Max Payne the Movie

Well, I hope it helps bring in money and interest in a third game...

The movie has some great instances of character development, especially with BB who has a really twisted monologue. They even mention Max's father, which is sweet! The Valkyr has neat effects on Max. Visually, it's pretty beautiful. I think it takes a lot from Sin City, but it also resembles the source material.

In a lot of other ways it doesn't resemble the source material. Like the ongoing inner monologue has been removed. Mona Sax's sister is now Russian, played by Jackie from That 70s Show/Meg griffin. Bravura is Ludacris. Lupino is latin-american. And Max Payne is working a cold-case unit, not undercover That part especially is troublesome to me.

The old game cover reads "Stand Back, A Man with Nothing to Lose." In the game, that's true. Max is wanted for murder by the police and wanted by the underworld for being a cop. He hits a point of no return and never looks back.

Max Payne in the movie has a career and a chance to explain himself and work with Bravura to get justice. He chooses not to.

Ok, but I'm an asshole.

I would have started this movie out bullet-time gun-fight, heavy inner monologue and explain my way back in between the shooting. You can explain the bullet-time with Valkyr as a combat-enhancing drug. Then cast fucking Michael Madsen as Max! I would also have the guns in the movie have recoil or semi-automatics run out of bullets.

This movie wasn't horrible. I just wanted to direct it myself, you know.

I'm that asshole

-The Lo Bo Jo