Rockstar Games' double-gunned action franchise comes to the big screen thanks to director John Moore (The Omen) 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. Mila Kunis and Chris O'Donnell head up the supporting cast, with Beau Thorne adapting the screenplay for the 20th Century Fox production. Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi -- _entertainment_movies_action&adventure

Rockstar Games' double-gunned action franchise comes to the big screen thanks to director John Moore (The Omen) 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. Mila Kunis and Chris O'Donnell head up the supporting cast, with Beau Thorne adapting the screenplay for the 20th Century Fox production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, Rovi (Books - Computers and Internet) -- Entertainment-Movies

Based on the video game from Rockstar, MAX PAYNE stars Mark Wahlberg as a New York City cop out to avenge his slain wife and child, and heaven help anyone who gets in his blood-strewn way. The trail leads him into a network of shady characters mixed up with an experimental drug that causes super strength and fearlessness, as well as wild hallucinations of winged angels and demons. As Max gets closer and closer to the truth, he finds himself the target of a massive police manhunt, and in the crosshairs of the powerful kingpin behind the racket; soon enough, the angels and demons become downright deadly. Olga Kurylenko (QUANTUM OF SOLACE) is a beautiful Russian party girl who winds up dead after a late-night visit to Max's pad; her assassin sister (Mila Kunis) first goes after Max, then tries to help him get some answers. Rap star Ludacris (here credited as Chris Bridges) is a tough internal affairs cop investigating Payne's behavior. Shot in an impressively grungy palette of high-contrast grays and blacks, with snow and sheets of rain soaking the grim atmosphere, New York City is brilliantly morphed into something like Gotham City by way of Detroit, with a touch of X-FILES-style supernatural dread looming over everything. Director John Moore knows how to stage his action scenes: offices blow up, big chunks of rubble crush police cars, bodies and shattered glass suspend in mid-air for some of the slowest slow-mo moments in action film history. Fans of the video game and/or action movies in general should get a kick out of all the mega-loud insanity, stylish design, and Wahlberg, who never changes his mean expression, but still commands the screen. -- DVD

A maverick cop seeks revenge for the murder of his family and finds himself in a world where the lines between fantasy and reality are blurred. *Artist: WAHLBERG,MARK *Genre: Action/Adventure *Rating: PG13 *Release Date: 25-MAY-2010 -- Movies Music & Gaming > DVD Movies - Action

5 out of 5 stars!   More Than Decent 2010-10-11

I had no knowledge about the character of Max Payne. I had read the Amazon reviews and put off for a long time not buying the blu ray. Finally I did and I found the movie to be quite entertaining and very well made. I thought that all of the actors did a good job in their roles. Wahlberg is a 'movie star' not an actor and for those who have said that he gives the same performance, well he does. But he's fun to watch and after seeing his various films for more than 10 years everyone in the audience should know what they are getting when they purchase a ticket. This is the second graphic novel that I've watched the first being 30 Days of Night and like that film reviewers still make comparisons to the books. I always thought that was ridiculous. Its apples and oranges. The film is a fun ride and decent watch. The trailer pretty much sums up what you'll get so if you like the trailer buy the disc which is in a word superb. One of the best blu ray transfers out there.
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