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Max Payne is set to start filming soon, but will it be painful to watch?
1:29 PM on 02.01.2008, Gameboi 52 comments

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Last time we heard about the movie adaptation of Max Payne, the man who would be responsible for filling the iconic shoes of the one-man army was still up in the air. One quick peek over at IGN, and the facts now seem to indicate otherwise.

Filming is set to start on March 2 in Toronto, and Max will be played by none other than the bad boy himself: Mark Wahlberg.  Just how true to the game the movie will stay is still up for debate (do they ever?), but we do know of at least one common thread: Max's family is murdered, and he has every intention of exacting swift revenge. Further details are scarce as usual, but we'll keep you abreast of them as they unfold. 

With the Max Payne game and the subsequent sequel being considered a sacred IP by many gamers, their reactions to the finished film should prove quite noteworthy. Whatever you do John, please don't let this movie suck. The fans are depending on you.


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Dr Milkdad's Avatar
Dr Milkdad at 02/01/2008 13:33
I want more Max Payne video games, although a movie would be interesting, maybe, I want so more fucking Max Payne GAMES.

Even Max Payne: The Movie: The Game, don't really care, just gimme another fucking Max Payne game...
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GeneralWong at 02/01/2008 13:34
I like Mark Wahlberg, his funny :)
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razerangel at 02/01/2008 13:36
This could be...interesting? I hope, and I mean REALLY hope this is good. Otherwise my teenage years that involved playing both Max Payne games will have been soiled by hollywood. Please make this be good!
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commish at 02/01/2008 13:37
I hope this Game to movie won't suck like 95% of all the other game to movie, movies!
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king3vbo at 02/01/2008 13:40
Yes. It will suck. End of story.
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jpitner at 02/01/2008 13:48
It will suck, then once again we'll hear the critics tell us that games aren't art crap again.
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brainderailment at 02/01/2008 13:53
Gamers like this game for the gunplay, the story and characters weren't the strong points of either game. The movie will suck, don't let it change your view of marky mark.
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loki d20 at 02/01/2008 13:58
The biggest question on my mind is will it have a frustratingly lame dream scene where you have to stay on the right path through a lame maze of interconnected lines?
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AgentMOO at 02/01/2008 13:59
Unless it's done with the attention to detail and style of sin city, it's going to suck ass.
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Orionsaint at 02/01/2008 13:59
Benicio Del Toro is Max Payne

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AgentMOO at 02/01/2008 14:03
By the way here's the official poster:

Gameboi's Avatar
Gameboi at 02/01/2008 14:06
@loki d20

I hated that part. You couldn't even see where you were going, and the baby crying in the background was horrible...
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BlackSunEmpire at 02/01/2008 14:16
Marky Mark is awesome

Videogame to movie conversions, not so much
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Logo at 02/01/2008 14:16
[quote]the story and characters weren't the strong points of either game[/quote]

I thought the narration, plot twists, and yes even the characters were the strong point for the 2nd game for me.

I really enjoyed the way the story unfolded. I'm almost curious if they're going to cover the arc of both movies in one (with some changes to the plot).
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AgentMOO at 02/01/2008 14:23
By video game standards, characters and story were great. By movie standards, they are strung together cliches.
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Snaileb at 02/01/2008 14:24
oh god.. epic shoops!!!

This movie will definitely suck. You beat me to it! I was about to make a post! :)
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DrNutt at 02/01/2008 14:34
I think the movie actually has promise, but considering how the games were very derivitive of noir and Hong Kong actions flicks, why would you want a movie based on a game inspired by movies? I'm going to echo the desires of most of d-toid and say just give me Max Payne 3 please.
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Holiday at 02/01/2008 14:34
Mickey Rourke was my first choice though I guess he's getting kinda old now. Hugh Jackman would have also been a good choice. I just hope they stick with the film noir pulp crime novel atmosphere of the games. I wonder who will play Mona Sax?
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Rockvillian at 02/01/2008 14:36
Movies need to start getting better. That, or Hollywood needs to just break off the damn map and become a floating island of collagen and wasted dreams.

Then it'll eventually stop in the middle of the Pacific ocean and people will charge admission to go gawking through the streets, trying to match skeletons to their respective bodies. I found George Lucas, 500 points!

Epic.
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kawitchate at 02/01/2008 14:37
hold on.

one of the things that made the game really cool is that it took place during a blizzard in NEW YORK! how are they going to pull that off in TORONTO in MARCH - sure they might get some snow, but a blizzard???
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LordRegulus at 02/01/2008 14:38
@Rockvillian

"...nothing left but a cool blue serenity called Arizona Bay."
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jfbguy at 02/01/2008 14:42
Ever since I saw him in the first resident evil film, I always thought Eric Mabius should have played Payne. <br>
<img src="http://www.uglybettynews.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/mabius071.jpg"/>
<img src="http://www.gamerevolution.com/oldsite/games/pc/action/max_payne_face.jpg" width="300" height="250">
Cheeburga's Avatar
Cheeburga at 02/01/2008 14:56
Fuck yes.
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Kyousuke Nanbu at 02/01/2008 14:56
Its going to be shit, just like every single videogame movie.
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chief blaze at 02/01/2008 14:58
@ AgentMOO

lulz

@ Blog

I think Marky Mark is alrigt but look at Max Paynes face. I think Stephen Baldwin would make a perfect character for Max Payne.

See. VS
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PrinceofCannedPeaches at 02/01/2008 15:07
No. I need Wong Kar-Wai to write and John Woo to direct before I'll let it fly.

Incidentally, the Funky Bunch will play agents of Aesir Corp.
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ToeKing at 02/01/2008 15:17
I see this name in bright blue neon lights with a purple outline. And this name is so bright and so sharp that the sign - it just blows up because the name is so powerful... It says, "Max Diggler."
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Guagloves at 02/01/2008 15:17
More Marky Mark Make My Video game footage please.
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Samit Sarkar at 02/01/2008 15:19
Oh, god...AgentMOO fucking wins this thread.

I’m cautiously optimistic about this movie. I think Marky Mark can certainly pull it off, but I wonder how much the movie will deviate from the storyline in the game. And brainderailment, I don’t know what you’re talking about...while the bullet time was a lot of fun, I thought the story was very engrossing, and it really elevated the game past the bullet time mechanic, which was cool for a while but would’ve probably gotten old before too long (cf. Stranglehold).
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GoldBond at 02/01/2008 15:23
Look at the director's resume. Enemy At the Gates? Flight of the Phoenix? The fucking Omen remake?
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 02/01/2008 15:34
I think I'm right and you're all wrong.

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cbebop007 at 02/01/2008 15:45
I'm a huge Max Payne fan, and I'm ok with the star and director.

*crosses fingers*
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Dukeman330 at 02/01/2008 15:52
Actually, I think this has more promise (in a b-grade action mov
Dan CiTi's Avatar
Dan CiTi at 02/01/2008 15:55
Too bad. Max Payne would make a great movie.
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SillyTurtle at 02/01/2008 16:38
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Mxyzptlk at 02/01/2008 18:14
I can't wait to see how they fuck this up.
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Holyetheline at 02/01/2008 18:19
Watch him poop his pants...
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MechaMonkey at 02/01/2008 19:11
And a resounding "Meh" shook the nation...
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Wedge at 02/01/2008 19:28
Yet another game where the story was already entirely adequate with the original product. Movie need not apply.
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Kaikara at 02/01/2008 19:51
Trust the story is good filming material. I'd enjoy it at least. But another Max Payne game would be perfect.
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Elrando at 02/01/2008 20:36
This movie does not need to be made.
Given how much Payne takes it's style from existing action movies this thing is redundant before the cameras even start rolling.

Just slap a Max Pain cover on the front of that Thomas Jane "Punisher" movie from a year or so ago, cause that's what you'll be getting.
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SixPounds at 02/01/2008 21:52
Who is Max Payne?
Orionsaint's Avatar
Orionsaint at 02/02/2008 00:49
Max Payne was the first game to exploit bullet time in a video and has since been copied dozens of times and over stayed its welcome.
Noah's Avatar
Noah at 02/02/2008 01:26
Wahlberg was the bomb in The Departed. I'm looking forward to it.
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mistic at 02/02/2008 06:04
so will it be a film noir then?
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MishoM at 02/02/2008 08:02
Just make another game, forget the movie. :(
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loky4000 at 02/02/2008 08:35
Max Payne didn't have a lot of story to it tbh, will probably just end up seeing something in the lines of Death Sentence 2 with a diffrent actor.
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Necros at 02/02/2008 11:18
Wedge wins a common sense point. The story is fine for an evolving medium like video games, but it doesn't cut it in terms of a film story.
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