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First Max Payne Trailer Released

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the shiny-bits dept.

Kotaku has pointed out the first official Max Payne trailer for the movie based on Remedy Entertainment's third-person shooter. The movie stars Mark Wahlberg, and should be hitting the streets this coming October.

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  1. Wow by AccUser · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Actually looks like they have captured the nature of Max Payne (or at least that's how it seems from this brief trailer). The Hitman film was good, but not great, and the two Lara Croft offerings were pretty poor, but this looks promising.

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    1. Re:Wow by essh10151 · · Score: 3, Interesting

      I heard Wahlberg say in an interview that it (Max Payne) "blows the Matrix away" so, yeah, I think they are going to abuse bullet time.

  2. Re:didn't play it by AceCaseOR · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I suspect that it's probably drug-related hallucinations from Valkyr. One of my friends suggested that it was a visual metaphor for internal demons (possibly related to Valkyr as well - in the game Max gets dosed a couple times unintentionally).

    Anyway, as plusses:

    • Mark's got Max's tone of voice down pat.
    • Mona Sax looks good, though it looks like they exchanged her red outfit from the first game for the black outfit from the second (which I have a minor quibble with, because it made for a nice visual metaphor, but I digress).
    • The snowstorm looks alright, though I wonder if it will have the same sort of "character" as it had in the game.
    • We only get a glimpse of Jack Lupino briefly, but he looks good.
    • Gunfight in the Valkyr building.

    Minuses on the other hand:

    • No Two-Fisted Gunplay from Max.
    • No sign of Max's slightly-over-the-top metaphors in his dialog.

    It bears noting that the positives outnumber the negatives.

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  3. Looking surprisingly good by HertzaHaeon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    They've seemed to have capture the dark edge of Max Payne. Now let's see how they handle the strong, humorous archetypes from the games without making them silly stereotypes. The Italian mobsters were caricatures in the games, but lovable caricatures that were as fun to shoot at as to listen to. Also, there's a hint of bullet time in the trailer, but I wonder how much of it is needed for the film to feel like a true Max Payne. If used right it could be just right, but it's another thing that easily becomes stereotypical.

  4. That's not bullet time by doug141 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Remember the game? In bullet time, you were slowed a little, and the enemies and bullets were slowed far more... you could dodge the bullets.

    In this trailer, all we have is standard slow-mo, with all actors slowed the same amount, and firing blanks (not dodgable bullets like in Max Payne). The hero dodges not a single bullet in the trailer. The game is about entering bullet time and dodging bullets in just about every other firefight.

  5. You're in an action movie, Max. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    The truth was a burning green crack through my brain. Actors floated by on strings shooting blanks, while CGI animation filled in the gaps.

    I was in an action movie. Funny as hell, it was the most horrible thing I could think of.