Hell-bent on revenge, hes determined to track down those responsible for the brutal. Max Payne (Wahlberg) is a maverick cop with little regard for rules and nothing left to lose. Following the murder of his wife and child, a grieving cop seeks revenge at any cost in a city overrun with. They could have went with a John Wick or Taken style of film and it would of been perfect. Still, Wahlberg’s signature on the line that is dotted is a good sign. The movie starts with Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg) struggling to surface in a frosted river while also narrating. Mark Wahlberg delivers an explosive performance in this action-packed thriller based on the legendary, hard-hitting video game. Action crime drama starring Mark Wahlberg. Max Payne, the game, had a bullet-time gimmick that allowed you to slow down the action and take out multiple bad guys – but since that was inspired by The Matrix, it’s going to be very hard for Max Payne the movie to incorporate that. (Beau Thorne wrote the script – pre-strike, we’re guessing)īut we have to confess that we’re slightly worried about how Max Payne will stand out from all the other ‘cop on a rollercoaster rampage of revenge’ flicks we’ve seen over the years. Mark Wahlberg is a loner cop bent on avenging the murders of his wife and child in this stylish adaptation of the popular video game. Mainly because most of them, from the Resident Evil flicks to Silent Hill to, God help us, Super Mario Bros., are crapola of the kind that make you curse those who made them for cursing those who watch them.Ĭan Max Payne buck the trend? Well, Empire is pleased to note that John Moore – the ebullient Irish director whose remake of The Omen was better than it had any right to be – is on board to call the shots, so the film will at least look good.
Apart, obviously, from Angelina Jolie and the Tomb Raider movies, A-list stars have given movies based on videogames a wide, wide, wide berth.
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Which is why he’s signed on to play Max Payne, in 20th Century Fox’s movie version of the videogame of the same name, about a cop - haunted by the loss of his family – investigating a series of mysterious murders, and ultimately encountering an evil adversary. Or Darren Aronofsky’s The Fighter, in which he plays… well, you can work it out.Īfter that triple dose of heavy, Wahlberg has clearly decided to have some fun. Night Shyamalan’s The Happening, in which he plays the patriarch of a family on the run from a planet-threatening crisis. Teamed with beautiful and deadly Russian. Ever since his Oscar nomination earlier this year for his scintillating turn in Martin Scorsese’s The Departed, Mark Wahlberg has been busy making a whole bunch of ‘serious’ movies, as befits an Oscar nominee.įilms like Peter Jackson’s The Lovely Bones, in which he plays a grieving and disconnected father. After the murders of his family and his partner, maverick cop Max (Mark Wahlberg) becomes hell-bent on revenge.