DVD Review: Max Payne

I’ve seen some terrible films in my day, but I’d say I’ve been on a fairly good streak. I have managed to avoid most of the past years truly bad movies, until now. I blame my curiosity, I blame my desire to one day see a decent adaptation of a video game. After my viewing …

Scott Miller Pans ‘Max Payne’

As the usual defender of the genre of video game movies, I will continue the trend by throwing Max Payne in the good source material, bad writer and director pile, and it looks like I’m not the only one. Scott Miller, CEO of 3d Realms who was the company that produced the original video game …

‘Payne’ Tops Weekend Box Office

The latest film based on a video game was tops at the box office this past weekend.  ‘Max Payne,’ starring Mark Wahlberg, (who, just so you know does not talk to animals… No matter what ‘Saturday Night Live,’ may tell you,) opened at number one, raking in $18 million. The confusingly popular ‘Beverly Hills Chihuahua’ …

Max Payne Gets PG-13

John Moore, director of the upcoming Mark Wahlberg starrer ‘Max Payne, has finally gotten his film a PG-13 rating, despite what he called “trimming frames for the sake of trimming frames.” He told Game Daily that there will be an alternate cut for the DVD version: “It’s a little slower and a little more atmospheric. …

More Max Payne News

I’m all about the video game news today! There’s ton’s to report on the new Max Payne film starring Mark Wahlberg and directed by John Moore (Behind Enemy Lines, Flight of the Phoenix). The film is based on the amazing video game of the same name. Some promo shots have emerged on firstshowing.net some of …