As an adaptation to a great game it wasn’t that great a movie and as a standalone picture, even then it doesn’t stack up. Mediocre told story and no directorial style, just textbook photocopy game adaptation.
Cinematography was good and acting was acting, but without a decent storyline, the spur of action sequences weren’t as badass as they could have been.
As soon as the curtains widened and the lights went down; I was looking forward to being engaged in Max Payne’s world. The only part of the film that did this was the opening narration and that one flashback sequence that comes halfway towards the end of the movie that would have worked better at the beginning. I was so disengaged by the lack of set up/build that I began to notice the transitions between editing cuts.
The first act which I had assumed was going to fill me in on the characters and world never came, so by the time Ludacris appeared, I couldn’t give a rats ass.
The movie was empty and lame and a waste of -get this- 15 Funking dollars. I’d like to think that Mila Kunis was worth 5 -but 15. Cinema prices need to come down!
Do yourself a favour; Save your money and spend it on fruit from that guy selling on the side of the road.
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