Nov 19 2008
Max Payne
Dir: John Moore
Writ: Beau Thorne, based on Video Game by Sam Lake
- Mark Wahlberg … Max Payne
- Mila Kunis … Mona Sax
- Beau Bridges … BB Hensley
- Amaury Nolasco … Jack Lupino
- Ludacris … Jim Bravura
- Chris O’Donnell … Jason Colvin
- Olga Kurylenko … Natasha
I knew going to see this film that I’d be disappointed. Was a big fan of the game but I’d heard negative things about this film. Often when that happens you go to the cinema with your bucket of popcorn and are pleasantly surprised that the film isn’t as dreadful as you’d feared. Unfortunately that just isn’t the case with Max Payne.
the basic plot invovles detective Max Payne who is trying to find the 3rd man of a gang that killed his wife and child. To that end he has moved to the cold case department, where he sits, pretty much alone and doing the whole brooding thing. Then another murder might provide a clue as to the identity of the killer.
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