Product Description

Genre: Action/Adventure
Rating: PG13
Release Date: 20-JAN-2009
Media Type: Blu-Ray

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #10899 in DVD
• Brand: WAHLBERG,MARK
• Released on: 2009-01-20
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
• Formats: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
• Original language: English, Spanish, French
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French, Spanish
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 103 minutes

Amazon.com

Any film based on a first-person shooter video game should, as a rule of thumb, be full of epic shootouts on a level equal to Sergio Leone or the Wachowski Brothers, and in that regard, Max Payne is an unqualified success. Mark Wahlberg also lives up to the game's pedigree by brooding mightily as the title hero, a big city detective mourning the murder of his wife and child. Revenge is, of course, Payne's ultimate goal, and with the assistance of slinky Russian hitwoman Mila Kunis, he dishes it out in elaborate set pieces overflowing with gymnastic gun play. Viewers seeking just that and nothing more will get their money's worth from John Moore's film adaptation, and most likely be impressed by its fashionably gloomy art direction and cinematography. Those seeking a bit more than gunpowder and gristle will find Max Payne utterly derivative of a half-dozen better films (Christopher Nolan's Batman films, most notably) and violent to the point of cartoon absurdity. They may find some refuge in appealing supporting turns by Donal Logue and Chris "Ludacris" Bridges as diametrically opposed cops and Beau Bridges, who offers his usual roguish charm as Payne's former superior. --Paul Gaita

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Customer Reviews

Suspend disbelief and enjoy!
The Blu-ray Disc includes the Theatrical Version and the Unrated, Extended Cut. We watched the 'Extended Cut' and were not disappointed. They spared no change in producing this film. If you want to see the best your Blu-ray system can deliver, then look no further. It was extraordinarily beautiful---almost 3D like. I'm left to think of some of the snow scenes and how I felt I could reach out and capture the giant snowflakes---how I reached for a throw, suddenly feeling a chill.

I thought Mark Wahlberg did a splendid job portraying Payne. I was immediately drawn into the storyline with him seeking those responsible for the brutal murders of his wife and baby and how he was willing to die to avenge their deaths. His grief and anger were palpable and justifiable.

I've enjoyed Max Payne video games and I don't feel that they did an injustice to the gaming fans, with this production. I could easily translate Mark Wahlberg's character and the setting, into that of the games.

I did have to suspend disbelief regarding the pharmaceutical company and, 'the drug.' This is why I took off one star. For example, every person who takes a hallucinogenic drug will not have the same hallucinations, so I was a little baffled by the big winged creatures that appeared to be everyone's' side-effect, but they looked really cool, so I almost forgive them.

Several have said they felt there were slow moments, but I have to say I was on the edge of my seat for the entire 103 minutes. Perhaps I would not have felt so positive about the movie, itself, if it had not been such a spectacular AV experience. But considering the complete package, I do recommend you give it a try. You might want to rent it first, before buying, since this one seems rather polarizing with folks either liking it a lot, or hating it.

May Not Be Original In Plot, But It Sure Knows The Meaning Of Action
I heard from possibly everyone, that this was the worse movie of the year. I also heard that it was not faithful enough to the game; I for one never played the game, I had heard of it before, but never played it. Still after watching the movie...I have to say that I enjoyed it. I don't know what the whole fuss was about...I can understand the fact that the movie is very different from the game, so was Resident Evil and Hitman..And somehow not that many complained about it.

Obviously the plot of this movie is not very original. We have seen this kind of plot before. There are some elements within the plot that make the movie survive and maintain some freshness. Such things as the hallucinations Mark and others see due to the drugs. The visual effects are also by far superb; cinematography as well was exceptionally well shot. The only ones who might not like this movie are people who are very picky and like there movies to be original...but hey guess what there's just so many stories we can come up with. Anyway one thing is for sure, this movie was way better than Hitman.

MY PERSONAL RATING: 3 ½ OUT OF 5

film noir with a standard villian
As this is a high budget movie you really can expect alot more from it than it's low budget contemporaries. However this movie shines on blu ray with awesome special effects. The film is a ok film noir movie and it does have elements from the video game without being like a video game ; the recent "wanted" is more like one than this movie. THat would be fine except they rely on the corrupt betrayer who can
be seen from very early on. This traitor/betrayer theme has made many hollywood movies fall into a cynical trap, sure these betrayals happen but unfortunately they can't seem to make decent villians who are NOT
part of the team, force or a friend like they used to. THis ruined the Mission Impossible movies which failed to even feature a team in any of them! Just traitors and inside badies. The actors all do a decent job at their average type action noir roles,
especially the underrated Beau Bridges. This isn't a bad movie though and the drug that enslaves people
is all too close to the reality of meth (also known of the streets as the drug on fools.) It's worth watching on blu ray and if you are into film noir and don't care about the video game aspect. This does feature people flying when hit by shotgun blasts which does not happen in reality however. And that is videogamish to say the least but It doesn't do the game justice in many respects. If you can't Enjoy this as a ok film noir movie with a origin in a video game then you won't be happy owning this one.