Mark Wahlberg to Play Max Payne?

[Superchunk]

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/news/1687701/

[Scorpio82]

So another hard-boiled cop who doesn't respect the rules, has a murdered family, and fights drug dealers. Most of the cops I know just write stuff on notepads and call dispatch.

Done right, this can look a lot like "Sin City" meets "The Matrix." But because studios are still afraid of giving any video game movie a decently large budget, this can also end up looking like "The Punisher."

[MasterChief117]

Doubtful they have all the right resources to make this movie good, lets just see it be done. I'm excited i was a decent sized fan of the video game on the X-Box not to mention Mark Wahlberg is a beast.

[Evildooer]

MAX PAYNE & The Funky Bunch!

Your right MasterChief117 Wahlberg is a beast!

[boydston_14]

I hope this is good.

[SouthsideX300]

I hope this is violent as ****. Please oh please do the game justice.

[kel thuzad]

Id llike if they also incorporated similar scenes as hallucinations/dream sequences from the game. Those parts were incredible...
Not to mention that they should somehow stay true to the comic-like storytelling and stylisation.

[Deexan]

Mila Kunis is the dictionary definition of lovely. She's the dictionary definition of all definitions of lovely (there are up to six of them, depending on your particular dictionary). You'll see her a little later this year in the comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but she's also currently shooting Max Payne.

We're not that well versed with the computer game on which the movie is based, but it's basically about a cop (Mark Wahlberg) who has lost his family and is on a mission to bring those who caused their deaths to justice. We recently chatted with Kunis, who had this to say about the movie.

"For anyone who’s got concerns about Mark [Wahlberg] playing Max Payne, he’s amazing in it. Great actor, great guy," she insists. "I play [an assassin] called Mona Sax who accuses him of murdering her sister and later comes to find out it wasn’t him. They kind of get together and try to figure out who was responsible for the murder of his wife and child and her sister. The whole film is about realising that you can go on a revenge spree and get your revenge but it doesn’t solve the problem. It’s a really great, dark movie. The story actually combines [the games] Max Payne 1 and 2 together. Lots of shooting and gunplay, but what makes this script different is that it’s a really dark, sad movie about a man who loses everything and thinks that the only way he can get it back is by revenge. And comes to terms with realising that he’ll never get it back."

First ever good computer game movie? Hope so.

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=22305

Seems promising enough.

[Handsome Rob]

Well it sounds painfully formulaic, but I still have high hopes. I mean Mark and Mila.....I mean Mila.......mmmmmm.

[Fanible]

The only problem is that I think Kunis is completely wrong for Mona Sax. She's too short and cutesy. I definitely will have to see a trailer before making real judgment, but I can't picture her right at all, in voice, appearance or character.

What Kunis describes sounds sort of like they're adapting the games closely for what it's worth (which as much as I liked them, I didn't think they were THAT compelling in the story department).

Speaking of plot, here is some new news. Chris O'Donnel has been cast with another "major role" in the film as a character named "Jason Colvin". Of course, as Joystiq points out, Jason Colvin isn't exactly a recognized name. Not sure what that means in regards to what kind of creative control they're taking in changing the games to film. But like I said before, I didn't find the stories of the original games that compelling. We'll have to wait and see I suppose.

Chris O'Donnell joins Max Payne

As each member has been added to the cast of the Max Payne film, we've been progressively more impressed by the Hollywood weight being thrown behind it. But the addition of Chris O'Donnell? That's a wash. Sure, we like O'Donnell, but his name isn't exactly a box office draw. (Oh, Batman & Robin, if you're reading this, we still totally hate you.)

What is interesting is that O'Donnell will be playing executive Jason Colvin, which isn't a name we recognize. That has us wondering: How important is fidelity to the original plot for you? Would you rather they stick by it, or just do what works for the film?

The past decade is littered with lackluster game-to-film projects: Doom, Hitman, Alone in the Dark, Resident Evil: Apocalypse, and In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Adventure to name a few. So it was with no small amount of trepidation that fans of Max Payne greeted news that Remedy's classic shooter series was getting the Hollywood treatment.

Some fans' fears were assuaged when Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg was cast as the lead in the Max Payne film, which is currently shooting in Toronto. However, others were realized when first-time screenwriter Beau Thorne was hired to pen the script and less-than-acclaimed director John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines) was brought on board.

Today comes news that will receive a mixed reception by many cineastes. According to Entertainment Weekly, Chris O'Donnell has signed up for a major role in Max Payne. O'Donnell, who is most famous for his portrayal of faithful sidekick Robin in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin, hasn't had a major screen role since a spate of turn of the century box-office duds including The Vertical Limit and The Bachelor. (The author had the "pleasure" of reviewing both in a former career--ed.) Most recently, he costarred with Alfred Molina (Boogie Nights, Spider-Man 2) in the decently reviewed TNT original miniseries The Company.

According to EW, O'Donnell will play an "executive" named Jason Colvin in Max Payne. Though it is unclear what company the Colvin character will work for, it is worth noting the first Max Payne game concerned a multinational corporation bankrolling a murderous, mob-backed drug distribution ring.

Max Payne is currently scheduled to hit theaters in mid-October.

[Matrix_Fan]

I hope to god that this movie is rated R. But with FOX as the company releasing it, I have my doubts.

[drob127]

loved the game and with wahlberg playing the lead maybe this will break the "video game movies suck" curse

[Fanible]

I wouldn't say it will just yet. There's been plenty of 'good' actors in others.

[FilmJerk]

has a pretty good director too

[kel thuzad]

The only thing this, ehm, Director is good at are visuals. Nothing else.

[drob127]

the only movie i thought was okay of his was behind enemy lines

[FranklinTard]

... he's a bum. but ill check it out at the dollar theater, probably.

[Ewok Droppings]

This video game to movie swing hasn't worked so well. I'm smelling Hitman all over this one.

[drob127]

yea im not into the whole video game movie thing the only one i watched was silent hill and it was disturbing yes but fell into the trap as those movies always do

[Handsome Rob]

This video game to movie swing hasn't worked so well. I'm smelling Hitman all over this one.

Yeah, I am leaning towards that assumption as well. I just have hopes because of Wahlberg being in it. Who knows?

[SouthsideX300]

Chris O'Donnell!!!!!! LoL, kinda odd casting but ok.

[drob127]

great game though

[FilmJerk]

http://www.joblo.com/max-payne-trailer

[Deexan]

Woah, that looked really good. The link didn't have a video attached though, i saw it on youtube:

Q2jAEoBz6RY

[Dhamon22]

Looks pretty cool. I'm not sure about the thing with wings they kept showing... But I didn't play the Max Payne games. Is there a character in the games with wings?

[Deexan]

I don't remember a character but the drug that is heavily featured is called Valkyrie, which is what i assumed that winged thing to be...it probably shows up when somebody's tripping.

[DragnFire22]

I watched it with the sound off because I'm at work, but it looks great visually.

Who's directing this, again?

[DragnFire22]

Nvm. I see now that it's John Moore. Behind Enemy Lines wasn't too bad...

[Andrey83]

Behind Enemy Lines wasn't too bad...

Yes it was ;)

[halo7]

That looked pretty good to me. Had all the major characters, seems to stick pretty close to the story of the game, had the bullet-time effects, and best of all they seem to incorporate Max Payne's drug use/trippy dream sequences into it. Consider me cautiously excited.

[DragnFire22]

Yes it was ;)

Come on, you know you watched Owen running around in the Balkans, silently hoping he'd get that broken nose blown off. ;)

[Fanible]

It's down for me at the moment.

[Deexan]

It's down for me at the moment.

The youtube video i posted at the bottom of the previous page is still up and running i think :)

[halo7]

I take back what I said after looking farther into it. Apparently the film will have a PG-13 rating and the story seems to differ greatly from the source material.

[Fanible]

The youtube video i posted at the bottom of the previous page is still up and running i think :)

Thank ya mister.


Looks kinda cool - as a movie on it's own.
As an adaption of Max Payne? I'm not so sure about that.

And where's the bullet-time? A few slow-mo parts, but those are not bullet-time.

[Andrey83]

A few slow-mo parts, but those are not bullet-time.

Semantics. Its the same thing. Bullet-time is still slow-mo, just with added bullet trails.

Which probably is something added in post. Well, hopefully.

[Fanible]

That seems to be a common misconception of what bullet time actually is. That since bullet-time took off popularity with the Matrix films, many people in error associated the term with gun play, or bullets, which it actually has nothing to do with. That, and the most common use of bullet-time in several films is following a bullet flying out of a gun, and panning around the bullet as it travels. Since most of these said scenes involve bullets, and the visual is called "bullet-time," it's understandable why this misunderstanding can be made.

Truth be told, bullet-time has nothing to do with actual bullets that are shot out of guns. The visual effect "bullet-time" is when a camera can pan around a view point that is in a still-frame... or, camera footage that is done in slo-mo, but you are able to additionally pan around the scene freely and smoothly (in "real-time" or from the audience's point of view) while the slow-motion footage is occurring. Scenes that would otherwise be impossible to create with conventional camera work.

It's not semantics at all. That is bullet-time. Simple slow-motion and bullets having trails has nothing to do with it.

Examples:
The first described would be that of the opening sequence, where Trinity punches a police officer and then jumps in the air, and the scene is still-paused, but the camera pans around quickly (there were no 'gun bullets' involved in this scene at all).

The second described is the most common used in the Matrix films. One scene using it would be that of Neo falling backwards to avoid an agent's oncoming gunshots. Another would be when Neo and Agent Smith first jump at each other while shooting their guns in the subway. And then another in the Matrix Reloaded when Neo is fighting multiple Smiths, and jumps in the air to kick one while punching another.

An example of commonly mistaken bullet-time would be that of a scene in the Matrix sequels, when Trinity is falling backwards out of the city building, while shooting up at an agent falling after her - which actually involves no bullet time whatsoever.

[Scorpio82]

I'm hoping those winged things are drug-induced, otherwise the director's been taking lessons from the Boll school of video game adaptations. There shouldn't be anything supernatural about Max Payne. You might as well have John McClane fight Dracula.

[FranklinTard]

well they were mentioning 'the devil' quite blatantly, so be wary.

[Fanible]

That would be a drastic change if so. However, Max Payne did have quite a few 'dream' sequences through out the games, but nothing that I can recall that makes that recognizable.

[Matrix_Fan]

The winged creatures could prove to be symbolic in the final product. For some reason, that shot at the end of the trailer looks like the guy flying out of the window after being shot, but we see the creature latched on to him. Maybe Max is on that drug and he sees that thing after shooting the guy. Who knows. Maybe the trailer that'll be closer to release will show more.

But the trailer looks really good. I'm still wary cause it's a FOX movie and that it's allegedly PG-13, but it looks like they're going to push it as far as possible. Mark was a good choice to play Payne.

[Fanible]

The winged creatures could prove to be symbolic in the final product. For some reason, that shot at the end of the trailer looks like the guy flying out of the window after being shot

Good call. Still out of place, but makes sense.

But more so like I said before. It actually looks like a cool movie.
Just not so sure about it being a Max Payne adaption.

[DragnFire22]

I'm hoping those winged things are drug-induced, otherwise the director's been taking lessons from the Boll school of video game adaptations. There shouldn't be anything supernatural about Max Payne. You might as well have John McClane fight Dracula.

It wouldn't be the first time John McClane was featured in a sequel with an un-Die Hard storyline.

[drob127]

I watched it with the sound off because I'm at work, but it looks great visually.

Who's directing this, again?

i thought the same thing. it doesnt look like a usual video game movie IMO

[SouthsideX300]

The teaser looks suprisingly better then i thought it would. I dont know wtf that vulture is at the end though.

[shained]

I'm quite impressed by the trailer and looking forward to it quite a bit now. Really hope they don't make it a PG-13 that would just be silly.

[Andrey83]

That seems to be a common misconception of what bullet time actually is. That since bullet-time took off popularity with the Matrix films, many people in error associated the term with gun play, or bullets, which it actually has nothing to do with. That, and the most common use of bullet-time in several films is following a bullet flying out of a gun, and panning around the bullet as it travels. Since most of these said scenes involve bullets, and the visual is called "bullet-time," it's understandable why this misunderstanding can be made.

Truth be told, bullet-time has nothing to do with actual bullets that are shot out of guns. The visual effect "bullet-time" is when a camera can pan around a view point that is in a still-frame... or, camera footage that is done in slo-mo, but you are able to additionally pan around the scene freely and smoothly (in "real-time" or from the audience's point of view) while the slow-motion footage is occurring. Scenes that would otherwise be impossible to create with conventional camera work.

It's not semantics at all. That is bullet-time. Simple slow-motion and bullets having trails has nothing to do with it.

Examples:
The first described would be that of the opening sequence, where Trinity punches a police officer and then jumps in the air, and the scene is still-paused, but the camera pans around quickly (there were no 'gun bullets' involved in this scene at all).

The second described is the most common used in the Matrix films. One scene using it would be that of Neo falling backwards to avoid an agent's oncoming gunshots. Another would be when Neo and Agent Smith first jump at each other while shooting their guns in the subway. And then another in the Matrix Reloaded when Neo is fighting multiple Smiths, and jumps in the air to kick one while punching another.

An example of commonly mistaken bullet-time would be that of a scene in the Matrix sequels, when Trinity is falling backwards out of the city building, while shooting up at an agent falling after her - which actually involves no bullet time whatsoever.

Hmm, fair enough ;)

[turtlefocker]

I'm annoyed by the fact that it is not sticking close to the games script. I was hoping for a lot of the dialog and voice-overs to be used.

[DragnFire22]

You've seen the movie...?

[turtlefocker]

Well I read an early draft of the script and based on the trailer they didn't change it much. Script only has a short narration at the beginning and end.. and the mob isn't Italian...

[DragnFire22]

Oh, so you don't really know.

[turtlefocker]

well, I have a pretty good idea, and 'based on what I know - early script draft/ teaser (doesn't look like they hanged much...)

I would have to say I'm disappointed

[SouthsideX300]

Anyone know what the hell that vulture was?

[DragnFire22]

Looked more like an angel than a vulture.

[turtlefocker]

it was a hallucination

[DragnFire22]

New pic from Comic-Con:

http://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/080716/Comic-Con/Max-Payne-Mark-Wahlberg_l.jpg

they are screening clips and the trailer, so might be getting more soon.

[Andrey83]

Anyone know what the hell that vulture was?

Probably from one of his drug induced "dreams". In the game there are a couple of really surreal sequences where the character is drugged as hell.

[Darth Maul]

This movie defiantly looks alot like the game. The trailer looked great. Mila Kunis was a great casting choice for mona and as was mark for max payne.

[DragnFire22]

SDCC: The Max Payne Press Conference
Source: Blake Wright July 24, 2008

http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/maxpaynefootage.jpg
Max Payne, a video game adaptation from 20th Century Fox due later this year, will have elements of both the original game and its sequel, according to director John Moore. Moore told the press at Comic-Con on Thursday that essential elements to the story were taken from the "Max Payne" sequel, but the intent was never to take both games and mash them into one movie.

"Max can't rest until he finds the third killer (of his wife and child)," said Moore. "I believe he does want to find him and then rest. You get the sense throughout the film that once Max gets this third guy, he's done. But just at the end of the film he realizes that he wouldn't be doing his wife and child, so he wants to live on."

Max Payne stars Mark Wahlberg as Max, Mila Kundis as Mona Sax and Ludicris as Jim Bravura.

Wahlberg was hesitant to do the film after he learned it was based on a video game, but after reading the script and coming off of The Happening and The Lovely Bones, he said he was ready to crack some skulls.

"I love playing this character, especially after playing a science teacher and playing an accountant," said Wahlberg. "It's a nice change of pace."

Moore said that one of his main goals with Mark and Max Payne was to build a character that people would reference, citing early Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood's Harry Callahan. Moore also said he drew inspiration from Lee Marvin's character in Point Blank and purposefully impersonated his swagger in at least one scene in the film.

Wahlberg confessed he did not do many of the stunts in the film, laughingly referring to the 'three guys that look just like him' eager to get in there.

This was Mila Kundis' first turn in an action film and she said she was excited to learn how to use the guns and batons her character employed.

"It was awesome," said Kundis. "I've never done anything with action. I can barely walk without tripping. I never shot a gun, but now I can take one apart and put it together."

Max Payne is due in theaters on October 17.

I'm starting to put more faith in this film.

[Deexan]

http://comingsoon.net/nextraimages/maxpaynefootage.jpg

I love that picture.


Couple of new ones on the Empire website:

http://www.empireonline.com/images/image_index/hw800/29075.jpg
http://www.empireonline.com/images/image_index/hw800/29076.jpg

http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=23110

[DragnFire22]

Always with the head down...

[SnoBorderZero]

I'm actually a little hyped for this. Dirk Diggler.... I mean Mark Wahlberg is solid and I never played the games (so I was curious about the supernatural elements and didn't know they were in the game) but heard they were great. FOX can really blow on action flicks, but I have faith in this that it can be what Constantine wasn't.

[therook]

Yeah the first game was pretty awesome. But the dream sequence was hard for a minute. Hope they have that part in the movie.

[Fanible]

There's not really any "supernatural" elements, and Constantine isn't exactly a comparable action flick.

And after what happened to Hitman, which was also produced by FOX, I'm not really holding much hope for this. However I always keep a benefit of the doubt (even in the slightest) until I've seen more material (or the actual film), no matter what.

[Deexan]

Trailer:

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=48332

[therook]

Is it just me or are these supernatural elements in the movie pointless.

[DragnFire22]

No one knows, because no one has seen the movie.

[therook]

OK fine they are really confusing is that better

[Darth Maul]

i think they're trying to go for the whole Valkyrie drug thing, this movie reminds me alot of condemned criminal origins.

[DVDAVE]

i think they're trying to go for the whole Valkyrie drug thing, this movie reminds me alot of condemned criminal origins.

I think you are a 100% right. They have to be showing the Hallucinations from the drug. I actually think this might be good. Shame is I don't think that people are really understanding the Valkyrie reference though, as you can clearly see by the confused posts on this thread.

[Darth Maul]

I think you are a 100% right. They have to be showing the Hallucinations from the drug. I actually think this might be good. Shame is I don't think that people are really understanding the Valkyrie reference though, as you can clearly see by the confused posts on this thread.

i dunno. If the director really feels he stuck to the game then the drug will make its appearance, I guess they just don't want to reveal it yet. But so far so good, its lookin alot like the game.

[WuTical]

what song is played in the trailer?

Movie looks great to me. Def. can't wait to see it.

[DVDAVE]

what song is played in the trailer?

Movie looks great to me. Def. can't wait to see it.

Marilyn Manson- If I Was Your Vampire, good song.

[kel thuzad]

It looks quite psychedelic. One thing I was hoping for was that they include the halucination sequences from the game. And it looks like they could event pull it off as a seamless part of the story. Looks very good so far. But so did hitman in form of trailers...Ugh.

[Felix Leiter]

new trailer up

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=1095451&ch=&cl=9540072&src=ukyvideo

looks good but, I'm still going to keep my expectations low considering the director's previous work.

[FilmJerk]

his previous work isn't bad, they were all pretty enjoyable

[Felix Leiter]

new trailer up

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=1095451&ch=&cl=9540072&src=ukyvideo

looks good but, I'm still going to keep my expectations low considering the director's previous work.

bumped so it won't be missed

[Matrix_Fan]

I really liked Moore's 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines, and found some enjoyment out of Flight Of The Phoenix and his Omen remake. Hopefully, Max Payne will turn out to be his best film yet.

[Jay Bourne]

I might wait to rent this. Not that big a fan of Wahlberg.

[Fanible]

bumped so it won't be missed

I'm pretty sure that's the one that was posted back on the 28th...? In which case, we've already all been talking about it.

[kel thuzad]

Nope, its the international one. Theres quite a lot of new footage.

[Andrey83]

Nope, its the international one. Theres quite a lot of new footage.

- which was released on the 28th....

[kel thuzad]

- which was released on the 28th....

Uhm.

[Felix Leiter]

I'm pretty sure that's the one that was posted back on the 28th...? In which case, we've already all been talking about it.

Nope. This is the international trailer that was just released yesterday. Lots of different footage. :)

[Fanible]

Alrighty then. I'm still not sure about the Valkyries in this. These trailers make it look like they're out to see them as more than just crazy drug effects.

[Felix Leiter]

I tend to agree. Although, my friend read the script and he said at some point during the film they do make it clear that they are hallucinations.

[Andrey83]

Uhm.

It hit the internet the 28th. I downloaded it the 28th. Its stamped "last changed 28th" on my computer.

And it hit this page the 28th : http://www.davestrailerpage.co.uk

28th.

[DVDAVE]

Alrighty then. I'm still not sure about the Valkyries in this. These trailers make it look like they're out to see them as more than just crazy drug effects.

I see what you are saying but if you watch the trailer closely I think you'll see that (at least in my eyes) there the effect of the drug. If you watch the part where the Valkyrie looks like it pulls the guy from the building I think he is being thrown. you will see I think it's max running towards him then bam cut to an outside shot and you see what looks like the Valkyrie pulling him out. But he is really being just thrown out and the Valkyrie is just the stylistic part of the movie. Anyway I am pretty excited for this.

[FranklinTard]

I really liked Moore's 2001 film Behind Enemy Lines, and found some enjoyment out of Flight Of The Phoenix and his Omen remake. Hopefully, Max Payne will turn out to be his best film yet.

yikes. although i agree about behind enemy lines... decent flick....

[Knerys]

This looks like Constantine.....but then again I liked Constantine....despite it's troubles.

[Fanible]

I see what you are saying but if you watch the trailer closely I think you'll see that (at least in my eyes) there the effect of the drug. If you watch the part where the Valkyrie looks like it pulls the guy from the building I think he is being thrown. you will see I think it's max running towards him then bam cut to an outside shot and you see what looks like the Valkyrie pulling him out. But he is really being just thrown out and the Valkyrie is just the stylistic part of the movie. Anyway I am pretty excited for this.

That's what I thought too, but in this new trailer it looks more like he gets "thrown" out of the window before Max Payne gets to him - and then she says "what did we just see?" or whatever... although I guess that could be from another scene?

[Birdy]

Never played the game so I'm not really familiar with the story arc of the character. But this movie does look pretty cool. I might just go see this. But I'm going in cautious since its a video game adaption. And Hitman looked "cool" too, but I didn't pay to see that so I saved myself with that one.

[John Hartigan]

If you really want to know what the deal is with the Valkyries I'll tag it, short answer is they're hallucinations from using the drug, Valkyrie, and no, Max does not battle Valkyries in the finale.

Valkyrie is like speed x10, all the rapid eye movements makes the user think they're seeing wings flapping about in the corner of their eyes. The guy in the trailer actually jumps out the window, but Max thinks he sees a Valkyrie pull him because at this point Max has secretly been given a mild dose of Valkyrie. At the end when Max storms the Aseir building he takes an overdoes of Valkyrie. Valkyrie was being tested on soliders in Iraq but because of the aggressive and highly addictive nature, the army didn't want it so the Aseir corporation, a Pharmaceutical company, started selling it on the street instead. Max's wife worked for Aseir and found out about it so Nicole Horne, CEO of Aseir, sent three Valkyrie addicts to Max's home where they killed his wife and daughter.

[SouthsideX300]

Good, nothing like a crappy ending having max payne battle the vulture.

[Necross]

I think it looks like it'll be great imho.

[SouthsideX300]

It does, tv spots look awesome.

[Felix Leiter]

Max Payne - The Beginning Live-Action Comic
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRKnficUcfs

Pretty Cool.

[SnoBorderZero]

Probably the last popcorn movie of the year. I'll probably see it.

[DVDAVE]

I think I am seeing this it looks interesting.

[FilmJerk]

PG-13 wtf

[casablanca3]

^^yeah man seriously thats weak, it needs to be R no question

[Art_of_crime]

So why does this movie look like "Constantine" meets "sin city"?

[DVDAVE]

I knew it would be PG-13 studios are just loosing balls on making alot of movies rated R. I am still looking forward to seeing this.

[Andrey83]

PG-13 wtf

The game was never that violent. It had alot of drugs, but they can get away with that.

And please dont say "but it was rated M". Because that doesnt matter as games and movies arent rated on equal grounds (even though they should).

[Deexan]

Website is a go fly: http://www.maxpayne-movie.co.uk/

Is it just me or are there some new elements to the trailer? Could be because it's the UK site and it's an international version i guess...

US: http://www.maxpaynethemovie.com/US/index.html <----- Nice graphic novel featuring a Walhberg voiceover on here.

Either way, I'm really looking forward to this.

EDIT: I think i recognise some of the fx from the game on the website, which is cool.

[Felix Leiter]

First review is up. Seems like they think while it's not terrible they had much higher hopes.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/max_payne/

[Knerys]

Not again with the R vs PG-13. :rolleyes:


Honestly, if you can't make a decent movie with-in the confines of a rating, you have no imagination. Stop using it as an excuse.

[FranklinTard]

well the game was rated m... which can only be purchased by 17+ year olds... and it was released quite some time ago.... so lets go ahead and put this stuff together, the fans of the game are obviously older then 17, target audience of pg-13 can't even buy the original game as it were... genius studios.

movie still looks awful, regardless of rating...

[SnoBorderZero]

Yeah the PG-13 rating means it's gonna be just another bad action movie by Fox. Pass.

[Knerys]

well the game was rated m... which can only be purchased by 17+ year olds... and it was released quite some time ago.... so lets go ahead and put this stuff together, the fans of the game are obviously older then 17, target audience of pg-13 can't even buy the original game as it were... genius studios.

movie still looks awful, regardless of rating...

You honestly think anyone under 17 hasn't got their hands on this game one way or another?

[FranklinTard]

You honestly think anyone under 17 hasn't got their hands on this game one way or another?

i dont think you understand what im saying... its an old game, when it came out, it was M which is 17 and older correct? so lets say that a kid the age of 12 got his hands on it when it was released... in 2001. that makes him just a shade under 20 by my calculations... why bother releasing it pg-13?

[SnoBorderZero]

It had a dark, gritty look to it from the trailers, I thought it'd be a sure thing it would be R. At PG-13... yeah Fox is the worst.

[Fanible]

Because they want to gain any money they can - and that includes the curious 13-16 year olds who would see it because it has a lot of guns and shooting. From their business stand point, that's obvious.

[FranklinTard]

yet another reason, why video game movies suck ass.

[Darth Maul]

I'll still see it, but will it be a matinée or full price.

[MasterChief117]

Going to see this next weekend for sure. I loved this game and the same for my dad. Mark Wahlberg was the perfect pick for this role.

[Knerys]

i dont think you understand what im saying... its an old game, when it came out, it was M which is 17 and older correct? so lets say that a kid the age of 12 got his hands on it when it was released... in 2001. that makes him just a shade under 20 by my calculations... why bother releasing it pg-13?

Doesn't mean current 13-16 year olds haven't played it or the sequel. The world doesn't stop at a single age.

[FranklinTard]

i agree but i doubt they went and were looking it out, until this movie came out. kids play games that come out in their times unless they have older brothers or fathers who gamed, in my experience at least. and the sequel came out in 03 i believe, another 5 year window, should have been rated r.... its pretty clear.

[Andrey83]

As I stated earlier, the games were never that violent. Why does it need an R rating? You keep saying that, but for no apparent reason.

[FranklinTard]

for the simple fact that is was rated m. 17 and older, so that means 13 and older should see the movie eh?

and like ive been saying though, its still going to be awful, regardless of rating, because its a video game movie.

[Andrey83]

As I also stated in that post; being an M rated game doesnt support your argument as games and movies arent rated on equal terms. The simple fact that you shoot people can lead to an M rating. The same doesnt apply to movies. Please dont change the subject, I'm not debating the movies potential quality.

Next argument please.

[FranklinTard]

dont think i said it needed an r rating...

next argument please.

[Andrey83]

You made it sound like that though.

[Fanible]

I suppose I don't mind it, but PG-13 does mean a major lack of blood from all the shooting going on. If the action is quick enough, I probably won't notice, but it's bothered me in other films.

As to the film's quality, I don't have much hope because of the mess FOX did with Hitman. I like Marky Mark and Mila, though, so it would be nice if it was a movie that changes the bad adaption formula we've had to get use to. I've said that with almost every adaption though.

[MasterChief117]

Yeah, I'm a big fan of Mark's movies even though some critics don't like them. I think he is a great actor and he puts a good quality of acting into his movies. This movie doesn't look anymore than a straight up action movie but it does look damn interesting. Not to mention Mila's in it for some interesting eye candy. Can't wait.

[Matrix_Fan]

If nothing else, this will be a fun action flick. Non stop gun battles and talking in the rain sounds appealing.

Unlike these people: http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=14920&s=Reviews

[JackBauer]

i'll pass on this one. it's just so wrong to cast rappers in motion pictures.
they rewrite a character, so they can cast some ludacris hippedi-hoppedi-dude to play him? i protest!

[DragnFire22]

You are retarded. Go see Hustle & Flow or Crash. Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges is great in both.

Mark Wahlberg used to be the "rapper" cast in movies, and now look at him.

[FranklinTard]

not to mention luda was DOPE in fast and the furious 2...

right...?

[DragnFire22]

He played his part.

[JackBauer]

You are retarded. Go see Hustle & Flow or Crash. Christopher "Ludacris" Bridges is great in both.

Mark Wahlberg used to be the "rapper" cast in movies, and now look at him.

wow, now you know some **** about acting.
seen crash and didn't like it. although there's some good acting in it. i've read about hustle and flow and it sounds like crap. simply not interessted in the rap sector of music. so, what does it take from an actor to be great? he didn't do much in crash except for playing some character near himself. thats no achievment. jerk.

[JackBauer]

not to mention luda was DOPE in fast and the furious 2...

right...?

wooohoooo, i'm so sorry i forgot to mention that. because THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS 2 is such an relevant piece of art in the film industry..is there a FATF-book? bc if so i'm need to read it..

[Deexan]

According to IMDb (I know, I know) it was rated R when shown to the classification board and a few scenes were trimmed by the director to make it PG13.

[DragnFire22]

wow, now you know some **** about acting.
seen crash and didn't like it. although there's some good acting in it. i've read about hustle and flow and it sounds like crap. simply not interessted in the rap sector of music. so, what does it take from an actor to be great? he didn't do much in crash except for playing some character near himself. thats no achievment. jerk.

Hustle & Flow is not about "the rap sector." It is critically acclaimed for a reason.

And I like how you neglected to respond to my Wahlberg comment.

[Spirited Away]

According to IMDb (I know, I know) it was rated R when shown to the classification board and a few scenes were trimmed by the director to make it PG13.
Yeah, I think that's right. But the changes were incredibly minor, more to do with them using one or two too many "f**ks" or something.

[FranklinTard]

did they let any critics review this? i only ask because i can't find any reviews... at least not on credible sites...

[Fanible]

did they let any critics review this? i only ask because i can't find any reviews... at least not on credible sites...

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/max_payne/

5 reviews so far. All rotten.

[FilmJerk]

did that roger moore guy just ruin the ending?

[MasterChief117]

3 Fresh, 18 Rotten. I still want to see this movie though.

[Matrix_Fan]

Seeing this on the Cinerama Dome, hope I enjoy it.

[Darth Maul]

yup gonna see it at the dome for sure, should be fun... I hope.