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Tau

#1 July 10, 2008, 11:51:37 am

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Director - John Moore(Flight of the Phoenix, Behind Enemy Lines)

Release Date - October 17th 2008

Well the trailer is up(Obviously from that^)and although John Moore hasn't had the best track record, has managed to peak my interest with this. The games I don't think Ive played but my brother says their pretty good. Figured I would put some info in this topic for the sake of it..

Quote from: Wikipedia

The plot will be based on the plot of the first Max Payne game, but with certain differences and some new characters.

Three years prior to the movie's beginning, tragedy struck NYPD detective Max Payne (Wahlberg) when his wife and daughter were murdered; the killers were never found.

In the present, a series of murders arises that bear resemblance to the method in which Payne's wife was killed. Investigating the matter further and realizing that the two cases are connected, Payne comes into conflict with the police department, a sister of one of the victims (Kunis), the local mafia, and a prospering drug manufacturing corporation.

What do you guys think?

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missingno

#2 July 10, 2008, 04:27:44 pm

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what mark wahlberg

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#3 July 10, 2008, 04:46:46 pm

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They are probably going to take another perfectly good game franchise to brown town a-la hitman.

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Farren

#4 July 10, 2008, 10:32:34 pm

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I think Whalburg will make a great Max Payne, Just look at the other characters he's played. This has potential but they could still fuck it up.

I loved how dark and gritty the game was, if they can pull that off then it should be pretty good.

Also, I didn't know there were flying demons or whatever in the game...

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Tau

#5 July 11, 2008, 05:12:34 am

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I really liked the trailer. Reminds me of Sin City.. In the best way(Sin City was good as!). Rumors are going around it might actually be only PG13 which is odd seeing the amount of blood in the trailer.

Mark Wahlberg is a good actor at times. Like in The Departed, Four Brothers so I think he will do a good job of as Max Payne.

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missingno

#6 July 11, 2008, 05:22:39 am

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yeah i don't doubt his acting ability, he's a pretty decent actor especially in roles like this. i just didn't expect someone like him (he's pretty big now) to be in a video game movie

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#7 July 11, 2008, 05:44:24 am

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Quote from: missingno on July 11, 2008, 05:22:39 am

yeah i don't doubt his acting ability, he's a pretty decent actor especially in roles like this. i just didn't expect someone like him (he's pretty big now) to be in a video game movie

And I never expected Martin Scoursese to direct a remake, but he never knew when he signed that contract.............

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#8 July 11, 2008, 05:47:30 am

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i laughed out loud when i saw this in the list of releases this year.

i didnt get into the game, but the big thing about Max Payne is BULLET TIME OMG, and since we have bullet time in a dozen movies already I'm not sure what is going to make this movie different.

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Ragnar

#9 July 11, 2008, 06:48:15 am

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mark wahlberg needed to be max payne because his face is naturally that way

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Edit: I always felt like Behind Enemy Lines was this cheesy imitation Metal Gear movie so this could be ok

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#10 July 11, 2008, 07:54:50 am

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What the fuck is with those retarded flying things, that makes the whole thing look a bit gay.

Apart from that it looks pretty good and the cast looks solid too. If they make this gritty then it should be good.

EDIT: Also isn't Jim Bravura meant to be white.

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Farren

#11 July 11, 2008, 08:02:11 am

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Didn't max start losing his shit in the game though, maybe those things are just hallucinations or something. That would be cool...

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#12 July 11, 2008, 08:37:29 am

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the plot of max payne 1 had some things to do with hallucinogens

it wouldn't be too surprising if these were only hallucinations and that guy is really just falling down his window

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#13 July 11, 2008, 10:21:16 am

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Quote from: Eric on July 11, 2008, 05:47:30 am

i didnt get into the game, but the big thing about Max Payne is BULLET TIME OMG

Bullet time was the gimmick that made the game widely known. Anyone who's played any of the games know the mood in them is the real killer. I've played through both games quite a few times and enjoy it every time, purely for the story-telling and the noir mood.

As for this trailer, it looks like absolute shit.

and what the fuck's up with the flying demons or whatever? This is Max Payne, not Resident Evil.

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Ragnar

#14 July 11, 2008, 07:15:07 pm

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guys I'm 99% sure the demons will only be onscreen for like 2 minutes of the movie some ad exec was probably like EVERYBODY LOVES DEMONS or some crap

but then again it might get really weird and the movie will just hammer the most random and unsubtle imagery into our skulls after the first 15 minutes like that movie Hostage

Edit: I just realized why I like some parts of this movie - I remember Max Payne 1 had those cutscenes that were either like a very realistic comic book or comic-fied photos of people and I thought they looked pretty badass - so I think the movie resembles those to some extent

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#15 July 12, 2008, 12:35:43 pm

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#16 July 12, 2008, 03:07:46 pm

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I'm betting the angels are metaphorical! Though it wasn't in the actual game I can see something like that being written in (Payne believes he is on a MISSION FOR GOOD etc., hallucinations or maybe just metaphors).

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#17 July 12, 2008, 03:49:04 pm

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i hear that only 45 min of film was actually recorded

they just spread it out with bullet time

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#18 July 12, 2008, 04:25:50 pm

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Quote from: TREG on July 12, 2008, 03:07:46 pm

I'm betting the angels are metaphorical! Though it wasn't in the actual game I can see something like that being written in (Payne believes he is on a MISSION FOR GOOD etc., hallucinations or maybe just metaphors).

Max himself was really fucked up and at points in the game I think he got injected with some drugs and stuff (like that Valkyr stuff?) so yeah he was a raging lunatic with hallucinations.

No doubt the angels are the hallucinations.

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#19 July 13, 2008, 01:58:58 am

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This looks bad. Really bad.

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#20 July 13, 2008, 09:42:39 am

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Quote from: Psyburn on July 11, 2008, 05:44:24 am

And I never expected Martin Scoursese to direct a remake, but he never knew when he signed that contract.............

You mean like when he signed the current remake contact? Come on.

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