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Max Payne (2008) 5.4
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5.4/10 from 102,968 users
Metascore: 31/100
Reviews: 395 user | 227 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a police detective whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation. Director:John MooreWriters:Beau Thorne (screenplay), Sam Lake (video game by Remedy Entertainment and 3-D Realms Entertainment) |
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Three years ago, NYPD detective Max Payne's wife and baby were murdered. Max gets himself transferred to the cold case office where he can continue searching for the killer who got away. He's a loner, but two people reach out to him during a fateful week: Alex, his ex-partner who may have found a clue, and BB, the security chief at the pharmaceutical company where Max's wife worked. Meanwhile, bodies are piling up, some as a result of a drug on the street that is highly addictive and, for many who take it, brings hideous hallucinations. When one of the bodies is a woman Payne was the last to see alive, her sister comes looking for him armed to the teeth; Max must move fast. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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police detective | ex partner | death | hallucination | corporation |Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for violence including intense shooting sequences, drug content, some sexuality and brief strong language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Release Date:
17 October 2008 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$35,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$17,639,849 (USA) (17 October 2008)Gross:
$40,687,294 (USA) (9 January 2009)Company Credits
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Max Payne: I don't believe in heaven. I believe in pain. I believe in fear. I believe in death.
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When Mona Sax arrives at Aesir Pharmaceuticals, she shoots through a door, near the lock handle, to open it. When she kicks the door open, the door handle, lock, and deadbolt are undamaged, and the deadbolt is not locked. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Max Payne: I don't believe in heaven. I believe in pain. I believe in fear. I believe in death.
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I never thought it was possible to turn a story that great into such a terrible movie...
First let me say I loved the games, I love action movies, crime movies, film noir and thrillers, film noir and thrillers, but
I hate this film, I really hate it. It is nothing like it should be, everything is missing - the drama, the violence( which really is an important part of the tragical tale of max payne), the dark humor, the characters... everything.
Max payne is the tale of a man who looses everything, who doesn't care about anything but personal justice any more and just fights his way through, getting in a worse condition every minute - he gets beaten up, he gets shot and drugged and yet he never gives up.
Personally I found many aspects of max payne in sin city.
The Max Payne movie however is like the children's edition, there is no pain, no blood( red is the third color next to black and white that is actually needed in max payne), no great bullettime actions, no film noir. The great characters from the game seem all ridiculous, like nicole horn (the evil mastermind) acts like the friendly ant from next door, BB is not nearly the cool suit he should be, no alfred wooden !?, jim bravura needs to be that old wasted guy from the game - and also the extremely precious sideline characters like vinnie (who was such fun to meet in the game) seem all wrong.
When they would just have filmed game scene after game scene, level for level the would have provided a better story. The included the wrong unimportant plots from the game but ignored the stuff that really matters.
They should have let the guy who cut the trailer make the film, cause it was really an awesome trailer that actually captured a pretty good image of the original Max Payne style.
The great funny scenes are gone completely too, you never have to laugh at all, nothing like a gansta in a capt. baseball bat suit...
Really, really terrible.
The 2 points I give because there are actually some nice images like the valkyries and the drug trips - and because of the super gorgeous Natascha^^ (sister of mona) ... who max did not sleep with, another reason to hate the movie, one of many though...