Committed to (actually obsessed with) vengeance, he goes on a mission to “restore justice.” Soon, Payne the hunter becomes Payne the hunted, when he is accused of a murder he didn¬ít commit. Wahlberg plays the titular role, a man who still suffers the pain of losing his beloved wife and baby girl. But the movie offers the kind of visceral pleasures that only indiscriminating young males would enjoy.Įssentially, “Max Payne” is a simple, conventional, and even primitive revenge saga. The focus of the game series was on shooting, as it involved using bullet time to gun down your enemies, who drop some ammo when shot. The other good thing is sort of a preview of the new Bond girl, the beautiful Russian actress Olga Kurylenko, as the alluring femme fatale Natasha, soon to be seen in “Quantum of Solace,” opposite Daniel Craig.

At one point, Payne is shooting indiscriminately everything in sight. The best element of “Max Payne” the movie is its brief running time, though it’s quite excruciating to watch what¬ís unfolding on screen for at least half of this time, unless you enjoy poorly staged mayhem and quasi-stylish, mostly derivative production. Thus, Fox execs probably were hoping to allure the aficionados of the videogame to their inane picture.Īnd they probably will: Bad movies like “Max Payne,” which has only one major competitor in the marketplace this weekend, Oliver Stone’s biopic “W.,” make quick cash in wide playout, adding some money to the vault without leaving any other impact. According to various reports, the “Max Payne” franchise has sold over 7 million copies. A sequel called “Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne,” was released in 2003.

Mark Wahlberg takes the wrong route and a step downward, after his Oscar-nominated role in “The Departed,” in “Max Payne,” a structurally messy, aggressively violent adaptation of the popular videogame.Īs is known, “Max Payne” was developed by the Finnish company Remedy Entertainment, produced by 3D Realms and published by Gathering of Developers in July 2001 for Windows.

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