Call me old, call me out of touch, call me what you will. This film was crap plain and simple. The whole movie was nothing more than Marky Mark walking around in a black leather jacket looking like Marky Mark walking around in a black leather jacket. There was no action, no violence, no blood, no language, no plot, no point. There is nothing in this film that remotely resembled the game its based upon. Hell, had they simply video taped two guys playing the game and released that instead of this steaming pile of bull it would've been a more enjoyable experience. How Wahlberg can sell this with a straight face is beyond me, he isn't that good of an actor.


Grade F

Well, it wasn't that bad (absolutely not the worst of the video game genre, which has produced things like Mortal Kombat: Annihilation and a few Uwe Boll films; let's be serious for a second...), but a bit of a disappointment, no doubt.

It had all kinds of style. Beautiful cinematography. It's not something groundbreaking, but I was really impressed with how the film was made. But in terms of action, it's just not that exciting. All the good scenes are given in the trailer. The use of slow-motion in this film really, really sucked, too. Like, I know it's kind of old at this point, but because it's Max Payne, I think it was necessary. However, it was just used in the worst times possible for some reason.

There was potential for something much better (Mark Wahlberg with a shotgun being a complete bad ass for two hours, how hard is that?), but still kinda decent.

**

An "F" for this and a "D-" for "W".. Your on a roll...

Crappy, I was kind of leaning towards seeing this (being a big fan of the games as well). But with this and the negative buzz it's receiving I'll have to wait until the DVD release...

>>>> Hell, had they simply video taped two guys playing the game and released that instead...

That is a great line.....

this movie sucked. yet again the trailer fooled me.

C-

It's still not that high in this classic list of video game adaptations, so his statement is legit. But MK:A is hilariously awful.

Resident Evil is still the best video game film yet. I don't care what anyone says.

Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter (on pure entertainment value) and Tomb Raider are all great/good.

A complete dud. Slow-moving with horrible acting. It had a couple of nice visuals, but that's it.

C-

Not horrible. I was mildly entertained. I kept thinking of Andy Samberg off and on which kept me amused. The thing though is that there are no surprises. You know who the bad guy is as soon as he's introduced and you know the entire setup. Now I know for fans of the series it probably came as no surprise, but for those of us who are new to the series, it's kind of pathetic how obvious they made it. And how the hell did the movie as is get away with a PG-13 rating? Now I know FOX probably cut the shit out of this thing to trim it down, but as is it's kind of graphic. And I wouldn't even consider myself a prude when it comes to violence. It's funny though that they seemed to cut the scene down with the new Bond girl when she gets naked, but any orgy of violence in the last third is fine enough for the MPAA to get a PG-13. You can't show a tit though. That'd be awful. Shame on FOX though for not releasing this as an R. It still probably would've made it to #1. I enjoyed the last third somewhat though. Go figure.

It's not bad, it's interesting in some places, but ultimately it doesn't amount to very much. I've pretty much forgotten the film already. It'd make for a decent rental though.

**

Bad

Just bad


2.5/10

Boring and derivative.

I don't understand this logic; put Sin City, The Matrix, and Constantine in a blender, but then make sure you remove everything that made those movies watchable (specifically, blood and boobs).

BJs Grade:

F

so very bad.

Apart from the very good cinematography and visuaLs which saved it for me, it was dissapointing as an action fiLm. ReaLLy? A one-minute shootout vs the SWAT as your highLight action scene? And Marky Mark shouLd have been the bad-ass that he was in his previous fiLms.

C+

5/10 - C-

It's not a disaster as people make it out to be and it's almost twice as better as Marky Mark's other movie this year.

The best thing the movie has are it's looks. Some scenes are really great. And the effects were good too.

The plot was predictable and there was never a moment of suspense, but I was never bored which is surprising.

The only thing they got it right (well, feels right for me) is the tone. Everything else was one big mess. I've seen worse, though.

C-

Horribly generic and predictable. It literally brings nothing new to the table. And it's totally bland from start to finish because of it.

Nice to see Chris O'Donnell getting some work, though. I thought that guy was dead.

Olga, why was she killed? Structurally it was to bring in Mila Kunis, but then why was Mila brought in? Both were an utter waste, especially Mila, who I like.

Donal Logue...why the hell were you in this? You had two minutes of screen time and were a bigger waste than Olga and Mila. Ludicrous had the worst coughing scene, when the building blew-up, that I have ever witnessed.

What happened to Max's new partner?

D.

I didn't hate it? I bought it on a whim (not really a whim... I liked the trailer) for $5 at Walmart, only to read reviews before watching it and ultimately deciding I was $5 lighter with nothing to show for it. So I ended up liking it. No, it's not a great movie, or even a good movie, but I didn't hate it. And sometimes, that's enough for me.