much I can get into this. It was over-the-top with the action; there were crazy demons coming out of nowhere; some maniac was running around drinking liquid drugs and killing people for ABSOLUTELY NO REASON...I just didn't get it. The beginning was okay, but then it turned into some crazy mess. I really can't even say anymore on it. It was just painful to watch.

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0.5/4 

10/19/2008 (0 of 0 found this helpful)

40%

Action: 2/3 + Comedy: 0/2 + Good vs Evil: 1/1 + Love/Sex: 1/1 + Special Effects: 0/1 + Plot: 0/1 +Music: 0/1 = 4/10 or 40%.

Director John Moore enjoys films that analyze politics in a roundabout fashion. He dumped the potential world ending antics of his remake of the Omen to focus on the political rise of the anti-christ within U.S. government, yet garnished good performances. Then came his remake of Flight of the Phoenix, which was sub-par to say the least. Now Moore is given the opportunity to show his stuff, to perhaps create a respectable video game film that has a preset plot, but is not a remake. Alas, he fails badly.

Nothing, not even one minute ounce of originality arises from this mess. He pulls Memento strings for the flashback sequences, the demon and spiritual side to t...

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1/4