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Max Pain
Written by Alec Meer on July 10, 2008 at 8:09 pm.
Max Payne: The Movie: The Trailer: The Hilarity.
(Embedded version beneath the cut. Because you shouldn’t ever have to leave our ever-lovin’ URL, oh no you shouldn’t.)
Hmm. If Marky Mark’s trying to restore his broken reputation after The Crappening, he’s perhaps picked the wrong Semi-Ironic Action Film With Inexplicable Angel O’Death Cameo for his next project.
Admittedly, it evokes the games’ knowing super-cheese, but, well, doesn’t seem to have translated terribly well back to the celluloid the games originally pilfered from. It could work, in a Grindhouse kinda way, but the trailer… No. Yeah, it’s a Youtube-friendly giggle in and of itself, but my problem is I tried to picture that approach spread over two full hours and saw only brain-ache. I am a hopeless cynic, of course.
Thanks to “the_incredible_bohemian” for the tip. Which is certainly something I don’t type every day.
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Tarn says:
I was actually pleasantly surprised. It’ll still probably be awful, of course, but it doesn’t look nearly as terrible as I was expecting. There actually seemed to be some decent filmmaking involved with some decent cinematography evoking a decent atmosphere…maybe the bar’s just been set so incredibly low that anything that shows a slight bit of style seems like a breakthrough?
But yes, as you say, Max Payne isn’t exactly the best material for game->film translation, given that the game was a silly mash-up of movie cliches. It just about survived in a game environment, but if it’s put back into movieland it’ll just be a comedy excercise. He’s called Max Payne, for christ’s sake!
July 10th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
Vagrant Farce says:
I thought that looked pretty good actually 
It’s silly to expect anything but super-cheese when your protagonist is called Max fucking Payne.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Pavel says:
Whats wrong with Max Payne name? His parents had a sick sense of humour, so what? : ).
July 10th, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Faust says:
I have to agree with the above comments…. I really liked the look of that trailer.. it really evoked the sense of Max Payne to me, which is ridiculously over the top film noir.
As far as the Angel of Death cameo, I’m hoping that it’s just part of a massive Valkyrie trip that he has, and not some wierd alternate universe bs as is the want of Hollywood in recent years.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:19 pm
Neuromante says:
Well, I just hope the movie has some argument. Max Payne was not only the bullet time, Max Payne was the narration, the “tempo”, the way to sell you a 6-hours game in a time of 20-hours games and end it saying “Yes, it’s excellent. No more levels for the narration as it built”
Oh, and of course was that awesome Matrix mod 
July 10th, 2008 at 8:30 pm
SwiftRanger says:
The angel stuff seems like tripping idd, rest looks pretty good for a Max Payne product.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Al3xand3r says:
Matrix mod wasn’t that awesome… Its most awesome parts were other people’s mods, like Kung Fu mod (the only one I would describe as AWESOME).
July 10th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
Bob Arctor says:
I liked the stunts etc. I thought it looks enjoyable in a trashy way. No more trashy and brainless than either Transformers or Indie IV though.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
CannedLizard says:
Have to agree with SwiftRanger: looks Max Payne-y, but why the angel of death?
Although I see I’m the only person who found any semblance of enjoyment in the Hitman movie….
July 10th, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Bema says:
It’s all based on a true story you know…
July 10th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Al3xand3r says:
I’d hope the winged angel of death was some sort of illusion brought by painkillers…
July 10th, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Jon says:
Looked pretty good to me. As long as the angels aren’t supernatural and are drug induced then I’ll be happy. [Now there’s a sentence I couldn’t see me writing when I woke up this morning….]
July 10th, 2008 at 8:43 pm
Buch says:
I actualy thought it looked ok aswell. I realy like Sin City and i thought that was very Max Payne-ish. This looks of a simelar ilk and makes me happy in my pants.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Thomas says:
All of this concern over the angel of death seems to be ignoring the strong element of Norse mysticism (and general occult goings-on) that pervaded the entire game. While Max never found himself swept out of a window on black wings, he did come to the realization that there were forces at work that were far beyond the ken of mortal men. He was working for Wotan (Woden), after all. And while he was a one-man revenge machine with a dead wife haunting his heart, many of his enemies were not just bad men, but devotedly evil (”The flesh of fallen angels!”).
That being said … I just don’t see how Wahlberg is going to maintain the noir sensibilities and wry gallows humor of Max.
Also, I have my doubts that Wahlberg will realize suddenly that he’s just an actor in a movie ….
July 10th, 2008 at 8:48 pm
Tak says:
It’s bound to be better than Hitman. But then, I didn’t really enjoy the only hitman game I played either (Blood Money, for the inevitable bashing I’ll recieve) and did enjoy Max Payne, so I’m probably going into this one with a bit higher tolerance level.
Jon, I’d say be careful what you write because JT may end up trying to use it in court to prove that gamers are all evil devil child things, but we probably don’t have to worry about that anymore.
July 10th, 2008 at 8:50 pm
Al3xand3r says:
I don’t remember seeing any “forces” at work, just lunatics, raving mad men and fanatics… Unless we count game mechanics and point out bosses take more bullets to kill… Dream sequences etc could just be considered Payne’s illusions, he did go through a lot of tough shit…
If I recall correctly, the sequel had even less mentions of the mystical (and was also a damn good game but lacked a mod as great as Kung Fu mod for MP1 was).
July 10th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
Citizen Parker says:
At least they got the font right, I guess.
About on par with “Krug. Savage, armed Krug.” but still more inspiring than the trailer for another video game movie.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Gilzor says:
Sorry Alec but… what /exactly/ is wrong with that trailer? Apart from WALL*E*Berg screaming in front of a CG New York, I think it’s pretty sweet. Well, apart from the fact it looks a bit like Constantine. Bear in mind I also have the script for the film and found it surprisingly good - hence am a little biased.
Surprisingly good, but with more than a few key omissions. For example, Italian mobsters have mostly been replaced with Voodoo-spouting Haitans and the cheesy noirish narration bookends the film, rather than playing throughout.
The demons are very much a sympton of a new drug that seems to make everyone see them, rather than just one person.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Andrew Wills says:
Heh! I’m the same, I saw this earlier over at ShackNews and was pleasantly surprised. The cast is well chosen, the acting seems pitched at the right level, and the whole thing smells of Sin City, which can only be a good thing. I was initially dubious about this, but as they’ve retained the comic book format, and clearly gone for a Frank Miller look… My hopes are high, and the trailer wasn’t half bad.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Gilzor says:
FYI, anyone wants the script just pop your email up and I’ll skidoodle it over.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:10 pm
MetalCircus says:
Looks alright, but then so did Hitman. Don’t get your hopes up.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Al3xand3r says:
If you really have access to stuff like that, why would you spoil it for people who would rather watch the movie to find out? To show off or what?
July 10th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
tmp says:
It seems to capture the cheese overload of games very well. Not sure if they can make it work over length of the complete movie, but piqued my interest unlike any game -> movie conversion to date.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Gilzor says:
Because Max Payne 2 is one of my favourite games ever, and I wanted to see how the filmmakers were going to translate it. That and the fact this film was announced about 8 years ago, and all that time for them to fuck it up would have annoyed me more than any other typical videogame adaptation.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Optimaximal says:
I was definitely interested…
The music (despite being composed by Marilyn Manson) was quite close to the games, the characters all looked right (especially Mona Sax) and if the angels are (hopefully) just an hallucination, then its definitely in a better position than anything that’s come before it.
edit: Scratch that, Bravura is played by *spit* Ludacris… What the hell?
July 10th, 2008 at 9:25 pm
Dyrwen says:
Well, it oughta be watchable, which is more than I can say for most video game films. As long as they get the revenge story right, then the rest oughta fall into place.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:49 pm
Paul S says:
Interweb fame! Sort of. I feel all warm and toasty.
It looks like nonsense, though. Mark Wahlberg looks like a big wuss at the best of times, rather than a grim faced hopped up vengeance monger with a nice line in simile. Someone somewhere compared it to Constantine, which makes sense. They’ve beefed up the occultism and lost the Max Payne-ness. Much like the Doom movie, except the other way around.
I predict crap.
July 10th, 2008 at 9:57 pm
Lacero says:
I always thought the occultism was the central focus of Max Payne, and the background of Max was just his window into it all. A plot hook rather than the plot.
It looks awesome to me, I’m sold. When’s it out?
July 10th, 2008 at 10:01 pm
Erlam says:
I released my finger from the trigger…
As soon as I heard Marky Mark was Max Payne, I said no. I’d nominate Sebastian Spence, myself. Meh, guess we’ll see.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Paul S says:
Well, that didn’t last long…
July 10th, 2008 at 10:29 pm
Eddie Aitken says:
Max Fail.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:34 pm
Locust says:
Blood, tits, guns and fire. Needs more fire.
I’ll probably need a strong drink for this one.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
sinister agent says:
“It’ll be better than Hitman” is hardly praise. 99.99% of everything in the world is better than the Hitman film, and that includes several forms of torture.
It looks faintly watchable, but I see absolutely nothing to do with Max Payne in it, and nothing to distinguish it from eleventy billion other stupid stunt/tedious slow motion on wires action flick, and it’s about eight years to late to jump on that bandwagon anyway. Even the gravelly voice over didn’t have the brilliant metaphors that made the game’s narration such fun. Meh/10.
July 10th, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Sax says:
@Optimaximal
I disagree, Mila Kunis is much to young for the part of Mona. And she hasn’t got that fatale-style like the original.
July 10th, 2008 at 11:02 pm
RiptoR says:
http://www.payneandredemption.com/
This is THE Max Payne related movie to wait for. Too bad Fox got so scared of this project they threatened to shut it down and drive them into the ground…
So P&R lost the Max Payne reference, and they’re reshooting scenes atm to remove any leftover references that could be met with legal mumbojumbo…
July 10th, 2008 at 11:03 pm
Man Raised By Puffins says:
Not even a cameo by Marlo Stanfield (hamming it up around the 30 second mark, The Wire fans) can save this one.
July 10th, 2008 at 11:17 pm
Fat says:
Looked good to me. I think people automatically assume computer game movies will suck due to things like Hitman and Uwe Boll scarring them for life.
July 10th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
CryingMinotaur says:
Did anyone else think the music at the beginning was a bit reminiscent of “Threads” from the new Portishead album?
Of course it’s nowhere near as good as that song (or anything else by PH for that matter), but….
*goes off to give Third another spin*
July 10th, 2008 at 11:27 pm
matte_k says:
Where the fuck is Vladimir Lem in this film? No mention in the cast list on imdb… and wasn’t the head of the corp that made the drugs a middle aged woman (Mrs. Petrelli from Heroes, maybe?)
Still…looks better than most game movies, have to wait and see.
edit: Hmmm. The official site synopsis mentions Max “battling enemies beyond the natural world”. So, that doesn’t bode well for the angel bit then…
July 10th, 2008 at 11:39 pm
Simon says:
I’m sorry, but the only good Max Payne movie they could possibly make would just be a Fraps recording of all of the first game. It is intentionally cinematic. The angel thing going on looks awful. The Valkyrie plot and the Aesir corporation stuff was a goldmine. Please God, don’t let this happen
July 11th, 2008 at 12:24 am
Sum0 says:
“The truth was a burning green crack through my brain. Cameras shot my every move. The room was a sound stage, the walls built of thin wood. I was speaking another man’s words, hammered out in black ink against a white page by some Hollywood hack. I was in an action movie. Funny as hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of.”
July 11th, 2008 at 12:34 am
Nick says:
“I thought Shooter was pretty good. Was I alone in this?”
I thought the screenplay was, at times, brilliant but let down by a rather lackluster.. rest of the film.
Some of the dialogue was fantastic though.. “Still got the shovel” had me in stitches.
July 11th, 2008 at 12:45 am
Pidesco says:
Considering how awful the writing was in the games, I have to say that this trailer seems quite fitting.
crap writing+bullet time=Max Payne, which, going by the trailer, is exactly what the movie will give us. Max Payne fans should be rejoicing.
July 11th, 2008 at 12:48 am
FredrikFtw says:
Max Awesome
July 11th, 2008 at 12:49 am
Stuk says:
I wouldn’t say the writing was awful, I think it completely suited the noir/melodrama of the game. I mean look through these quotes. Some of them are fantastic!
Re: the trailer: Mona Sax looks good, Payne less so, and the angels scare me. They better be part of a trip. Overall: definitely want to see, but will probably be average.
And Sum0, is that from the script, or an adaptation of the game’s?
July 11th, 2008 at 12:59 am
Radiant says:
Maybe he is fighting old nick’s army?
Marky Mark
Marlo
Luda
Hot Chick
Bum on Seat [at home on dvd]
July 11th, 2008 at 1:18 am
Radiant says:
ALSO!
This marks the triumphant return of Chris ‘where’d he go?’ O’Donnell.
And the screen debut of Nelly ‘She’d definitely get it’ Furtado.
*edit* and that wet noodle mexican dude from Prison Break!
This film is attaining next level status
July 11th, 2008 at 1:23 am
Grey_Ghost says:
I actually have some hope for this one.
Also, I’m assuming that the scenes like the one with the Winged Death Angel (or whatever) are a replacement for those parts of the game where Max was either tripping on Valkyrie or having those screwed up nightmares.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:28 am
Gilzor says:
*Film Spoilers*
Everyone worried over the angels in the film… trust me, they aren’t /really/ angels. They’re drug-induced. Vlad isn’t in the film but Nicole Horne is.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:32 am
Leeks! says:
Man, Luda and Marlo from the Wire. That alone outweighs and angel of death silliness.
I have to be unpopular and say that the trailer was kind of retarded, but retarded in the same way that the game was, which is probably a good sign, as I liked the game. Speaking of retarded: that sentence.
I also thought that Wanted looked like horrible shite, but it turned out that Bekmambetov managed to maintain the unironic, adolescent lunacy of Millar’s comic (which was the important part, I think). I only hope that the hilariously self important tone of that trailer is misrepresenting the overall tone of the film in the same way.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:38 am
Muzman says:
We need some new category or sub genre to stick all this stuff in; Sin City, Max Payne, every other second rate actioner since Max Payne came out. Another name to make sure it all stays the hell away from proper film noir and stays there.
Slo-Mo and Body Count noir? Teenage male noir? “I saw Daffy Duck/Jackie Gleason taking the piss and thought that was better than the real thing” noir? “I thought it was just high contrast visuals and tortured voice over” noir?
Something like that. Hey it might be fun, but I can see half these youngns these days going back to the classics and finding with horror that high speed was rare; it’s all emotional and talky and subtle with lots of layered meanings and double entendres instead of a whole lot of tortured and inappropriate similes; and death is taken pretty seriously, to the point that a body-count doesn’t need more than a hand’s worth of digits (unless there’s a bomb or something).
July 11th, 2008 at 1:39 am
Caiman says:
Movies that rely more on stories and believable characters usually just highlight how ridiculously backwards most computer game licenses really are. Or perhaps it’s simply a case of us accepting a very different level of reality (or cheese) in computer games compared with movies.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:45 am
MetalCircus says:
@RiptoR
Are you joking? The “INDAPENDANT” movie looks just as shitty as the FOX one. Sorry.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:47 am
BJ Blazkowicz says:
~
/kill
July 11th, 2008 at 2:10 am
Gpig says:
That looked awesome. It might be the first videogame movie I enjoy.
July 11th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Evan says:
OK, another of my most favortist games. Yes Hitman was a ballsucker, but it never made much sense as a movie anyway. But Max Payne? F’ing spectacular. That part in the first one where that dude is calling out demons names over and over, and the TV’s all played Twin Peak’esque craziness? Plus Donnie Wahlberg is a big step up from whats his name in Hitman. Plus you have to look at this like a comic book movie.
Spiderman
Hulk
Batman
Ghost Rider
That Ben Afflack Tripe
They all = cheese. I will agree the angel thing is wierd. Ill pay my money to see this one though
July 11th, 2008 at 2:38 am
tmp says:
Slo-Mo and Body Count noir? Teenage male noir?
Pulp noir.
July 11th, 2008 at 2:38 am
DarkXaero says:
Isn’t the movie still rated PG-13? How the hell do you make a movie based on Max Payne and make it PG-13?
And who said the game had awful writing? Some of the quotes from Max and other characters were pure gold & they fit really well within the game’s tone.
July 11th, 2008 at 2:40 am
Y3k-Bug says:
The movie is trying to extrapolate on an angle of the games.
Its going to make more overt references to the Norse mythology touched upon in certain aspects of the game. Namely the Ragnarok section.
I think the games are among the best I’ve had to pleasure to play, but the story lines presented in them are the same as many games’, laughably goofy.
What were you expecting from this Alec?
July 11th, 2008 at 2:49 am
Sahagin says:
ITT, we base whole movies on a trailer.
July 11th, 2008 at 3:49 am
Al3xand3r says:
“Because Max Payne 2 is one of my favourite games ever”
Is that really meant to be an answer to me questioning your motives behind spoiling the plot for others who haven’t bothered to aquire the script? I never asked why you got it yourself, I only asked why you’d spoil it for others on a public site.. Fail.
July 11th, 2008 at 4:29 am
Marcos Castrillón says:
Just one thing: it’s written by Shawn “The Shield” Ryan
July 11th, 2008 at 4:39 am
wcaypahwat says:
Screw it. I’m going to go watch Shoot Em Up again. Then, and only then, will I come back and comment on cheesy pseudo-noir-ism action films.
Also. You can’t mess with the wahlbergs, much like you can’t mess with pure gold.
July 11th, 2008 at 5:03 am
DSX says:
Seems like everyone is very quick to label a film as either either utter crap or pure gold. There’s plenty of room between. While certainly not brilliant, I found Hitman entertaining. And the Resident Evil’s. And Wanted, as well as many of the comic movies. Things I wouldn’t even download illegally to watch like street fighter, mario bros, mortal kombat etc deserve more negative criticism.
This trailer looks like it stands up pretty good next to the game. I enjoyed the game, thus I probably will be entertained by the movie. Why all the hate people (=
July 11th, 2008 at 5:27 am
CannibalChris says:
@CannedLizard
I too liked Hitman, at least for the ridiculous Action movie true to its original subject thing that it was.
Also, this looks like it has promise, but why the angels, unless they’re Max’s delusions.
July 11th, 2008 at 5:50 am
born2expire says:
“Also. You can’t mess with the wahlbergs, much like you can’t mess with pure gold.”
yeah i also hear that new new Kids on the Block is incredible also.
July 11th, 2008 at 6:55 am
GeorgeR says:
Watching it as an action movie trailer. Cool. Watching it as a game adaptation, yeegads. Also - he isn’t scowling anywhere NEAR as much as he needs to be.
July 11th, 2008 at 7:05 am
RiptoR says:
MetalCircus says:
@RiptoR
Are you joking? The “INDAPENDANT” movie looks just as shitty as the FOX one. Sorry.
It might look shitty, but I still got good hopes for it.
I don’t think it looks shitty at all btw (that my own opinion and I will not try to force it on you), but that might be because I like such movies.
As long as they put in a good story and don’t try to lure in the masses with too many crappy effects and stuff, I’ll certainly be watching it, no matter what other people say 
PS: Where have you read that “indapendant” thing? Or was that just a pun?
July 11th, 2008 at 8:14 am
Nny says:
Looks good, as long as they keep the noir climax I’m gonna be happy with it.
July 11th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Raptornas says:
I want Max Payne 3.
:@
July 11th, 2008 at 8:42 am
MeestaNob! says:
It looks like an interesting movie, but it doesn’t look like a Max Payne movie.
July 11th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Gap Gen says:
As long as they avoid making too many “pain” jokes, it should be fine.
July 11th, 2008 at 9:25 am
Kanakotka says:
It actually doesn’t look half bad… reminds me somehow to the trailer of Sin City, but being Max Payne, it could use some… less color.
July 11th, 2008 at 9:30 am
Mooey Poo says:
Mark Wahlberg wrinkles his brow. Mark Wahlberg refers to this as “doing an acting”. Mark Wahlberg can’t carry a film, but is good in the background (Three Kings, I Heart Huckabees). Mark Wahlberg’s director can’t afford bullet time so propels Mark Wahlberg through the air in slow motion. Mark Wahlberg film will be shit.
July 11th, 2008 at 10:14 am
Ian says:
Mark Wahlberg wrinkles his brow. Mark Wahlberg refers to this as “doing an acting”.
So what you’re saying is Hayden Christiensen could learn a thing or two from him about brow-wrinkling?
July 11th, 2008 at 10:17 am
Anthony Damiani says:
It’s sad but true: video game movies almost universally suck. My threshold for excitement about them is thus substantially higher than it might otherwise be.
July 11th, 2008 at 11:28 am
Switch625 says:
I… I actually liked that Super Mario Brothers movie.
(runs off in shame)
July 11th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
ape says:
Wahlberg was pretty good in Boogie Nights.
July 11th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
Solario says:
Is… Is it wrong of me that I kinda wish Timothy Olyphant had been Max instead of Wahlberg? And maybe had some time to prepare and not getting dragged in at the last minute like in Die Hard and Hitman?
Aside from that, I’m sure it’ll be amusing. In any case it might prompt ‘em to actually make another Max Payne game of which I’d be willing to suffer through a bad movie.
But… PG-13?
July 11th, 2008 at 12:48 pm
Razerious says:
Olyphant was good as Seth Bullock in Deadwood. *shrugs*
July 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
H says:
Let’s be honest, it could look a lot worse. The trailer actually doesn’t look *too* bad… Even though I don’t recall the angels.
However, what’s with Miss Gash Aplenty laying on the bed like some bizarre Bond girl?
July 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Danfishblue says:
Looks alright. In a, trashy-kung-fu-film-starring-johnny-chan kinda way. At least Marky Mark looks a little like Max Payne compared to the tit who played 47 in Hitman. That was more like Hitman: The Teenage Years.
July 11th, 2008 at 2:38 pm
H says:
I thought the guy doing 47 was okay; I just didn’t like the film. “Ooh let’s turn him into a good-guy, that’ll work.”
Brilliant.
July 11th, 2008 at 3:26 pm
rb_lestr says:
Oooooook.
Let me get this straight……
Angels?
WAT
July 11th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
The Shed says:
Me and a friend were speculating that maybe the Angel(s) is(/are) hallucinations from V, causng people to throw themselves out of windows and such. We can only hope… Otherwise it’ll be Constantine all over again.
As said on our blog, Wahlberg wasn’t an uninspired choice for Payne. He seems to have the gist of it down.
EDIT: @Solario: Good job with Mr. Quinn. Wait, PG-13?!?!
July 11th, 2008 at 3:41 pm
Buch says:
Why do people try to make themselves seem clever by complaining in an artistic way. You can say you dislike something without sounding like an arrogant stick in the mud you know… Not cool. Any way the film looks ok. I enjoyed Sin City which in my eyes shared may simelarities with the games so if its partly as good as them then i will be happy.
July 11th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
That was not so bad says:
that was not so bad
July 11th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Leeks! says:
Just one thing: it’s written by Shawn “The Shield” Ryan
Oh good god yes. Also worth pointing out that Ryan worked on late-series Angel, which is appropriate if they’re amping up the mythology.
July 11th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Bartek says:
Ugh, so many posts, but from skimming over them, it doesn’t look like anyone has said it yet so - does anyone know the song and who it’s by?
July 11th, 2008 at 10:14 pm
That was not so bad says:
“the flesh of the fallen angels” was a recurrent meme in the max payne games.
July 11th, 2008 at 10:19 pm
Dante says:
Huh, it’s hard to tell isn’t it? How ironic it’s meant to be, I mean Max Paine itself played it pretty straight, but it’s hard to tell if the movie is in on the joke at all.
And an angel? Where the hell did that come from?
July 11th, 2008 at 11:59 pm
Forceflow says:
The devil is building his army … am I the only one thinking they got the storyline mixed up with Painkiller ?
July 12th, 2008 at 2:10 pm
KindredPhantom says:
It doesn’t look as bad as i initially thought it would.
The “angel of death” how you described it, seemed interesting, but could be bad if over-used.
July 12th, 2008 at 8:45 pm
Gilzor says:
Leeks, it’s not written by Ryan.
He left the project around 2004-2005, and it’s since been written by a newcomer.
July 14th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
jannik says:
I cant wait to see if Mona Sax (Mila Kunis)has her real weapon, the 50 cal. Deasert Eagel, and gets to use it.
August 23rd, 2008 at 3:56 am
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What teh fcuk? I found it awesome, and very true to games.An others reaction from what I could read was quite positive as well..
It may be cheesy, but compared to that Hitman movie abomination, this is masterpiece (the trailer, that is).
July 10th, 2008 at 8:11 pm