Max Payne

PAYNEful in every way

Where did Marky Mark go wrong? His performance in The Departed was perfect. After that, you think he’d have a ton of great roles. Instead he’s doing stinkers like Shooter, The Happening and now the video-game-based Max Payne.

Max Payne is about a detective hunting down and killing the men responsible for killing his wife and child. Shortly after we enter in, Payne stumbles across new supernatural evidence. It is then that the movie tries too hard to be like a mix of Sin City and Constantine. Max Payne never pulls it off.

Although Max Payne is PG-13, it tries playing it off like a gritty R-rated flick. The main problem is that the story goes nowhere. It is a boring mess. I’ve never played it, but if the video game is this boring, then I can’t imagine anybody ever playing it.

Who is going to like this movie? Teenage video game playing boys whose parents never let them watch good action flicks. Other than that small audience, there’s no one else who will see Max Payne and be glad they paid eight bucks to see it.

Photo credit: 20th Century Fox