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Max Payne
2008
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent (Wahlberg) whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin (Kunis) out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation. Read more
| Starring | Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris |
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| Director | John Moore |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive |
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Max Payne
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent (Wahlberg) whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin (Kunis) out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.
| Starring | Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris, Rothaford Gray |
|---|---|
| Director | John Moore |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 40 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 40 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Collections | 100 Hot Hits, 100 Most Wanted |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive |
| Language | DVD: English, English Audio Description Blu-ray: English, English Audio Description |
| Released | DVD: 13 Apr 2009 Blu-ray: 13 Apr 2009 Production year: 2008 |
| Format | DVD |
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Max Payne is to the original computer game what Sin City was to the graphic novel, a neo-noir revenge... read more on Time Out
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44 out of 44 people found this review helpful
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come on John, you are supposed to make movie here
If you have played Max Payne game, you will agree with me that Mark Wahlberg doesn't really suits the image of a Max Payne, but that is just one of a series of a whole poor misdirection in the movie. The story is mainly based on the original video game which is popular around 4 to 5 years ago. I have to admit the setting is a whole wonderful art direction set of New York City in a middle of harsh winter and rain. It is noir and I love it. It is just about the whole action that doesnt make sense. It is like a dark rambo, with many direction flaw. For instance, many of the movie scene you will see Wahlberg shooting at the bad guys and in return the bad guys will shoot EVERYTHING with rifles which is like 3 meters away from Wahlberg (in slow motion so you can notice how far they missed), and sometimes you will see Max shooting 4 bad guys at the same time with a machine gun effect - and how weird to see Max actually holding a shotgun NOT a machine gun. And limitless ammo also applies in the movie. And moreover you will see Max being shot again and again, and he doesn't even bleed - just like the video game. Should we actually remind John Moore that actually he is making a movie not a video-game-movie? and if it is a video game it is in an 'Easy Mode'. I am totally disappointed. The best part of the movie is Olga Kurylenko.
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- Picktokyo from London, England
- Posted 20 Oct 2008 09:22
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44 out of 44 people found this review helpful
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come on John, you are supposed to make movie here
If you have played Max Payne game, you will agree with me that Mark Wahlberg doesn't really suits the image of a Max Payne, but that is just one of a series of a whole poor misdirection in the movie. The story is mainly based on the original video game which is popular around 4 to 5 years ago. I have to admit the setting is a whole wonderful art direction set of New York City in a middle of harsh winter and rain. It is noir and I love it. It is just about the whole action that doesnt make sense. It is like a dark rambo, with many direction flaw. For instance, many of the movie scene you will see Wahlberg shooting at the bad guys and in return the bad guys will shoot EVERYTHING with rifles which is like 3 meters away from Wahlberg (in slow motion so you can notice how far they missed), and sometimes you will see Max shooting 4 bad guys at the same time with a machine gun effect - and how weird to see Max actually holding a shotgun NOT a machine gun. And limitless ammo also applies in the movie. And moreover you will see Max being shot again and again, and he doesn't even bleed - just like the video game. Should we actually remind John Moore that actually he is making a movie not a video-game-movie? and if it is a video game it is in an 'Easy Mode'. I am totally disappointed. The best part of the movie is Olga Kurylenko.
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- Picktokyo from London, England
- Posted 20 Oct 2008 09:22
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Max Payne
- 10 Nov 2008
By the barely non-existent standards of movies based on videogames, Max Payne isn’t so bad. Yes, the plot is beyond predictable, a string of clichés from beginning to end. But think of it as, well, a wire on which director John Moore can hang gaudy ornamentals, flashing lights and Mark Wahlberg’s self-sacrificial hero… It may not make much of a film in the traditional sense of the word, but at least the thing functions as eye candy. Max is mad because his wife and baby were... Read more
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