Max Payne starts today in theaters near you! Well, if you're anywhere near US that is.. Take a peek at this trailer slash graphic novel version of the movie.. If that novel is anything to go by, the movie is gonna be somewhat great! Crossing my fingers still..Hollywood movie trailers have a way of fuckin with your hopes and expectations.. Ahh, sweet memories of Max Payne the game.. Neh nak kena main balik d game nehh..
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Maximum payne in the ass.. The movie suckd.. Big time.. Such a disappointment.. i even slept through most of the monotonous (BORING) attempt to create a relevant backstory. Too many loopholes, too many questions.
What ticked me off was the fact that they didn't emulate the original storyline of the game, but rather tried to cater to the masses (non-gamers) by creating a grungy-gritty half-assed story about how Max Payne is out for vengeance. It's a great approach, ideally. But, killed the whole hype of the character.
No bullet-time scenes (except for ONE lame overhead shotgun shown in the trailer)*, no painkiller scenes, no rotating the body mid-air to shoot people all around, no molotov, the Sax sisters aren't twins, no funny evil Vlad...in short, not much essence from the game. All boiled down to the so-called Hollywood's creative take on the franchise. Might as well be in development hell for all i care. Sedih.
The only consolation was the effect driven scenes of the Valkyries. And even that gets boring after a while. Pergi lah tgk kalau tak percaya.
*tak silap aku, dalam game, kalau bullet-time pakai shotgun, ko cuma leh tembak sekali aje. tapi dalam muvi tuh, dia tembak dua kali. so, purists out there, spot the blooper..muahahaha
