Max Payne Movie Trailer

Posted on Thursday, July 10th, 2008 by Peter Sciretta

The movie trailer for the big screen video game adaptation of Max Payne is now online at filmweb. Thanks to /Film reader Michal S for the tip. I’m really impressed by the visual stylings of director John Moore who seemed to capture the slow-motion action sequences, including Mark Wahlberg’s slow motion dive which is ripped directly from the game. Looks promising.

The story follows Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg), a former NYPD Detective with internal and external conflicts in a dark, sinister New York City. Three years after the murder of his newborn daughter and wife by a group of junkies, Max is now undercover agent in the DEA and embedded in the Punchinello Mafia family. The video game series is known for its Matrix-like bullet-time, graphic violence and profanity. The movie will hit theaters on October 17th 2008.

Discuss: What do you think of the Max Payne movie trailer?

Comments

thomas

ill wait for the unrated dvd

Tom

I liked the game, but what makes this different from any other revenge films? Ala the Punisher

Paul

Well that looked crap

Frank

What's with the winged creature(s)? I don't remember seeing those in the games.

Captain Awesome

hahahahahaha

Tom

Way better than I was expecting. Don't know wtf those winged things are though.

LOTNorm

I think it looks visually promising if nothing else. Although, that story does have potential.

Christopher Edwards

Looks good be interesting to see what the reviews come in for it are like.

b e n - a

Exactly what Tom said. Visually it looks way better than I thought it would look but what the hell are those winged things? They weren't in the video game...

kingdarius

WOW!!! this looks dope as hell i mean it reminds me of the game so much except for the creatures hopefully they'll explain those in the movie and mark wahlberg looks like he's gonna be bad ass in it

Piotr S

this looks pretty bad ass.

LOTNorm

It's a good bet that the winged creatures are a dream sequence as dreams played part in the game.

Let's hope, at least.

darken

If you all remember, in the game there were those episodes when Max was in dream/hallucination state, maybe they replaced those moments with those dark angels..., but I guess that remains to be seeen. Anyway, it looks surprisingly well, they really played the game it seems, and they got in the spirit of it. Can't wait to see it!

jhammer12

doesnt look as bad as I thought it would be

SR

have to say this looks pretty good. But will the film live up to the trailer, well i guess we'll have to wait and see.

Matt

One word: CRAP.

Dr. Malo

The winged demons aren't real... they represent the faith hes lost. His wife and baby child were murdered.
Maybe he has dreams or visions of demons. He imagine that demons take his family because of some drug or whatever. But this can't be another "Constatine" flick.

Here is a quote from the Video Game:

Max Payne: Valkyr had been meant to be a white-winged maiden that would lift you to a warrior's heaven. But it turned out to be a one-way demon ride to hell. The devil was in the drug. I knew. I had met him.

MUW

Reminds me of the game a LOT, which is a good thing!

Except for the angels/demons bit, which as others have pointed out, propably are part of his dream/nightmare/halucination sequences...

Even mona sax looks like the part...

Also guys, please place it in the context of the genre...its a movie based on a video game, don't be expecting citizen kane in there...

As long as it has nice visuals and lots of cool ass kickery, i'll welcome it...

Overall looks pretty nice so far!

Rocha

Game was rated M, movie is going to be rated PG-13 and Marky Mark says there will be nothing to put in an unrated because they are filming a PG-13 movie. Based on that. I believe it will suck. Play the game again instead.

the-end-is-near

the link doesn't work anymore
but it's still here http://www.filmweb.pl/PREMIERA++Pierwszy+zwiast...

YoungZe

I just hope that creatures are some kind of hallucination or something. That would explain a lot since Max Payne was also drugged with the Valkyr designer drug. But it looks promising.

YoungZe

@Rocha: Max Payne was never really brutal, so i guess that the movie would work, even PG-13.

Klinger

Winged creatures = Angels of death? (i.e. scene in the hallway with all of them, I'll bet they're attached or representing Payne's bullets right before they hit targets)

I like the drugged idea as you were constantly popping pills in the game.

Hunter

So...no walking on blood in the movie then?

FilmRespect

PG-13? There goes all the grit that made the game so good. Oh well, just another videogame adaptation afterall.

FanCinemaToday

I kinda hope this movie falls on it's face--Fox sent a cease and desist letter to some college students who had been shooting a Max Payne fan film for three years. They were almost done, and I guess that worried the studio that their $100 flick might overshadow Marky Mark; I wrote about it a few weeks ago over at fancinematoday; use the search function and you'll find it.

Xerox

I worked on this movie. Very little blood.

Chris

Would've been a whole lot nicer had the 'Congratulations: You won a free prize!" banner ad not been playing its obnoxious notification bleep on the /film index page.

I'm pleasantly surprised, though.

Borek

Sorry for that... but filmweb blew it.
They deleted the trailer from their site ;]

so you can watch it on youtube: http://pl.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bh1kD66Oo8

or here (good quality): http://hatak.pl/zwiastuny/215/MaxPaynepierwszyt...

Mike

The movie is not working! Argggh!

Captain Awesome

Can you download a patch for the movie to make it Rated R?

Brian

If the movie trailer does not work at the link provided then you can always find it on youtube:

Look for: May Payne Movie Trailer.

It doesn't look that bad, it looks pretty noir.

Matt

Concur with all that's been said expect for the trolls.

Brently

I'm still waiting for a decent video game-based movie, maybe this'll be it. I just ordered the game after seeing the trailer, maybe the movie'll be halfway decent, who knows?

Alan Geiss

I have to say im dissapointed. I felt it was really cliche your average shooting action movie, like hitman or something. Except there was those devil angel things, what was that all about? I'll probobly watch it unless someone sees it before me and chages my mind by telling me how rediculous it was.

Alan Geiss

i forgot to add, why PG-13? It's a M rated game with loads of blood. Did they think fans would be satisfied with PG-13? Come on Hollywood. You think they would have learned by now to stop making shitty moves like that. They just want money is what it seems like but I dont know what im talking about its just my opinion, if someone can explain please do.

Captain Awesome

Watch the trailer with Sir Mix-A-Lot's, "Baby Got Back" playing. It actually makes it better.

Tendrillar

Ah....fuckin' hollywood. This actually looks somewhat interesting, but Max Panye it is not. I'll watch it, definitely, but I'm just a little disappointed.

InfidelAppel

I was really hoping they'd stick to the game storyline. But whoever is being discussed "You know that feeling you got when you ran past the graveyard as a kid? Stay away from this guy" sounds like Satan or something.

I'd like to hope the demons are just dream visuals, but aside from Mona Sax none of the other characters or descriptions seemed like they were from the game. I have a bad feeling this is just going to be like Constantine, but with an IP I actually care about....

Learnfilm

Its looking good I know its only a trailer and its hard to judge

Lee

I think it actually looks pretty cool. Cool visuals and camera angles. We'll see.

jbq

Looks better than what I expected. But I just don't understand the casting choice. Marky Mark has his moments, but there has to be a dozen other b-list actors better suited for the role. Personally, I think Dean Winters would have been awesome, but he probably wouldn't have been a big enough name, I guess.

Tom

I dont see what people have against Dirk Digglers casting. I think he's perfect for the role

Ian

I agree that it does keep the feel of the game (at least, this trailer does). Really curious what those winged gargoyle things are (hopefully part of a dream/hallucination).

Is it too late to get Michael C. Hall? I don't think I'll ever buy Wahlberg as May Payne.

www.myspace.com/coreywilson10

I liked it!! That was pretty good.... The Dark wing creature looked cool as heck. The Trailer is better then I thought, but I would like to see more bullet time. The Graphics looks very good!!

www.myspace.com/coreywilson10

It looks like Mark Walberg is staying true to the character. Which is a really good thing. Even though they don't look alike, I think Mark Walberg is a excellent choice for Max Payne :)
I thought he did a excellent job in "Shooter" he is a very good actor.

Dylan

Looked nice

Jimmy

ok i went on the website so i can see what the hell the winged things are and found the synopsis of the movie thats on the site. " Based on the legendary, hard-hitting interactive video game, Max Payne tells the story of a maverick cop determined to track down those responsible for the brutal murders of his family and partner. Hell-bent on revenge, his obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmare journey into the dark underworld." ok...i was thinking that that was like some....kind of meanig and not literal but then i read the next part , " As the mystery deepens, Max (Mark Wahlberg) is forced to battle enemies BEYOND THE NATURAL WORLD and face an unthinkable betrayal." ok....so maybe this is saying that those winged creatures might be real? and not some other meaning like dreams or something

Jimmy

http://www.maxpaynethemovie.com/

heres the website, check for yourselves

Joe

Looks decent. Not terrible, not excellent.

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