Max Payne

Year: 2008

Grade: C

Country: USA

Director: Moore

Review

never played the video game, but i think i recall the interesting thing being the “bullet time” feature that put it above other first person shooters like quake and doom. the film employed a bit of this, but only a couple times and not to the same effect as the matrix, which is the first medium i recall using bullet time in any way. wahlberg comes off as a bit wooden, not showing the same zeal as he has exhibited in some of his better performances. overall, the film felt like a lot of other films of this ilk – constantine, crow (to a lesser extent), etc. it also brings in elements from films like robocop 2 (the new drug sweeping the city) and the generic cop drama you’ve seen a million times.

Watched in theater