Mark Wahlberg looking down with a spotlight on him on the Max Payne poster
Video game adaptations have spent the last several years improving by leaps and bounds over their predecessors. A string of successes like Prime Video's Fallout, Netflix's Arcane, and Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog movies have proven that the medium can be translated well to the screen for all ages. Before these shows became more commonplace and generally good though, there were still filmmakers attempting to bring iconic franchises to the screen.
✕ Remove Ads Max Payne is based on the series of games published by Grand Theft Auto masterminds Rockstar and developed by Remedy Entertainment, who have an excellent track record that also includes the Alan Wake games and Control. Wahlberg takes up the titular role of Max Payne, a maverick New York City police detective haunted by the death of his family and his former partner.
✕ Remove Ads While the source material is well-loved and one of the earliest examples of"bullet time" used outside of The Matrix, Moore's adaptation is not remembered fondly. It has a dismal 16% score from critics on Rotten Tomatoes with a better but still quite bad 29% from audiences. Despite the largely negative reception, moviegoers still came out enough to make it a modest success with a #1 opening at the box office and a worldwide total of $85.
Will There Ever Be Another 'Max Payne' Movie? Close ✕ Remove Ads The Max Payne franchise is buzzing with more life than usual lately after Remedy announced a remake of both the original game and its sequel, The Fall of Max Payne, into a single game back in 2022. That same year, a reboot film was also announced under 20th Century Studios, but everything's been quiet after that.
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