Max Payne trailer looks promsing

Stev_o

I loved the Max Payne series and when i heard that it was being brought to the big screen i instantly lost all hope of it ever being decent as iv yet to see a good game to film conversion and vice a versa.

But after watching this trailer
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bh1kD66Oo8

I actually have high hopes for it they have seemed to understand the dark gritty world of Max Payne so here's hoping to the first decent game to movie film!

Ross_Mahon

Haha He does the slow motion jumps and all...

sprinkles

Looks good. Mark Wahlberg though!?

Maximilian

Possibly the first ever game-movie ever that doesn't suck? Interesting.

i hope its 18's or at a minimum 15's, fox keep putting low ratings on these films to draw bigger crowds...and they usually end up being pure sh*te

JCDenton

I would have said quite the opposite to "promising"!

Starring such big name actors as "Ludacris" and "Nelly Furtado" it certainly looks like it keeps close to the original game - oh wait - no it doesn't!
What on earth was the deal with those large black winged angels?

Don't even think about telling me that they're Max's metaphorical "demons"...

JCDenton

M!Ck^ wrote: »

i hope its 18's or at a minimum 15's, fox keep putting low ratings on these films to draw bigger crowds...and they usually end up being pure sh*te

Oh; and...

"The movie is PG-13," said cast member Kunis in a recent interview with ReelzChannel. "It's incredibly dark. You still get the gist of it. The only different between R-rated and PG-13 is you might not see as much blood."

R0ot

Yeah looks like it will be good. /me crosses fingers and hopes

Retr0gamer

If they wanted to keep it close to the originals it would need a dreadful plot, paper thin characters and junior cert levels of direlogue writing.

Otacon

JCDenton wrote: »

Don't even think about telling me that they're Max's metaphorical "demons"...

Well in the games he has nightmares regularly. It may be just another interpretation of that. It would certainly be better than him walking on a walkway of blood with babies constantly crying in the background!?

I certainly looks more interesting than I was expecting it to be but the violence needs to be there. Its a major part of what made the atmosphere so dark.

i_am_dogboy

Yeah...that looks ****.

JCDenton

Retr0gamer wrote: »

If they wanted to keep it close to the originals it would need a dreadful plot, paper thin characters and junior cert levels of direlogue writing.

And you're saying that this trailer sounds any better than that?

"When the people a man needs are taken away from him; you can't go back to who you were before".

That sounds like a quote from any number of cheesy action films from decades past! All Oscar-winning films no doubt.

And of course - I wholeheartedly agree that the "screaming baby walkway" from the games was painful in every sense of the word - but it was less jarring than fighting angels. Imagined hallucinations or not - it doesn't fit a Max Payne film / game to me!

monument

Retr0gamer wrote: »

If they wanted to keep it close to the originals it would need a dreadful plot, paper thin characters and junior cert levels of direlogue writing.

All that. But in the style of Max Payne. :pac:

MooseJam

Max Payne is pure legend, best character in gaming bar none that I can think of, this film will rock

humanji

Imagined hallucinations or not - it doesn't fit a Max Payne film / game to me!

It makes perfect sense, really. The guy is loosing his nut and he's a drug addict. How is it too much of a stretch to think he might hallucinate?

RobertFoster

I wonder if they'll have any comic book style scenes, like the cutscenes in the games. Probably be slated for ripping off 24 and Sin City.

thelordofcheese

MooseJam wrote: »

Max Payne is pure legend, best character in gaming bar none that I can think of, this film will rock

*twitch*

nah, you're jokin' right.... right?

MooseJam

maybe a little bit of exaggeration but he is one of my favourite characters and the games were great too

Ivan

MooseJam wrote: »

Max Payne is pure legend, best character in gaming bar none that I can think of, this film will rock

Ah, fanboism at its most primal. Gotta love it.

Trailer looks like dirt. PG-13 is pretty much the final nail in the coffin.

I'm hopeful, but the realist in me says to avoid.

chrislad

After just seeing Mark Wahlberg in The Happening, I can say, with unflinching certainty, that his acting could not possibly get worse, which is why I have a smidgen of hope for this. Not much. I'm thinking somewhere between Super Mario Bros and StreetFighter 2.

tman

JCDenton wrote: »

What on earth was the deal with those large black winged angels?

Don't even think about telling me that they're Max's metaphorical "demons"...

Could've been fear giving men wings, in a more metaphorical sense than the game ever meant:P

I'm actually really looking forward to it now, I was expecting far worse but they seem to be sticking close enough to the games to keep me happy...

pixelburp

I find it an odd movie to be sure & proof that movie adaptations tend not to "get" the original source material. The first game was an intentional pastiche / p*ss-take of the hardboiled, noir cop movies & the game ran with it in all it's cheesy glory. I mean c'mon, Payne himself had this permanently constipated look attempting to look dangerous. Not my cup of tea mind, but it was obvious what they were doing.

The trailer looks like they are playing it utterly straight-laced and serious. Which defeats the whole point.

cabrwab

Yeah can offically say iam worried. More to the point when is Max Payne 3 coming out and on what formats?!

nix

I'm sorry but did i just read that its gonna be PG13 ? ****in idiots !

I have lost all hope for it now, pg13 wtf are they on like ?

humanji

It may not be too bad. The way the ratings work in the states is a joke. They just need to cut down on the amount of blood and it can get a PG13 rating. It can still be pretty violent.

Zombrex

Retr0gamer wrote: »

If they wanted to keep it close to the originals it would need a dreadful plot, paper thin characters and junior cert levels of direlogue writing.

Well judging by the trailer they have all them ticked.

My hope is that it will be knowingly over the top and stupid, bit like Crank. The problem will be if it tried to take itself seriously.

grimm2005

goddammit! when i saw this topic i instantly thought it was a trailer for max payne 3. Ah well, the trailer looks slightly pants but we'll just have to wait and see