"Max Payne" by Mark Wahlberg

“I don’t believe in Heaven. I believe in pain. I believe in fear. I believe in death,” bellows Mark Wahlberg’s Max Payne with a faded rumble in his voice. That’s quite a narration to begin a film with. Hollywood needs to make more movies like Max Payne. It’s quite possibly one of the best video game adaptations ever committed to celluloid. It’s also one of the most bullet-riddled and fun action movies to come down the pipe in a long time. Shell casings fly across director John Moore’s noir vision of New York City, and he successfully brings Max to the big screen, allowing the character to maintain his rough identity from the video game.

In fact, the revenge narrative draws more from The Crow than anywhere else. There are various religious undertones culled from both Christianity and Norse mythology that make this a terse, modern film noir. The titular character is in a real rut as the movie begins rolling. He’s been tracking the killer of his wife and child for years now with zero

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