Mark Wahlberg Lands Max Payne Movie Role

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I always thought Johnny Knoxville looked the most like Max Payne, lol.

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I think that picture sort of looks like Chistian Slater

or why don't they just get the guy who's face they used and hope he can act

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This is awesome. When Hollywood runs out of mediocre, half-baked comics movies to churn out, they start pumping out sludge based on video games. GREAT!

Is there an original thought anywhere anymore? I can't wait 'till 10 years from now, when everyone starts doing *remakes* of mediocre movies based on video games!

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The thing is, I think Max Payne would be a great movie for me and all the people who enjoyed the game, but for everyone else it would make for a very generic action shoot-em-up flick.

All movies based on video games, in general, *could* be better if the writers/directors/producers would actually care about preserving the plot and characters of said games and not take drastic liberties in the name of "improving" them for film adaptation. Copy and paste the game script and locations and make it a homage, rather than an entirely different beast. That said, video games are meant to be played, not watched. Max Payne is basically a (/n endearing) ripoff of action movies to begin with. The fun part was that you actually got to *play* it.

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Shooting has just started of the film adaptation of Max Payne, and a first look at the movie's main character is now available. As usual we are not too excited about the film, as every recent game to film translation has left us sick to our very stomachs, but with some people of quality partaking in the project it has a chance of impressing.

Mark Wahlberg will take the roll of Max Payne, and although he does not look much like the character I am sure we could have been stuck with much worse. Better news comes from the fact that John Moore will be directing. He did not do that bad with his effort in Behind Enemy Lines - although Flight of the Phoenix was less impressive. There is a bit more bad news though, as recent reports hint that the film is trying to achieve PG-13 rating, and we just can't see Max's character been portrayed correctly under the confines of that rating.

It is currently unknown if the movie with keep the heavy film noir and slow-motion scenes of the game intact, or if it will instead adopt it's own approach. However, it is not scheduled to be released until sometime in 2009 so we still have loads of time to find out, and then complain if necessary.

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