I think it could be worse, to be honest. If they do the makeup and costumes well he could play a good Max Payne, or at least one that won't infuriate the general populace.

As far as videogame to film adaptions go I'm usually not a big fan, but Max Payne seems almost made for one. It could be really good if done right - the noir style seems to lend itself to the film medium well.

I heard this a week or so ago and it really upset me.  I don't want this douchebag playing one of my favorite characters ever:

To be honest, him and the character seem to really go together.

And I wouldn't count out a director until you see some evidence. The director of Stuart Little 2 is currently actually making the upcoming Jet Li/Jackie Chan traversty look good, so you can never be sure.

The production company chose him for a reason.

you guys have no vision at all.

actually Max Payne 1's face is very similar to this actor whose name I don't know (he's more of a second/third line actor)

anyway makeup and a blue tone filter helps a lot
This is Payback all over again

well, his face looks like it's been hit several times with a fire extinguisher most of the time

ps:


but they mainly look alike because they're pulling the same facial expression

oh man

you sure showed me.

..was this directed at me? because i just grabbed that image off google

also just to clarify, i've never played a max payne game, so i don't actually care about this game

i just figured marky mark would be a decent fit from the ol' a listers

I was excited when I saw that the Max Payne movie (that has been talked about but never has really happened) was on the pre-strike hollywood production list. It came as a complete suprise to me since I haven't really seen or heard anything about the movie since the rights were aqured ages ago. Max Payne is a game nicely suited for the screen though I wonder just what aspect they'll throw in. Will they remake one of the games or just do an unrelated story about Payne?

Mark Wahlberg seems as good a match as any to me. He's had plenty of Cop roles lately and can probably do the part nicely. Looking at the director's past films it seems like he's fairly good at churning out what people tell him to. It won't be a great film by any means but it'll be a decent action film and I'll probably see it.

Hey, he looks like he fits, seems like a good choice to me. Of course, anyone who can pull off that "shitting the biggest fucking shit I ever shat" expression looks like Payne if you put a leather jacket on him.

Jason Statham should play him though. Just watched him in Crank, give him some hair and he's got the attitude, the personality and more style than Payne ever had, plus he doesn't need bullet time to do cool shit.

this is not a game turned into movie.
This is a re-adaptation of Payback.

also everybody knows about Uwe Boll, son