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Max Payne-ful

Written by Jimi

Tuesday, 21 October 2008

Ken and I were in Mid Valley last Thursday to catch the latest Hollywood flick; Max Payne.

The movie is based from a popular video game of the same title. Although I've not played the video game, the hoopla and promos for the movie caught my interest.

So I searched the web for synopsis of Max Payne...

Synopsis 1: -

Based on the legendary, hard-hitting interactive video game, Max Payne tells the story of a maverick cop determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. Hell-bent on revenge, his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmare journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max (Mark Wahlberg) is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.

Synopsis 2: -

Rockstar Games' double-gunned action franchise comes to the big screen thanks to director John Moore (The Omen) and Mark Wahlberg, who embodies the title character of Max Payne, a widowed cop hell-bent on delivering justice no matter what the cost as he investigates a string of killings in his city. Mila Kunis and Chris O'Donnell head up the supporting cast, with Beau Thorne adapting the screenplay for the 20th Century Fox production. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide

Synopsis 3: -

Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent (Wahlberg) whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin (Kunis) out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.

Sounds really fun right?

After 93 minutes of sitting through the movie, I felt like asking for my RM8.00 refund. It is definitely not worth the money I paid to watch the movie in the cinema.

Personally for me, after watching a great movie, I would be deeply moved in several ways (excited, frustrated, relieved etc). The adrenaline factor one would expect while watching an action flick was also missing when watching Max Payne. I honestly felt like sitting through one of that old boring English movies on TV3 and not allowed to change the channel because my elder sis is watching it as well.

Let us compare Max Payne with Hitman since both of these movies had the same female actress in them; the lovely and hot Olga Kurylenko!

Okay okay, it's because both Hitman and Max Payne were based from videogames, and were supposed to be action-packed and adrenaline pumping.

In Hitman, the action was non-stop, from the assassination attempts, police escapes, cross-European travel in search of the truth.

Max Payne?

More drama, 0.4% action! It's bad enough that there's no nudity allowed in Malaysian cinema, but with no adrenaline pumping action, is there really any purpose to watch the movie at all?

Unlike Max Payne, I did my best to oppose nature's call and delayed my visit to the loo for the longest time before I couldn't simply hold it in anymore.

Instead, I didn't regret leaving for the loo while watching Max Payne.

Personal Gymz Rating: 4.0/10

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written by Ken , October 21, 2008

Hahahah, I know Gymz must be frustrated to hear this, but unfortunately, millions more of us have been conned by Max Payne.

http://www.imdb.com/news/ni0587518/

$18 Million during the first week in the U.S!!

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written by lalinajimson , October 21, 2008

Max payne is a movie I waited so long to see. wow it was done in superior way. Always love to see my game hero in action. Mark Wahlberg is just like the payne in the movie. This was out standing performance by him. Fire power and the shooting skills of the game have been imitated well. Though I watched it online, I had the feel of a life time with this remarkable movie.