Why does this look like Hitman starring Mark Wahlberg?

"The video game series is known for its Matrix-like bullet-time, graphic violence and profanity."

Too bad its gonna be PG-13....

Shit this movie is gonna be awesome i get a boner just thinking about it and im a girl!

I have a feeling this will be nothing like Hitman, they know what a disaster that film was. The director worked on "Behind Enemy Lines" so he knows how to shoot decent action scenes. Also the video game has a great storyline on the same line as "Kayne & Lynch" (another video game film that should be great). Plus Payne doesn't have game logos all all his weapons...lol.. The problems with a lot of these video game movies like Super Mario Brothers, Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter and others is that their plots are not set in realistic settings and the end product often becomes a joke. Hitman was horrible because it was way too much like the game, it should have been set in the real world without the barcode tattoo and baldy clones. I think that project was also rushed by the studio and producers. If you've played the video games you would know how dark and rich the "Max Payne" world is. At least wait for a trailer before you start judging it.

@ckybltz: Exactly... Although you can get away with more stuff now as a pg-13 movie, following the game this should have been pushed into R easily.

In the end, Max Payne wasn't about violence 'n all, but i have a really bad feeling about this.

@Christopher Marc: Are you insane? Hitman without his barcode? Why the hell even call it Hitman if you take that out?

I'm glad this is happening so soon after The Happening so hopefully it'll wash the happening of The Happening out of our collective memory.

... happening.


I think I'm beginning to write like M.Night Shym-happening-alan.

“The video game series is known for its Matrix-like bullet-time, graphic violence and profanity.”
...also, it's story-driven nature involving a graphic novel style during important moments, or cutscenes. Altogether something like Sin City. Loved the first game but never got around to playing the second. This movie adaption doesn't look too promising but I'm holding onto some hope.

@YoungZe

because in reality someone like that wouldn't have a visible tattoo that could be easy for law enforcement to identify...it would be like walking around with name tag or something...plus the bald head and gloves were enough things from the video game character....

@Christopher Marc: I know it's stupid! But changing that is even more stupid, it's part of his design and the story. Every clone has a barcode on this head. That's the only thing that separates them.

I really hope they nail the atmosphere and the tone the game had. It could get really creepy at times, and the music really helped to sell that aspect. The game was very stylistic, I only worry that the movie will come off as generic and easily swept aside other wise. I also hope they get creative with the bullet time, or look at it from another angle, approach it cleverly. At this point it's so much a gimmicky device, I wish it would just die, but, wouldn't really be Max Payne without it.

"Max is now undercover agent in the DEA and embedded in the Punchinello Mafia family."


They have altered the story line slightly from this...

They did bullet time before the matrix did it.

I have very high hopes for this movie. Max Payne 2 is still one of my favorite story lines in a game. It COULD be amazing, like Sin City was...i just hope they don't ruin one of my favorite titles.

Max Payne 3 please.

i myself hav played both games...beat both of them many of times...pathetic i kno...lol...one thing im concerned about most is the story line...if the ppl who r making this movie were smart...they would follow after the 2nd game...or follow with the new max payne 3 that is supposed to come out at the same time as the movie...theres two ways the story can go tho...at the end of mx pyn 2...Mona Sax dies...i dont kno about the rest of yall...but i loved the chemistry between the 2 characters...yet if you beat the game on hard-boiled mode...she lives...that is the big ? for me...is she in it...if so...they better stay tru to the games flow of story...no matter what the writer decide to go with...the new max payne game...or there own imagination (which would be a mistake)...bottom line...stay true to the story...and whalberg and the action scenes should take care of the rest...MUST hav bullet time in there tho...lol

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