DirectorJohn Moore
Producer
Julie Yorn, Scott Faye, John Moore
Screenwriter
Beau Thorne
Starring
Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Olga Kurylenko, Chris O'Donnell, Donal Logue, Amaury Nolasco, Kate Burton
Studio
20th Century Fox
Release Date
22 October 2008 (Indonesia)
Producer
Julie Yorn, Scott Faye, John Moore
Screenwriter
Beau Thorne
Starring
Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Olga Kurylenko, Chris O'Donnell, Donal Logue, Amaury Nolasco, Kate Burton
Studio
20th Century Fox
Release Date
22 October 2008 (Indonesia)
Official website
MaxPaynethemovie.com
MaxPaynethemovie.com
Maximum Pain...
Synopsis: A maverick police (Mark Wahlberg) is facing a battle supernatural when it descends into a dark underworld to find those who killed his family and his partner.
Review: "Max Payne," a crime thriller wrapped in a supernatural mystery, was based on a video game. As an adaptation, the Max Payne film is very different from the game in pretty much every aspect besides the tone and the characterizations. John Moore's obvious goal in the film was to match the spirit, tone, and grit of the game. Speaking of violence, there’s plenty of it in Max Payne. Shootings, beatings, torture -- take your pick. But director John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines) wisely alternates these sequences with scenes of verbal and psychological confrontation as well as a few glimpses of those frightening, mysterious valkyries. By no means is Max Payne just thrown together to make a quick buck. It is well made, and well thought out.
Detective Max Payne lives in a dark and dangerous world. Played by Mark Wahlberg in this film adaptation of the popular video game, Wahlberg our morose anti-hero never cracks a smile as Max Payne, a hard-boiled cop right out of pulp novels, a pariah in self-imposed exile in the police basement (where someone seems to have stolen all the lights) who spends most of his time trying to solve the murder of his wife and baby in order to wreak vengeance upon the guilty party. While Wahlberg’s solid performance makes us feel sorry for Max, we also worry about the drastic actions this emotionally wounded man will take when he discovers the villains responsible for the tragic loss of his wife and child. Max’s investigation brings him face to face with powerful forces, nightmarish creatures called valkyries, and a crazed warrior priest who seems to command shadow armies of winged creatures. They could be the personal demons of drug addicts transformed into the literal in a crazed reworking of Norse mythology.
Mark Wahlberg’s action really not failing. Wahlberg delivers a quiet, yet subtle and intense performance in the title role as the most "pain" and "pun" inducing detective of all time. Despite the surreal nature of Max Payne, supporting cast members Mila Kunis, Bridges, Ludacris and Amaury Nolasco also turn in believable turns. Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) endows her character, an assassin who helps Max with his mission, with the right blend of toughness and sexiness in this key role. Mila Kunis as Mona Sax wasn't the best casting in the world, but Mila proves that it wasn't the worst casting either. There isn't as much depth to her in the film as there was in the game. Bridges (The Ballad of Jack & Rose), who was actually playing a character for once instead of himself on screen. lends gravitas to his portrayal of a former partner of Max’s father who now claims “Max is part of the family.” Ludacris (Crash) is completely convincing as a police official hoping to get to the bottom of everything. And Amaury Nolasco (from TV’s Prison Break), who can scared the socks off audience as a huge thug with nothing but violence on his mind.
It was disappointed to find the lack of action sequences. Max Payne is not an action movie at heart. Max Payne is an effective mystery film It is a mystery film with some action scenes (and some very well done visual effects) that is driven by the main character and the exposition around him. It has a great conceptual hook from a director who visualizes better than he dramatizes. Moore creates a vivid fantasy noir world that moves so stylishly is can carry you through all the absurdities by sheer imagery and momentum. The game may have been a shoot 'em up style game, but it is difficult to do this on film and expect to be taken seriously, which Max Payne should be.
Detective Max Payne lives in a dark and dangerous world. Played by Mark Wahlberg in this film adaptation of the popular video game, Wahlberg our morose anti-hero never cracks a smile as Max Payne, a hard-boiled cop right out of pulp novels, a pariah in self-imposed exile in the police basement (where someone seems to have stolen all the lights) who spends most of his time trying to solve the murder of his wife and baby in order to wreak vengeance upon the guilty party. While Wahlberg’s solid performance makes us feel sorry for Max, we also worry about the drastic actions this emotionally wounded man will take when he discovers the villains responsible for the tragic loss of his wife and child. Max’s investigation brings him face to face with powerful forces, nightmarish creatures called valkyries, and a crazed warrior priest who seems to command shadow armies of winged creatures. They could be the personal demons of drug addicts transformed into the literal in a crazed reworking of Norse mythology.
Mark Wahlberg’s action really not failing. Wahlberg delivers a quiet, yet subtle and intense performance in the title role as the most "pain" and "pun" inducing detective of all time. Despite the surreal nature of Max Payne, supporting cast members Mila Kunis, Bridges, Ludacris and Amaury Nolasco also turn in believable turns. Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) endows her character, an assassin who helps Max with his mission, with the right blend of toughness and sexiness in this key role. Mila Kunis as Mona Sax wasn't the best casting in the world, but Mila proves that it wasn't the worst casting either. There isn't as much depth to her in the film as there was in the game. Bridges (The Ballad of Jack & Rose), who was actually playing a character for once instead of himself on screen. lends gravitas to his portrayal of a former partner of Max’s father who now claims “Max is part of the family.” Ludacris (Crash) is completely convincing as a police official hoping to get to the bottom of everything. And Amaury Nolasco (from TV’s Prison Break), who can scared the socks off audience as a huge thug with nothing but violence on his mind.
It was disappointed to find the lack of action sequences. Max Payne is not an action movie at heart. Max Payne is an effective mystery film It is a mystery film with some action scenes (and some very well done visual effects) that is driven by the main character and the exposition around him. It has a great conceptual hook from a director who visualizes better than he dramatizes. Moore creates a vivid fantasy noir world that moves so stylishly is can carry you through all the absurdities by sheer imagery and momentum. The game may have been a shoot 'em up style game, but it is difficult to do this on film and expect to be taken seriously, which Max Payne should be.
Did you know?
* James McCaffrey, the voice of Max Payne in the video game franchise, makes a cameo as the FBI agent that Lt. Jim Bravura introduces to the "real" police officer.
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