See, in theory, Max Payne could make a good flick. Not a bad thing, but it depends on the content. Films of games, on the other hand – and Max Payne specifically – tend to hit the rocks more than tidal waves for the simple two reasons that (a) the two art-forms generally compete for your same space and time, and (b) film is, in a sense, more restrictive and dictatorial in the experience you receive. That fruitful relationship occasionally beaches when plots are changed slightly, but often the directors are fans enough to bring literary worlds to life. Think Lord of The Rings, Fight Club, Jurassic Park. Why? Enter Max Payne.īooks can make classic films. This is a problem for a hell of a lot of films, but films of games are arguably the most obviously affected.
That is, nobody goes out of their way to see a three star film unless…well, either there’s nothing else on that’s immediately preferable, the intrigue of said film is too tempting to resist, or there’s cash to spare and the entertainment at home (latest console release, PC MMO, moody partner) are really starting to grate. So at all cost, skip it.There’s a problem that nobody goes out of their way to see a three star film. There's nothing good to expect in this pile of trash, and God knows how terrible this film is. If any of you people had never seen this before, be blessed that you didn't. I was expecting something better because of the hype that I had for it, but it was a complete waste of time. Max Payne, like the other video game movies (especially Uwe Boll films) is a total waste of effort proving to all of us about why video game movies tend to suck so bad. You don't see too much of it, anyway, which is also a disappointment.
Every other cast in this movie did a horrible job providing something good on-screen. I guess every talented actors/actress must have a bad movie one way or another. Perhaps this was the time where she was still developing her talents, which I reallt understand. Mila Kunis' performance was also wasted here, and she's usually a good actress. He did bad in The Happening and Max Payne, but at least he got his talent back after that. Seems to me like this was the same year The Happening came out, and he, somehow, lost his magic. Mark Wahlberg can do better than this, and he's well-knowned for his best hard bitten roles. Some of those cast from the film are suppose to be talented, but they were all wasted into this junk. The characters were the same, but they act completely different because of the cast. In fact, the plot is so terrible that it made this looks like something else because this sure wasn't Max Payne to me. What's are those flying creatures doing in this film? They absolutely have nothing to do with the game.
I don't know what they were thinking, but it's not hard to tell that these filmmakers were on crack during the making of this film. Max Payne (The Movie) is just another one of those examples on why video game adaptions tend to fail. It sucked! Like really, whoever thought about making this out of a movie deserves to get punched in the face.
However, this movie surprised me in a very awful way. When this movie first came out, I wanted to see it so bad because I loved the video game, and the fact that Mark Wahlberg was in it.