Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent (Wahlberg) whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin (Kunis) out to avenge her sister's death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation. Max Payne is a maverick cop - a mythic anti-hero - 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 a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.
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"With its flat story, numbed-out protagonist, and faux artistic lighting and set design - everything is dark or moody or darkishly moody or moodily dark - Max Payne seems a good half hour longer than its running time." (Mick LaSalle: San Francisco Chronicle)
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"It's hight on guns and poses, but little else. (...) The attempts to out-Matrix "The Matrix," with bullet-time super-slo mo, are staged with such theatrics that they're unintentionally funny. (...) mostly it's a weak little sister to "Sin City". (...) Rating: ** (out of four)." (Kyle Smith: New York Post)
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"Max Payne couldn't be more appropriately named. Sitting through this stylish-looking but derivative, vacuous and bullet-riddled movie inflicts maximum pain.(...) Rating: *1/2 (out of four)." (Claudia Puig: USA Today)
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"A somber, stylized new action movie (...) It’s not an especially good movie, but such a judgment is not really relevant to its ambitions. (...) A coherent story would be a lot to ask, and would in any case slow down the movie’s rhythm." (A. O. Scott: The New York Times)
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"Max still suffers from the heartlessness that makes games emotionally inferior to movies. Nobody ever shed a tear over a video-game character's death." (Roger Moore: Orlando Sentinel)
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"Max Payne may be the worst movie of the year. The 'may be' qualifier is only because the year isn't over yet." (Tom Long: Detroit News)
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USA Release Date: 17 October 2008.
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