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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.

Rated: 15

Runtime: 1 hr 40 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

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... 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 while investigating several murders, while Mila Kunis (FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL) costars as an assassin desperate for her own revenge. [More]

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges

Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Olga Kurylenko, Chris O'Donnell, Donal Logue, Amaury Nolasco, Kate Burton

Director: John Moore

Director: John Moore
Screenwriter: Beau Thorne
Producer: Julie Yorn, Scott Faye, John Moore
Composer: Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment 2 Comments
10/16/08
Emanuel Levy
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.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment 2 Comments
10/15/08
Hank Sartin
Hank Sartin
Time Out New York

I never trust a film in which the protagonists have conversations or even arguments in the pouring rain -- without umbrellas.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment 8 Comments
10/09/08
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile

There are guns blazing, mysterious winged creatures, a symbolic tattoo, an elusive blue elixir, an unresolved murder and big stunts, yet Max Payne is surprisingly lacklustre.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment 11 Comments
10/09/08
Louise Keller
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