Though the PG-13 rating of Max Payne limited the amount of violence, the film still succeeds mainly due to the dark, gritty and beautiful cinematography.
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10/17/08
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.
Theatrical Release:14-11-2008
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 content to be an efficient vehicle for the delivery of a familiar range of sensations, some of which almost rise to the level of feelings.
10/17/08
Top CriticAnother laughably bad movie based on a popular video-game title.
10/17/08
Moore artfully blends vidgame and film-noir aesthetics while editor Dan Zimmerman’s measured rhythms yield a more coherent, less frenzied work than one might expect from the source material.
10/17/08
Top CriticThe emotional underpinnings and psychological depths of great detective fiction get tossed aside for a wallow in stylistic excess.
10/17/08
Top CriticA critic can stay alert through movies that would put elephants into comas, but I doubt most people will stay awake for Max Payne.
10/17/08
It is stylish, slick, loud and empty as the producers wanted it to be.
10/17/08
Did Wahlberg read the script, or was it hidden under the pile of money that the producers dropped at his door step?"
10/17/08
It's a one-dimensional detective noir rather than an exciting shoot-em-up.
10/16/08
The film's best line sums up my feelings on it perfectly "Stay away from Max Payne." But they probably don't mean it the same way I do, huh?
10/16/08
The movie's excellent design and mood almost -- almost -- outweigh the stupid story.
10/16/08
Max Payne joins Fox's steadily increasing roster of entirely ineffective action pictures, alongside such underwhelming disappointments as Hitman and Live Free or Die Hard...
10/16/08
... the resonance of the mythic imagery and potential of the premise creates a fascinating film in the margins of the pulp story in the foreground.
10/16/08
nothing we haven't seen before
10/16/08
A big nothing, not even hokey enough to watch for the sake of laughing at it.
10/16/08
85 minutes long, rated PG-13, released by Fox, directed by John Moore, and a screenplay based on a video game. That's a recipe for disaster.
10/16/08
This action saga is driven into unintentionally self-parodic territory only a seven-year-old boy could reasonably stomach.
10/16/08
Unable to really turn chilly menace into tough, action-packed fun.
10/16/08
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.
10/16/08
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.
10/16/08
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