Max Payne
Directed by John Moore
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a police detective and an assassin, who will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.
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- RichardOctober 19, 2025I went in hoping for gritty noir, bullet time bravado and maybe a halfway decent adaptation of the game I used to play with headphones on and lights off. What I got was Mark Wahlberg brooding through snowstorms, hallucinations and a plot that felt like it was written during a caffeine crash. The first half teased something stylish, moody lighting, slow motion gunplay and a soundtrack that tried to convince me this was serious. But by the time the break hit, the audience had made their decision. Half of them didn’t return. I stayed, partly out of stubbornness, partly out of morbid curiosity. Mila Kunis was there, technically. Ludacris played a cop, I think. Chris O'Donnell popped up just long enough to remind me he was still acting. The whole thing felt like a fever dream of pharmaceutical conspiracies and winged hallucinations, with Wahlberg doing his best “I’m in pain” face for 99 minutes. It wasn’t good. But it was something. A snow-drenched, slow motion stumble through grief and corporate nonsense. And I’ll be honest, I kind of respect it for trying, even if it failed spectacularly. I didn’t walk out. I endured it. And that’s more than I can say for half the cinema. Into the Plex library it goes, not because it’s great, but because it’s part of the journey.
Max Payne Trivia
Max Payne was released on October 15, 2008.
Max Payne was directed by John Moore.
Max Payne has a runtime of 1h 40m.
Max Payne was produced by Scott Faye, John Moore, Peter Veverka, Julie Yorn.
Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a police detective and an assassin, who will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.
The key characters in Max Payne are Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg), Mona Sax (Mila Kunis), BB Hensley (Beau Bridges).
Max Payne is rated PG-13.
Max Payne is an Action, Crime, Drama film.
Max Payne has an audience rating of 2.9 out of 10.
Max Payne had a budget of $35M.
Max Payne has made $85.4M at the box office.