Max Payne (2008)

Picktokyo from London, England [Highly rated reviewer] , 20/10/2008

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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Chantal [Highly rated reviewer] , 20/10/2008

Starts slow with a lot of plot and get action at the end, QUite uneven.

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A customer from Cheltenham , 16/11/2008

The film as a whole is a watchable, dark, anti-hero type film and having not played the game I thought it was ok. Mark Whalberg is so moody in this film it's actually quite funny.

However

You're left at the end of the film asking yourself lots of questions;

Why the hell did it end there?

Is that it?

What the hell?

etc etc

I thought it could've been done much better. Looking at the posters for it I thought this was similar to the likes of Constantine. How wrong was I!

Not bad tho, as usual the special effects are up to scratch, even if it does leave you thinking wtf?

2/5

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A customer from Wigan , 19/11/2008

Only reason why I giving this 1 star is being the sets looked very good and close to game, but that where it ends. The story is not as gripping as the game, the film is boring to watch as not really much happens. They don't even use the comic book style appeal of the game. I also don't think they used the slow motion effect to full advantage either.

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A customer from Wigan , 19/11/2008

Only reason why I giving this 1 star is being the sets looked very good and close to game, but that where it ends. The story is not as gripping as the game, the film is boring to watch as not really much happens. They don't even use the comic book style appeal of the game. I also don't think they used the slow motion effect to full advantage either.

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Chantal [Highly rated reviewer] , 20/10/2008

Starts slow with a lot of plot and get action at the end, QUite uneven.

  3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

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