Retail Performance

Max Payne was a successful PC game. It was a cool shooter.

Now the movie was launched: Max Payne 2008 and promises to be a success.

The movie action

Coming together to solve a series of murders in New York City are a DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy and an assassin out to avenge her sister’s death. The duo will be hunted by the police, the mob, and a ruthless corporation.

Videogame fans

Fans of the videogame this movie is based on will recognize the simple story of Max Payne (played with minimal expression by Wahlberg), a straight-laced New York detective who turns introverted and blood thirsty when his family is murdered by unknown assailants. The first few minutes are quick to catch us up on these details, cementing the fact that Max hasn’t found the people responsible for the murder and won’t rest until he does. The search for the bad guys leads Max to demonic villains, a greedy pharmaceutical company and the obligatory sexpot who wants to bed Max simply because he keeps turning her down.