First Max Payne Movie Trailer Released

[Andy Chalk]

First Max Payne Movie Trailer Released

The first trailer for the Max Payne [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0467197/] movie is out, and holy crap, is it awesome.

While acknowledging that my opinion may be biased by my appreciation of both the Mila Kunis [http://www.rockstargames.com/maxpayne/splash.html], co-starring as contract killer Mona Sax and regarded by most fans as the weakest link in the chain, only appears for a second, and while she doesn't speak she does manage to nail the look of Mona in action.

Even more important, however, is the fact that the trailer "feels" right, and touches on all the big Max Payne elements: A dark, Gothic New York wrapped in a winter nightmare, gravelly narration in the cold, dead voice of a man with nothing to lose and lots of graceful, stylized, explosive action. You can't help but think that whoever made this movie is a fan of the games; it's still early and there's plenty of time for things to go wrong, but this early glimpse makes Max Payne look like the kind of movie Max Payne fans would want to see. And holy crap is it awesome.

But don't take my word for it - check out the trailer yourself on YouTube [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JboQmDIdKWs], and be sure to tell us what you think.


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[Susan Arendt]

Holy crap, he's not making it up. It really is awesome.

No, seriously.

Full disclosure: I am also a huge fan of movies in which stuff gets blowed up real good. Still....dude, that was frickin stellar.

 

[sammyfreak]

Cool stuff, it actualy looks like it will be worthwhile.

 

[Gahars]

Sweet, maybe we'll finally get a good videogame to movie translation.

But one question.

Were there any demons/angels in the games?

I thought the games were crime noirs from what I heard.

 

[eggdog14]

FUCK YES


But where is the theme song?

 

[John Funk]

Sweet, maybe we'll finally get a good videogame to movie translation.

But one question.

Were there any demons/angels in the games?

I thought the games were crime noirs from what I heard.

Valkryies.

V is the drug Valkyr.

 

[Gahars]

Sweet, maybe we'll finally get a good videogame to movie translation.

But one question.

Were there any demons/angels in the games?

I thought the games were crime noirs from what I heard.

Valkryies.

V is the drug Valkyr.

Ah, thanks.

 

[tendo82]

I will see this movie if only because it has Marlo Stanfield aka Jamie Hector of The Wire fame.

 

[Teleios]

Holy crap, he's not making it up. It really is awesome.

No, seriously.

Full disclosure: I am also a huge fan of movies in which stuff gets blowed up real good. Still....dude, that was frickin stellar.

I'm with you completely. Wow. That is not what I was expecting at all. I hope they pull it off.

 

[maxusy3k]

Yeah ok that actually looked pretty sweet.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

Were there any demons/angels in the games?

Second. After I have been through each max payne AT LEAST 30 times each, there was no winged fella's. However, nice to see that they recreated Mona disapearing behind elevator doors. Thank god Uwe Boll never got his hands on this.

 

[Larenxis]

I was considering posting a thread about this, but you beat me to the punch.
I'm a little concerned about Wahlberg, but yeah, this doesn't look so bad.

 

[sirdanrhodes]

OH WAIT, I HAS A THEORY FOR THE DEMON FELLA'S. Anyone remember the constantly repeated line, the flesh of fallen angels...

 

[John Funk]

And, like I said, it's likely that they're more metaphoric representations of the drug Valkyr.

 

[Andy Chalk]

I would guess (because it's all guesswork at this point) that the Funkmeister is onto something; remember that Max Payne had some (admittedly annoying) dream sequences, so my assumption is that they're hammering home the Valkyr angle a little more.

And did I tell you guys or what? AWESOME!

 

[ReepNeep]

I would guess (because it's all guesswork at this point) that the Funkmeister is onto something; remember that Max Payne had some (admittedly annoying) dream sequences, so my assumption is that they're hammering home the Valkyr angle a little more.

My thoughts as well.
This might just be the first video game movie that doesn't totally suck. As far as one can tell from a trailer this looks like it would be pretty fun to watch.

 

[Dalisclock]

This may be really cool. The angels/demons/valkyies was kinda offputting but I'm willing to wait to see where they go with this before judging further.

Marky actually looks like he might have nailed it.

 

[Dalisclock]

A lot of unnecessary shooting, a building blowing up, a man with a sword, crazy things with wings that may or may not have angelic/demonic roots, Marky Mark! Seems like my kind of movie. The game always looked stupid to me, no offense I know the game has like cult following. I probably should have picked it up, but I just wasn?t driven enough.

It's fairly easy to find, and no doubt pretty cheap at this point.

I can't tell you that you will like the game, but I'd recommend trying to ignore the hype you've heard, go in with no expectations and see if you like it. If you don't like it after the end of act one, you probably won't like it.

 

[Junaid Alam]

"A lot of unnecessary shooting,"

I don't think you "get" video games.