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(1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 23% Rotten Page   1   "I'm as up for a mindless bullet buffet as the next guy, but 'Max Payne' takes the action genre to a new, thematically-hollow realm of badness."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   A. J. Hakari 2.5/5 "Never comes close to captivating its audience like the game did before it."   Cut Print Review   Anders Wotzke "Although dialogue may be less than stimulating in 'Max Payne,' its powerful images relate what needs to be said -- and this approach worked for me."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 2.5/5 "nothing we haven't seen before"   Filmcritic.com   Bill Gibron 2/4 "Up until the point where all hell literally breaks loose, Max Payne is nothing special."   Reel.com   Bill Gibron D- "85 minutes long, rated PG-13, released by Fox, directed by John Moore, and a screenplay based on a video game. That's a recipe for disaster."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 1.5/4 "Max Payne joins Fox's steadily increasing roster of entirely ineffective action pictures, alongside such underwhelming disappointments as Hitman and Live Free or Die Hard..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 1.5/4 "That the freaky angels all over the ads aren't even real is akin to if audiences had flocked to see Jurassic Park back in 1993 and discovered that the dinosaurs only appeared in a couple brief dream sequences."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman C- "It's a one-dimensional detective noir rather than an exciting shoot-em-up."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider D- "Given the effect Max Payne has, by the close you may feel that they've misspelled the hero's last name."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 2/4 "Maybe fans of the game will be okay with the cinematic adaptation but for those who aren't new to Max and his world, this isn't an impressive introduction. Clunky action, chaotic plotting, and embarrassing dialogue are not ways to impress newcomers."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 1/5 "Video game adaptation is bloody but boring."   Common Sense Media   James Rocchi 1/10 "Click here to read review"   vj.net.ua   Jaroslav Vishtaljuk 2/5 "I yperstylizarismeni kinimatografikotita poy koybalaei o Max Payne os paradosi sta video games, sta ohi kai toso ikana na ti heiristoyn heria toy Moore, metatrepetai oriaka se parodia, poy plakonei tin tainia toy me mia akathorista atheliti hlapatsa dithe"   Movies for the Masses   Joseph Proimakis 1/5 "Payneful"   3BlackChicks Review   Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel 1/5 "The moment of the film when you should be going "oh my god I can't believe it," you're thinking, "I wonder if we could sneak into the end of Beverly Hills Chihuahua.""   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 3.5/5 "Your quintessential guy film. If you have any significant level of testosterone in your blood stream, you'll find something to enjoy about it."   7M Pictures   Kevin Carr "[A]ll [the] wide-open possibilities about where this story can go get so narrowed down into something banal and bleak and ordinary that you can hardly breathe with it..."   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson 2/5 "Max Payne spends a great deal of time building a unique visual look--at the expense of narrative and character development."   Mike Bracken's Horror Films   Mike Bracken 1.5/4 "Watching Max Payne is painful to the max."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan 1/4 "This action saga is driven into unintentionally self-parodic territory only a seven-year-old boy could reasonably stomach."   Slant Magazine   Nick Schager 1.5/5 "Loud and completely devoid of wit or interest, this empty-headed action movie looks terrific thanks to its big budget and heavily stylised visuals. But it's impossible to care about anything that happens."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C+ "It held my attention, which is more than I can say for some of the so-called "art films" that come out at the end of every year."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten B- "The fans attracted to Max Payne will readily leave any disbelief by the doors as the action ramps up."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford B- "A dumb film with a great conceptual hook from a director who visualizes better than he dramatizes."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker B- "... the resonance of the mythic imagery and potential of the premise creates a fascinating film in the margins of the pulp story in the foreground."   Seanax.com   Sean Axmaker 1/4 "A thrill-less video game adaptation."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell  (1 - 27) of 27 OFCS Rating: 23% Rotten Page   1