Max Payne (2008)

	Directed by: John Moore	COUNTRY Canada/USA GENRE Action/Thriller/Crime NORWEGIAN TITLE Max Payne RUNNING TIME 100 minutes
	Produced by: Scott Faye John Moore Julie Yorn
	Written by (based on the computer game by Remedy Entertainment): Beau Thorne

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Max Payne	Mark Wahlberg
Mona Sax	Mila Kunis
BB Hensley	Beau Bridges	½
Lt. Jim Bravura	Ludacris
Jason Colvin	Chris O'Donnell
Det. Alex Balder	Donal Logue	½
Jack Lupino	Amaury Nolasco	½
Nicole Home	Kate Burton
Natasha Sax	Olga Kurylenko

Review

Film noir meets the video game universe – and a hint of the superhero genre – as Max Payne is brought to the big screen by John Moore (The Omen). The film looks and feels appropriately gloomy and constructs a recognisable storyline with useful conviction. Moore keeps it low-key and is clever not to spew out an abundance of action sequences. The Max Payne character is perhaps the least interesting element in the film, not much helped by a half-inspired Mark Wahlberg, but the film's small dosage of superheroness is a refreshment in these overloaded superhero days, and the Valkyrie theme is highly interesting, despite the half-done visual realisation of its effect. In this, Max Payne continues a thematic line which goes back to fascinating B-films such as The Prayer of the Rollerboys. Watch for Chris O'Donnell in an effective supporting role.

Copyright © 19.03.2009 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang

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