Max Payne Movie Review, Starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis
Max Payne (PG-13) Starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kuni, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, Chris O'Donnell Director: John Moore Theater Release Date: October 17th, 2008 DVD Release Date: January 20th, 2009 Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller.
Synopsis: Max Payne is really a maverick cop - a mythic anti-hero - determined to track down those accountable for the brutal murders of his family and partner. Hell-bent on revenge, his obsessive investigation takes him on the nightmare journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies past the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.
I'd the typical high expectations starting this movie, as I normally do with any new Wahlberg movie. Having high expectations for a movie can never be good, will it? Being unsure of much about the video game or the plot from the movie helped, as I was going in blind, and that is more often than not the best thing for me.
I was pretty excited to determine Mila Kunis, too. Ever since "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" I have been type of jonesing on her. I'm not quite sure she fit the character, but she did a passible job as the movie lacked the seriousness it needed anyway.
I can not state that Wahlberg did a poor job either, he was his typical self. He's been more of an icon than an actress lately, and his presence alone in an action movie is enough to result in the movie worthwhile.
I had been just a little reclaimed by Beau Bridges. I think this movie could have been better with another person playing his character. I've just never really liked him all that much and i believe he stunk up within this movie. His character really were built with a shot to stand out, and Bridges dropped the ball.
The plot was loose, maybe a little jumbled, and many of the supporting actors were bad. The story tried to sneak on you with a twist in some places, but mostly it had been pretty predictable, using the average "guy lost everything now seeks revenge" theme. That we like. Kind of reminded me of "The Punisher".
There have been minor roles by Ludacris and Chris O'Donnell that were decent at best. You can't really blame the actors for under-performing inside a movie that does not quite draw emotion in the actors, and it has almost zero character development for everybody except Wahlberg.
You probably think I did not like the flick using the way I've been ranting and complaining, but you're wrong. It had been decent. Don't see it in the theater though. It's a good lazy action film to sit down at home and zone watching, as you don't really need to pay real close attention, you can just sit back and enjoy the ride with this one.