Here it is, you filthy dogs, the trailer for Hollywood's next attempt at making money off the games industry, Max Payne. What can one say? It looks like your typical action movie to me. Lots of guns and fire and explosions and gruff voices, all the good stuff.
Apathy aside, the actual Max Payne of the title seems to be a doing pretty good job of capturing the character's disaffected narration. It has a very classy look to it as well. That said, everything looks great in trailer form, so we'll see if Max Payne is anywhere near as stylish as its videogame namesake. I'm going to wager a no, because I am an embittered cynic.
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7:58 AM on 07.10.2008
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-Ludacris. WTF is he doing in this movie?
Needless to say, I'm psyched. Hopefully they will do a little more than just your standard action movie and actually show the depth of the character.
Thanks Jim, this seriously just made the start of my day awesome.
It's all shooting, explosions and bullet-time. Throw in a half-ass story and this could be halfway decent.
I'm looking forward to it.
(Well, for now at least).
I think the fantastical elements are dream elements. Not like the game, but similar, I guess. As long as I don't have to see him walk a maze of thin lines from one place to another like the game, I'm okay with stylistic dream elements.
Wasn't really interested in it until now.
Everything else looks great, imo, but I wonder if people who have never played the game will understand the flying things (I played one and I don't even necessarily get it). I fear that showing them like that will make people think the movie is something it isn't (maybe more akin to Constantine), which could both help or hinder its reception by certain moviegoers. Odd decision on the marketing department's side, for sure.
Oh and agreed, the dark-angel thing WTF?!?!? Still visually amazing.
Could this fall the same faith as Silent Hill?
Including making him seeing flying demons.
-Jd
I'd put the whole flying angel/crow people down to a drug trip or something. Or so I hope...
never judge a movie one trailer...
its a possible for my sunday morning movie list...
for sure on my netflix list...
Only played the first game, but looks like its sticking to the noir style. Excited!
Long hallways that extend and seem to never end, false doorways, strange hallucinations that made people look all crazy. Not to mention the scariest scream i've ever heard during the "blood trail" sections (for those who've played it know what I mean).
Then again, it does look like the game.
Suits the source material to a T. Probably go and see it actually.
It looks OK. Not mindblowing, but OK
Would be cool if there was some 4th wall breaking in the movie too...
I'm bigger. :P
And to answer one of the more common questions: The "Crow-Man" is a metaphor for the Angel of Death, either Michael or Samael, who had black wings.
...damn, I'm a nerd. And the trailer freakin' rocked.
(I know there were some deviations from the Hitman 'canon' in the film, but I thought they did a pretty solid job all things considered)
im impressed
could actually be good
Some parts do look good but I'm being cautiously optimistic after watching a slew of dissapointing "films based off games" tie ins