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Max Payne

2008

John Moore

Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris ...

4.3

11,944

Thriller. Action. Fantasy 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. Max Payne is a maverick cop - a mythic anti-hero - determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murders of his family and partner. Hell-bent on revenge, his ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kyle Smith New York Post	"It's hight on guns and poses, but little else. (...) The attempts to out-Matrix 'The Matrix,' with bullet-time super-slo mo, are staged with such theatrics that they're unintentionally funny. (...) Mostly it's a weak little sister to 'Sin City'."	NEU
United States	Mick LaSalle SFGATE	"With its flat story, numbed-out protagonist, and faux artistic lighting and set design - everything is dark or moody or darkishly moody or moodily dark - Max Payne seems a good half hour longer than its running time."	NEG
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"Max Payne couldn't be more appropriately named. Sitting through this stylish-looking but derivative, vacuous and bullet-riddled movie inflicts maximum pain.(...) Rating: ★½ (out of four)."	NEG
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"A somber, stylized new action movie (...) It’s not an especially good movie, but such a judgment is not really relevant to its ambitions (...) A coherent story would be a lot to ask, and would in any case slow down the movie’s rhythm."	NEU
United States	Roger Moore Orlando Sentinel	"Max still suffers from the heartlessness that makes games emotionally inferior to movies. Nobody ever shed a tear over a video-game character's death."	NEG
United States	Tom Long Detroit News	"Max Payne may be the worst movie of the year. The 'may be' qualifier is only because the year isn't over yet."	NEG

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