Max Payne
A DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy, and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death, join forces to solve a series of murders in New York City.
What critics thought
One of the more roundly dismissed video-game adaptations of its era, Max Payne was panned for a screenplay critics found illogical and derivative, with its visual style seen less as a strength and more as a distraction papering over those structural problems. Even fans of the source game found little to defend, and the film's own IGN 'Best Videogame Adaptation' win came with the caveat that it was the least bad option in a dismal year for the genre.
“It also doesn't help that Wahlberg gives a drab performance...”
Jim Vejvoda·IGN
“[Thorne] knows enough about cinema to borrow from here and there but not old enough to be embarrassed about how badly he does so.”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
“it could have done with more of the Norse and less of the force.”
Bruce Paterson·Australian Film Critics Association
“explores genuine, contemporary anxiety [and that] his images are richer than his plots.”
Armond White·New York Press
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Crime, Action, Drama
Cast & Crew
John MooreDirector
Mark WahlbergMax Payne
Mila KunisMona Sax
Beau BridgesBB Hensley
LudacrisJim Bravura
Chris O'DonnellJason Colvin
Donal LogueAlex Balder
Amaury NolascoJack Lupino
Kate BurtonNicole Horne
Olga KurylenkoNatasha
Rothaford GrayJoe Salle
Joel GordonOwen Green
Jamie HectorLincoln Deneuf
Marco BeltramiComposer
Buck SandersComposer
Jonathan SelaCinematographyMax Payne
A DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy, and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death, join forces to solve a series of murders in New York City.
What critics thought
One of the more roundly dismissed video-game adaptations of its era, Max Payne was panned for a screenplay critics found illogical and derivative, with its visual style seen less as a strength and more as a distraction papering over those structural problems. Even fans of the source game found little to defend, and the film's own IGN 'Best Videogame Adaptation' win came with the caveat that it was the least bad option in a dismal year for the genre.
“It also doesn't help that Wahlberg gives a drab performance...”
Jim Vejvoda·IGN
“[Thorne] knows enough about cinema to borrow from here and there but not old enough to be embarrassed about how badly he does so.”
Kirk Honeycutt·The Hollywood Reporter
“it could have done with more of the Norse and less of the force.”
Bruce Paterson·Australian Film Critics Association
“explores genuine, contemporary anxiety [and that] his images are richer than his plots.”
Armond White·New York Press
Parents guide
- Violence
- severe
- Sex
- mild
- Profanity
- moderate
- Substances
- moderate
- Intensity
- moderate
Genres
Crime, Action, Drama
Cast & Crew
John MooreDirectorMark WahlbergMax PayneMila KunisMona SaxBeau BridgesBB HensleyLudacrisJim BravuraChris O'DonnellJason ColvinDonal LogueAlex BalderAmaury NolascoJack LupinoKate BurtonNicole HorneOlga KurylenkoNatashaRothaford GrayJoe SalleJoel GordonOwen GreenJamie HectorLincoln DeneufMarco BeltramiComposerBuck SandersComposerJonathan SelaCinematography