Film Review--Max Payne
MAX PAYNE
starring Mark Wahlberg, Ludacris, Mila Kunis, Chris O'Donnell, Beau Bridges, Donal Logue, and Jude Law as The Beav.
An NYPD cop named Max Payne (Wahlberg) comes home to find his wife and baby murdered. He gets himself transferred to the Cold Case unit, so that he can continue the investigation into their deaths. For years he's a lone wolf, a cop on the edge, until one day women are ending up dead. One of the women was last seen alive by Max and her heavily-armed sister (Kunis) shows up looking for answers. Things eventually lead to a pharmaceutical company, experimental drugs, and criminals who killed Max's family.
Oh for fuck's sake, when will I learn? Films based on video games seldom turn out well and this awful stenchpod is no exception. Don't bother looking for structure here, or a strong character arc that holds all the action scenes together. Don't strain yourself searching for a character you actually feel anything for, even when he finds his family dead. Don't do it because it just isn't there. This whole mess is a true embarrassment to both Marky Mark AND the Funky Bunch.
This was leaps and bounds better when it was called "The Crow."
RATING: MWTS? Man, What's That Stench?
starring Mark Wahlberg, Ludacris, Mila Kunis, Chris O'Donnell, Beau Bridges, Donal Logue, and Jude Law as The Beav.
An NYPD cop named Max Payne (Wahlberg) comes home to find his wife and baby murdered. He gets himself transferred to the Cold Case unit, so that he can continue the investigation into their deaths. For years he's a lone wolf, a cop on the edge, until one day women are ending up dead. One of the women was last seen alive by Max and her heavily-armed sister (Kunis) shows up looking for answers. Things eventually lead to a pharmaceutical company, experimental drugs, and criminals who killed Max's family.
Oh for fuck's sake, when will I learn? Films based on video games seldom turn out well and this awful stenchpod is no exception. Don't bother looking for structure here, or a strong character arc that holds all the action scenes together. Don't strain yourself searching for a character you actually feel anything for, even when he finds his family dead. Don't do it because it just isn't there. This whole mess is a true embarrassment to both Marky Mark AND the Funky Bunch.
This was leaps and bounds better when it was called "The Crow."
RATING: MWTS? Man, What's That Stench?
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