Mark Wahlberg,
Mila Kunis,
Beau Bridges,
Chris "Ludacris" Bridges,
Olga Kurylenko
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Rockstar Games' double-gunned action franchise comes to the big screen thanks to director John Moore (The Omen) and Mark Wahlberg, who embodies the title character of Max Payne, a widowed cop hell-ben... read more
Directed by: John Moore
Release Date: October 17, 2008
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Max Payne
DVD Release Date: January 20, 2009
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June 3, 2009Kunis and Wahlberg are not bad. Thats the best I can do. Decent effects for an action movie but no where as cool as the games it was based off of.
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February 24, 2012Sort of hit or miss throughout for me. Parts were interesting, revenge is always a good story base, I know nothing about the game it's been adapted from, but feel it would have been more enjoyable to model it on the graphic novel adaptions. Some important clues were easily gues... read more
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November 30, 2011Having never played to game on which it's based I have nothing to go on as far as adaptation goes but I'm not sure if that matters so much does it!? Anyway, I liked the noir style of this film - the darkly lit alleyways, the no-mans land of New York's side streets and the lingeri... read more
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November 13, 2011I haven't played the games, of which a third is due out soon?! So I can only merit it as a film in its own right. Aware of poor reviews, I wasn't aware too much of the story behind the games, other than a cop who hands out his own rough justice. It was an interesting film but I t... read more
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August 17, 2011A really good action movie. Mark Wahlberg & Mila Kunis were great in this film.
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August 15, 2011I don't hate 'Max Payne'. Hated by the public upon initial release, both the audiences and the critics gave negative reactions to this. While I didn't like it, it wasn't nearly as terrible as I was led to believe. I enjoyed Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis, and found the action to be... read more
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June 3, 2011Just about as bad as its reputation. The only thing good about Max Payne is the way it looks. The set design, style and overall feeling is great. However, the story and characters are so outlandish and stupid that you can't enjoy the movie at all. It takes itself so seriously and... read more
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April 6, 2011The movie wasn't horrible, it was just bad. The plot is so boring and uninteresting now I want to see if they really made a game on this. The acting was okay, nothing award winning. The action and effects were okay, there was nothing new. The camerawork was actually really go... read more
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December 28, 2010Without knowing the game this film is based on, I can only talk about this from the cinematic point of view. It is starting out like a crime noir thriller with lots of characters, most of which die the minute they appear, leaving very few to suspect as the villains in this. Accor... read more
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November 23, 2010I really liked the movie. It's not great but I didn't think it was bad. A lot of people hate this movie. It could have been better since the game was awesome. It wasn't so close to the game people complained about it and I was a little dissapointed too but the movie turned out de... read more
Critic Reviews
November 14, 2008
Nigel Floyd, Time Out
October 23, 2008
David Hiltbrand, Philadelphia Inquirer
Max Payne is a junkyard dog of a film that is true to its video-game roots even as it transcends them. Full Review
October 18, 2008
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
The filmmakers aim their cynicism more at us than at any government or drug company. Full Review
October 17, 2008
Mike Mayo, Washington Post
Sexy girls and lots of automatic weapons are involved in an occasionally coherent plot. Full Review
October 17, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
You can't help but wonder where the fine actor in The Departed and even Invincible has gone. It's not been a good year for Wahlberg: First The Happening, and now this. Full Review
October 17, 2008
Rob Salem, Toronto Star
Maybe somebody decided the movie was already so convoluted and leaden that throwing in a few swooping, screeching valkyries could only help. They do not. Full Review
October 17, 2008
Richard Corliss, TIME Magazine
The moviegoers are passive hostages on a long ride they've taken so many times before. So gameboys are advised to man their PlayStations this weekend; action-movie fans in search of red meat can wait ... Full Review
October 17, 2008
Ted Fry, Seattle Times
A movie that cares much more for poetic choreography in explosive gunfights than gaping lapses of logic in a flimsy crime narrative. Full Review
October 17, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Max just drags on as it drags you down. If you stay and watch the endless end credits, there's a short scene that hints a sequel is coming. That's what I call real pain.
October 17, 2008
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Maybe fans of the game will be okay with the cinematic adaptation but for those who aren't new to Max and his world, this isn't an impressive introduction. Clunky action, chaotic plotting, and embarra... Full Review
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