Max Payne (2008)

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As good as a couple of its action beats are, Max still suffers from the heartlessness that makes games emotionally inferior to movies. Nobody ever shed a tear over a video-game character's death.

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10/16/08

Roger Moore

Orlando Sentinel

The story, involving conspiracies, doesn't always make sense. And the surprises are easy to predict; director John Moore doesn't try to hide them.

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10/16/08

Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

This noisy, dull, structurally messy adaptation of the popular videogame is a step down in the blossoming career of the gifted actor Mark Wahlberg.

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10/16/08

Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

No one actually cares if the story adds up in a movie based on a video game. Audiences expect to have their nerve endings stimulated (or frayed), as they will be by the aggressive, bass-heavy sound mix.

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10/15/08

Hank Sartin

Time Out New York

 

 

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