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The Movie Diorama Having never played any games from this franchise, I can only solely base my thoughts on the film itself. And honestly, it's not terrible. Granted it's not 'Silent Hill' or 'Lara Croft: Tomb Raider' good but it certainly isn't 'Alone in the Dark' or 'DOA: Dead or Alive' atrocious. A homicide detective seeks revenge for the murder of his wife and child, to which he soon comes across a company producing chemicals to aggressively enhance soldiers. 'Jacob's Ladder' meets any other generic revenge thriller, although this iteration lacks any thrills. Having done some rapid research (thank you Wikipedia), it seems at first the story stays true to the source material for the outset. Norse mythology, identical characters and similarities in plot points, regardless the narrative still felt like an incoherent illogical illusory mess. The non-existent character development resulted in any plot twists (if you can call them that) to be negated. It plays the old "good guy is bad guy" card and it delivered nothing to the table. The character of Payne himself should be emotionally vulnerable, everything he loved has now instantly dissipated. Emptiness. Sorrow. Melancholy. Instead, we get Wahlberg scowling and walking as if he owns the city whilst simply talking his lines. No expression, just talking. He might have the physicality correct, but lacks emotional conviction. The supporting cast were forgettable, that also includes Kunis, simply proclaiming "oh no...it's Max Payne!". Aesthetically, I adored the noir style. Glossy, atmospheric and reminiscent of 'Sin City'. Moore directed this to "max"-imum potential. Action was well executed, the Valkyrie imagery was ominous and he convincingly made the environment its own character. The tower siege in the third act was chaotic and visually impressive, particularly the Valkyrie hallucinations which tear apart the building. Is it style over substance? I suspect so. Just a shame that the cast and screenplay melt away what could've been a decent crime mystery.

JokerMichel It doesn't matter how much you enjoy Mark Wahlberg, you're better off saving your money, your popcorn and your time

juneebuggy While this was a visually impressive movie filled with stylish action sequences and a decent cast the plot was so all over the place that I didn't know if I was watching a revenge thriller or a supernatural fantasy. I guess ultimately it was both, with Mark Wahlberg taking the lead as a grieving cop out to avenge the murder of his family.As his investigation evolves he hooks up with a Russian assassin (Mila Kunis) and events take a supernatural turn involving super soldiers, blue drugs and flying demons so that this wound up feeling like a movie Nicholas Cage should have been in.The style and overall vibe of this movie is great though, all dark and comic book-esque, (apparently based on a video game, who knew) The action is decent too including a couple of cool looking shootouts done in slow motion. I generally like revenge movies and I did find parts of this interesting but it just kept going off the rails and losing me.The cast kept surprising me (Beau Bridges, Ludicrous, Chris O'Donnell) but ultimately I just didn't care. The final rooftop scene with Mark screaming into the heavens, Nicholas cage would have been awesome doing that. 1/2/16

kungfupou I am a hardcore fan of the original game. It was a Neo-Noir Thriller meets John Woo type of game. However, when I went to see this film I lowered my expectations as many video game to movie adaptations are horrendous. What I saw was a generically action film, with none of the heart and meaning of the games. The casting choice itself was "acceptable" as Marky Mark kinda tried to act the role, given the script sucks, which was admirable. From changing important characters to cliché filled scenes, there is really not much to praise, except for a few visual scenes and some Slow motion action scenes. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even the main villain, a baffling choice to make it BB(Backstabbing Bastard) instead of Nicole Horne, who would've given the film an interesting and unsuspecting villain was demoted to a second tier character. Mila Kunis as Mona does not seem right, as her lines feel weak and forced, with almost no emotion behind it.(Same goes for other actors as well). All in all it is a very forgetful film, which is a shame, because they had so much potential to turn an amazing game into an equally amazing movie. For hardcore fans or regular fans of the games, stay away from it as you would feel that important characters or settings are completely disregarded. For casual moviegoers if you are into a bland generic action movie, with a few good scenes than this is highly recommended, otherwise stay away from it.