The film is adapted from the first game of the same name, but due to space limitations, the actual story is only 1/3 of the original, and the boss is only the boss of the first part of the original. The original work was released in 2001. It was the work of the famous Finnish game studio Remedy which lasted three years. Once released, it received rave reviews, and the famous game website GP gave it a perfect score. The key to this success lies in the plot experience like the movie version, the slow-motion shootout like John Woo or The Matrix, the twists and turns of the investigation process, the Nordic mythology hidden in the names and scenes of the characters, and the face it represents. The tragic fate will never give in, and the ancient morale that makes people sigh and sigh. While showing the main plot with the protagonist's deep monologue, he did not forget to insert some cold jokes and teasing, so that this happened in the dark night. Dark tales radiate an indescribable and strange light.
The director of this film, John Moore, is a mainstream commercial director, and most of his films ended unfinished. Although he claims to be a diehard fan of the game, judging from the results of the film, his control ability is still too general. The movie has been greatly edited and edited with Max Payne, enemy and friend, intricate gangs and numerous characters in the original work, trying to focus on the black forces represented by the protagonist's pursuit of the murder of his wife and daughter and the subsequent proliferation of new drugs. The cut is very rough. In the first half, we followed the camera to move from scene to scene and character to character in New York in the dark night, but it did not help the case too much; the second half directly became this new type of drug Valkyrie The user's subjective show, the only special effects are all used to show the purgatory-like texture of this illusion, which is free from the main plot. The gunfight part is not enjoyable, and the slow motion in the game is almost non-existent.
The only thing that is commendable is that the selected leading actors are not bad, and they have won the essence of the original work:
Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg) with frowning and determined face
Sexy and mysterious Mona Sykes (Mira Kunis)
Jack Ropineau (Amaury Nolasco) is a mad and obsessed man.
Insidious and cunning, the ultimate boss behind him is Nicolai Horn ( Kate Burton )
If this game series can be made into an American TV series, I think it would be more appropriate. If it is made into a movie, the effect will be embarrassing.
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