Quite a good actioner and John Moore is a really great director, this movie is visually stunning. Problems are with generic narrative and poor suppoting characters, Wahlberg is pretty great though. Pity The DVD is getting only a smattering of the Blu-Ray features. Might wait for R2 incase they don't cut the doc in two and only put the second half on HD

All 3 art works arent to shabby.

Wow, now THERE is a bad cover for a 1-disc DVD...

Artwork added for the 1-disc release

I think Mark Wahlberg owes me not only $10, but 2 hours of my life back.


This has to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen. I love me some Marky Mark, but he definitely phoned this one in. Too bad.

Yes! They stuck with it for blu release.

I'm finally going to get a Blu-Ray player for myself so hopefully, I'll rent this on Blu-Ray.

Wait the second...DVD release has Picture Production Featurette – Part 1 and Blu Ray release has Picture Production Featurette – Part 2. ?!!! What kind of BS is that!??

Artwork would be great if the text were at the same angle as the bricks, and if it weren't that weird aqua-blue. Woudl've preferred the poster of him standing with the wings behind him (like in the press release there).

I might check it out.

Pretty cool cover art. I hope thats what the blu version looks like.

So the BD has the Picture Production Featurette – Part 2 plus part 1, but the dvd only has part 1? Maybe I read too much into that and its a slight typo. I couldn't see them ripping people off like that

Hopefully that'll be the BD artwork.

The visuals were good but the story sucked. I might buy it when it's cheap.

futuramafan wrote: I actually liked this movie a lot. Not "Best of the year" quality, but it was a good time. I think the look of the film was it's best quality. I hope the unrated cut is the 125 minute version the director was talking about.

agree me 2 thats what im wating for

Well it did only cost $35mil, so I guess that gross figure is something they can be pleased with.  I think I'd still wait for a weekly DVD rental to check this out.  As much as I like the cast, I'm a little wary of Whalberg since The Happening...

I was(am) a HUGE fan of the original games, and they could have done SO much better with this. The original game with it's storylines and graphic-novel-inspired-cutscenes gave it a Raymond Chandler/Mike Hammer kind of atmosphere, meeting with action almost rivaling "The Matrix" in "bullet-time" mode. This all could have been so VERY easily transferred to the medium of film while still holding a mainstream appeal, but they decided to go another way, sadly.

They could have just given this another title and renamed the characters and it would have been a decent enough Wahlburg action vehicle, but alas, not meant to be. Although I will say this: I would buy this first day if it included the SNL sketch "Mark Wahlburg Talks to Animals", his subsequent reactions in the media, and his follow-up "confrontation" with Andy Samburg on SNL. That debacle was more entertaining than the entirety of the "Max Payne" feature film.

On a side note, I would have cast Payne differently, had they gone with the original storyline. I think either Dean Winters could have pulled it off nicely, or, I don't know, how about JAMES MCCAFFREY!? He voiced Payne in the original game, which was important as much as it was narrative, and for anyone that's seen McCaffrey (he played Denis Leary's character's dead cousin "Jimmy" on "Rescue Me") he could even look the part. Too much disappointment here, although I'll probably end up buying it anyway.

Not interested in this at all, but I found this wierd:

"an unrated extended cut with a never before seen 20 minute graphic novel"

So what, the actual movie with an animated graphic novel spliced in? lol, thats some extended cut

EXCELLENT MOVIE.  As a huge fan of the max payne games, I really was suprised by the film.

Looked lame, Marky Mark what were you thinking?

Saw in theaters. Watchable. Once. Barely. Maybe.

Remember those Wahlberg comments he would kick Batman's ass? Yeah, good one, Marky-Mark!

I loved the game...
missed the movie in theaters,
but i gotta see it cause i got to be on set for a few days.

I actually liked this movie a lot. Not "Best of the year" quality, but it was a good time. I think the look of the film was it's best quality. I hope the unrated cut is the 125 minute version the director was talking about.

I loved the games, was somewhat interested in seeing the movie, so I'll probably rent this, but I have low expectations.

Didn't see this in the cinema yet, might check it out for Olga Kurlyenko. I thought she was fantastic in Quantum of Solace.

I loved this movie. I'll definately pick up the two disc edition. Can't wait to see what they add for the unrated cut.

Just under mediocre. One of the better movies based off of a video game. Definitely not worth buying.

I've heard this was god awful and got so much hate from the critics. Yet I'll rent it. The unrated cut seems convincing. And look I liked Alien vs. Predator: Requiem even when everyone hated it.

This movie sucked pass

Great games, a subpar movie. An unrated cut definitely can't hurt it. I wasn't happy with the casting at all, but it does follow the game in a somewhat decent manner.

I heard that this is actually a pretty decent movie, even if you've played the video game...

Well, it DOES have Mila Kunis in it.