As revenge films go, 'Max Payne' is a little less than average.
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10/23/08
Max Payne (2008)
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Reviews Counted:124
Fresh:22
Rotten:102
Average Rating:3.8/10
Consensus: While it boasts some stylish action, Max Payne suffers severely from an illogical plot and overdirection.
Australian Theatrical Release:
Oct 16, 2008 Wide
US Box Office: $40,632,110
Synopsis: Rockstar Games' antihero Max Payne gets his own movie with this video game adaptation. Mark Wahlberg (THE DEPARTED) plays the titular cop who is still trying to get over the death of his family... [More]
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges
Director: John Moore
Reviews for Max Payne
Max Payne is a junkyard dog of a film that is true to its video-game roots even as it transcends them.
10/23/08
Hey, it's Chris O'Donnell! Remember him? In an actual movie that's shown outside his own home! On a big screen that isn't built into his own living room wall! Where the viewer has a ticket he didn't receive because of a DUI!
10/23/08
...even less of a story than the videogame on which it is based...
10/23/08
Max Payne is one of those ludicrous action movies based on a videogame that’s all style and little substance.
10/22/08
Much happens -- some of it incomprehensible, most of it pointlessly preposterous and all of it slightly less involving than watching algae grow on a stagnant pond.
10/22/08
A thrill-less video game adaptation.
10/21/08
Watching Max Payne is painful to the max.
10/21/08
I am still a big Mark Wahlberg fan but his choice of roles is beginning to try my patience
10/21/08
The fans attracted to Max Payne will readily leave any disbelief by the doors as the action ramps up.
10/21/08
Every shot, every edit is well thought out. But in the end, I didn't care about anyone.
10/21/08
Your quintessential guy film. If you have any significant level of testosterone in your blood stream, you'll find something to enjoy about it.
10/21/08
Simple, it is as by-the-books formulaic as can be, and there's not a surprise around that the corner that isn't obvious immediately.
10/21/08
This just in, Video Game movies still suck.
10/20/08
No. Just...no.
10/19/08
Although dialogue may be less than stimulating in 'Max Payne,' its powerful images relate what needs to be said -- and this approach worked for me.
10/18/08
Max Payne spends a great deal of time building a unique visual look--at the expense of narrative and character development.
10/18/08
It snows one day in Max Payne, rains like crazy the next, and then it snows again. But any way you slice it, the movie's all wet.
10/18/08
A dumb film with a great conceptual hook from a director who visualizes better than he dramatizes.
10/18/08
The filmmakers aim their cynicism more at us than at any government or drug company.
10/18/08
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