Ok, alot of video game/cartoon/anime based movies are coming out nowadays and Max Payne is no different. To me, Max Payne should be chucked to the I'M-A-MOVIE-BASED-ON-SOMETHING-BUT-IN-THE-END-NEVER-FOLLOW-THE-ACTUAL-STORY catergory. And as the catergory states, the movie didn't follow the actual story that was shown to the video game, and I thought that was okay because they could enjoy the action. However, again I was wrong, because my guests that had never played the game before, didn't seem to enjoy the movie very much. He said and I quote,"I almost fell asleep", and who can blame him? The plot was different so gamers would be disappointed and the dialogues were too long and there was barely any action. The action at the end were not that fantastic either, the bullet time was only there to show you in slow motion how bad the shooting of the bad guys were. I mean, a military guy using a automatic assault rifle with a scope (WITH A SCOPE!!), can miss so badly 4 times. I mean if he was firing from the hip like most villians would do, it would be understandable that he will miss, but the guy had the time to aim and shoot throught the SCOPE!! I mean he was using a SCOPE!!
Anyway, when it comes to video game/cartoon/anime based movies, casting is really important for me. So as I watch intently, Mark Wahlberg was a not bad Max Payne but I kind of think he needs to make his voice a little deeper. Maybe if he made himself had a sore throat I mean the lady in the exorcist did that so that she could add horror to her voice. However, he did give a good performance in the end. Other than that, I guess all fit their role one way or another, the russian girls have that russian look to them so I guess their okay. I mean, its not like they have alot of screen time anyway. No real favourite, though, I think Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, gave a surprising performance being the Internal Affairs(IA), but then again his character was not really important and pretty straight-forward so I think it was relatively easy. It was also good to see Chris O'Donnell back on the big screen after he being MIA for so long. I mean, his other major performace was...what? (Batman and Robin as Robin?)
All in all, I guess its an okay movie. It was disappointing for me but luckily I had the company to improve on things. Maybe the sequel (if there is one..) comes out, it would be the redemption for this one.
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