The only part of this movie that feels anything like Max Payne is when James McCaffrey shows up for a cameo at the very end. That, and a minute long sequence in a parking garage where Mark Wahlberg finally does something cool. Other than that, this is basically a shitty action thriller where a bunch of uninteresting characters pretend to be people from Max Payne and limp along to the beats of a story that doesn’t even begin to touch the source material.
There are so many things in this movie that do not make sense but the worst of them is why Mark Wahlberg is in this at all. Truly one of the most baffling casting choices I’ve seen in a while. Not everything is his fault, as the script mostly has Max acting like a sad loser and not really doing much. Max (the character) is sort of a sad loser, but you definitely don’t spend the duration of the games waiting for him to do something cool. And it takes FOREVER for anything cool to happen in this movie. Mila Kunis also sucks balls as Mona. Honestly everyone in this movie is bad. Except James McCaffrey ❤️
I really just don’t think anyone involved with this film understood the games or the characters in them. More than anything, this movie was very very boring. That’s about the worst sin a movie based on Max fucking Payne can commit. The only reason this is getting one full star instead of a half is for the shootout in the parking garage. That was some Max Payne shit for about sixty seconds. Plus it was nice to hear Max’s real voice for a line or two.
The only part of this movie that feels anything like Max Payne is when James McCaffrey shows up for a cameo at the very end. That, and a minute long sequence in a parking garage where Mark Wahlberg finally does something cool. Other than that, this is basically a shitty action thriller where a bunch of uninteresting characters pretend to be people from Max Payne and limp along to the beats of a story that doesn’t even begin to touch the source material.
There are so many things in this movie that do not make sense but the worst of them is why Mark Wahlberg is in this at all. Truly one of the most baffling casting choices I’ve seen in a while. Not everything is his fault, as the script mostly has Max acting like a sad loser and not really doing much. Max (the character) is sort of a sad loser, but you definitely don’t spend the duration of the games waiting for him to do something cool. And it takes FOREVER for anything cool to happen in this movie. Mila Kunis also sucks balls as Mona. Honestly everyone in this movie is bad. Except James McCaffrey ❤️
I really just don’t think anyone involved with this film understood the games or the characters in them. More than anything, this movie was very very boring. That’s about the worst sin a movie based on Max fucking Payne can commit. The only reason this is getting one full star instead of a half is for the shootout in the parking garage. That was some Max Payne shit for about sixty seconds. Plus it was nice to hear Max’s real voice for a line or two.