The problem with the Max Payne movie

Max Payne moview review: "It won't commit wholeheartedly to being a video game movie, yet it still grabs onto some of the trappings of the inherent silliness of video games"

[robotnik]

I played MP1 but never played the second one, I saw an ad for the movie and noticed they put demons in it, I was like
"WTF? Demons in Max Payne?".

[juuken]

EXACTLY! O-o

I thought Max Payne was about a cop trying to deliver some justice?!

I haven't seen it yet but wtf were they thinking? ._.;

[Skizelli]

The "demons" are hallucinations caused by the drugs.

[Daurelus17]

this movie will seem amazing. when dragonball comes out

[jaffa_cake]

movie is soo silly when did you see a flying beast in the game, wish a real gamer would make these movies not some joker whos never played a video game or played mario in the day and considers him self a gamer joke!

[iMarcus]

Actually I thought having the Valkyries contributed well to the overall experience, it went more in depth showing what Valkyr did.

I thought the movie was excellent, although I can see how some people wouldn't like the movie, I'm an avid Max Payne fan, well invested in the characters and story. It wouldn't of mattered if this movie sucked, just being there as a representation of a game series I adore is enough.

Great Movie imo.

[jkhan]

I am a big fan of MaxPayne game. I watched the movie last night & I was like wtf? The only resemblance this movie has with the game is just its name. Plus the movie itself is meh...

[Leathersoup]

I saw the movie on Saturday and I thought it was quite well done. It didn't follow the plot of the game exactly but I enjoyed the movie better than I would have if it had. What fun it would be to sit in the theater watching Max Payne walk around on a trail of blood for 20 minutes while you heard some stupid baby crying in your ear.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy came out a while back. Its story line had tons of changes from the books. I imagine there were a lot of unhappy Tolkien fans but the movies didn't get panned. Agreeably they were dealing with better source material than Max Payne, but they still deviated quite a bit from what was available.
I think if Max Payne is going to be rated low it should not be based on the fact that it deviated from the game's storyline.

[eXo8]

Well, when the lead actor, producers, and script writer all never played the game.. a lot might get lost in translation.

[Lolliflop Lolliflop]

Problem is the director is a disgruntled Xturd that had just learned of Too Humans inevitable flopping,this is why both production and directing values are of low quality in the movie

[THWIP]

...a more pathetic waste of DNA has never existed. You are the dumbest piece of sh1t on the planet. :o

[Radiodread]

DIE

[Imallvol7]

I am sooooo scared of movie games.

[gtafan]

Wish I had those 50+ dollars back. The time and money spent weren't worth it. My god was this movie awful. These people need to play the game atleast to get an idea on how to make the movie. WTF was Marc Wallcrap thinking when he signed to be an actor in this movie. What a disaster.

[Pixel_Addict]

... I just struck that movie off my must-see-list. The preview looked like one big calone commercial. I was thinking, "WTF is this about now?" The movie Burn After Reading was pretty good though, if with it's WTF moments.

.... Clive Owen (Sin City) should have been Max Payne, not Marky Mark.

[likeaboss302]

Mark Wahlberg needs to stick to Talking to Animals.

http://www.hulu.com/watch/3...

http://www.hulu.com/watch/3...

[fishy1]

I played the games, and liked them, but this movies was nothing but total crap. You see the previews then you saw all the action of the movie, very slow pace, poor story, just plain crap.

[OOG]

GARBAGE MOVIE WARNING!!! DONT GO SEE

Max Payne is one of the worst movies I have ever seen in a long while and possibly a contender for worst video game movie.....

Horrible Acting
Story lost in translation
Basically only a few minutes of action.....yes thats right only a few minutes....can you say wtf???? all max payne was as a game was action...but no the movie had some of the worst action ive seen.

Yes people this movie is crap and I will not go to the movies again till Quantum of Solace...at least thats gauranteed quality.

[VMAN_01]

I have seen the movie and sure maybe it doesn't follow the plot of the first game tack for tack but it easily manages to stay above the bar of the worst game to movie adaptations.

[oOLightOo]

Movie sucked period.

[CAPT IRISH]

there is a lot of things wrong with everything