Directed by:
John MooreScreenplay:
Beau ThorneCinematography:
Jonathan SelaCast:
Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Donal Logue, Chris O'Donnell, Ted Atherton, Amaury Nolasco, Kate Burton, Nelly Furtado, Conrad Pla (more)VOD (1)
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Rockstar Games' double-gunned action franchise comes to the big screen thanks to director John Moore and Mark Wahlberg, who embodies the title character of Max Payne, a widowed cop hell-bent on delivering justice no matter what the cost as he investigates a string of killings in his city. (official distributor synopsis)
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At the end of the week, a real disappointment, which I initially didn't want to believe. I like Mark Wahlberg and I wish him good and interesting movies. So far, he hasn't had many of them and he doesn't have enough space to show that he is really a good actor. Movies like "Fighter" or "Ted" turned out well for him, but there aren't that many. "Max Payne" is definitely one of the weakest. The film tries to pretend to be an A-movie by having well-known actors, besides Mark Wahlberg, there are also beauties Mila Kunis and Olga Kurylenko, and also Beau Bridges among the well-known faces. But actors are not everything. Sometimes they can lift an average script to the level of good, but when the script is bad, actors can't do much. Max Payne was originally a game, but if this was a promotional film for the game, I probably won't play it. Visually interesting, the dark angels are nice, but is it so hard to create at least some kind of story? It seems to me that this film doesn't have any. Something was tried, which has already been used elsewhere - a cop who has problems and wants to find out what actually happened to his wife - all of this was set in a matrix-like environment and supplemented with some horror elements from the film "Constantine". How can this work as a good film when it doesn't excel in anything? Perhaps only the digital effects are worth it, but there are already better mentioned PC and video games that are graphically very advanced, plus by controlling the character yourself, they immerse you much better into the action. "Max Payne" simply doesn't work. It reminded me a little of the failed film "11-11-11". Nothing more, nothing groundbreaking, even though it wants to pretend to be the hit of the year. Just another attempt to squeeze some money out of people. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2012/12/umirajici-zvire-4-vanoce-slunce-seno-2.html
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First of all, this isn't the “Max Payne" as we know it, it's an average crime B-movie with a big budget for the scenes with the Valkyrie which aren’t even in the game! If I had to judge by what kind of movie it could have been, I'd have to trash it, but I tried to be unbiased, and this deserve those two stars. There are a few solidly filmed scenes (which you could count on the fingers of one hand) and the stylization, which goes completely outside the original noir atmosphere, is quite interesting. Wahlberg not only didn't fit into the role of Max but he seemed strangely fat throughout the movie (but ok, he was normal again in the post-credits scene) and his acting was uneven at best. This movie is just one big disappointment, and I can only hope that in a few years, when everyone forgets about this mess, someone with respect for the original game will make a reboot.
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I love his desire for revenge, his weapons, his allies, and his enemies, and I love boundlessly every piece of this snowy New York, where behind every door hides a group of killers, much-needed painkillers, or a new set of bullets. But all of that disappears in the adaptation and a new Max comes along. This time as well, he is not afraid to draw a weapon, but only as a last resort. And that's why I am delighted by B.B., Aesir, Roscoe Street Station, and Alex, but at the moment when, full of joy from the action that finally arrived in full splendor, I then realized that the journey to the roof is a cleansing path to the conclusion, disappointment inevitably arrived as well. I do not blame John Moore for being late with the action, and I do not accusing Beau Thorne of taking the script in a completely different direction. I'm just disappointed because I wanted to see much more from this beloved video game than just the backdrop.
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Visually impressive, but everything else was dumped... Wahlberg is bland, Nelly Furtado doesn't impress either, only Ludacris shines a bit.) The pictures of the snow-covered city are nice to look at sometimes, but that's really the only major plus... Otherwise, in terms of direction and script, it's a bland piece of crap with a chaotic plot and unconvincing performances, if you can even call them that.
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I liked it. The game Max Payne is one of the few things I've actually played to the end, and the movie doesn't do it any shame. I was a little worried about Wahlberg in the lead role, but unnecessarily so. Then I thought to myself that the atmosphere couldn't have been as I remembered - it wasn't, but it was as close to it as it could be. I was expecting more shootouts, but there's nothing I can do about that... I can be glad that the filmmakers at least weren't afraid to show blood (i.e., when someone shoots someone, they don't get dusty, but instead a spectacular red cloud comes out of them) and that the screenwriter got a good idea with the Valkyries, which didn't hurt the atmosphere either. In addition, there are pretty women (although Kurylenko's bark could have been played by anyone else), quite good music and direction, which is not bad at all during the action and outside it. Three and a half.
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