Max Payne is a 2008 neo-noir action thriller film based on the video game series of the same name developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games. It was written by Beau Thorne and directed by John Moore. The film stars Mark Wahlberg in the title role as Max Payne, Mila Kunis as Mona Sax, Ludacris as Jim Bravura, and Beau Bridges as B.B. Hensley. The film revolves around revenge, centering on the titular character, a New York police detective, as he journeys through New York City s criminal underworld while trying to learn the truth behind the murder of his wife and child.

Filming took place between March and May 2008. Extensive visual effects were used in many scenes throughout the film. Max Payne was released on October 16, 2008 in Australia, one day prior to the United States release date.

Plot

Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg) is a detective assigned to the NYPD Cold Case Unit. He lost his wife Michelle and infant daughter Rose in a horrific murder; since that day, Max has been consumed by the desire to find his family s killer. He comes under suspicion from the NYPD when Natasha, an acquaintance of one of Max s informants, is brutally murdered and Max s wallet (which she had stolen) is found at the crime scene. Max s former partner, Alex Balder (Donal Logue), is slain in his home after informing Max of a possible connection between Natasha s death and his family s murder. Max is framed as a murderer, and Lt. Bravura (Ludacris) of Internal Affairs is tasked with bringing him in.

Max and Mona Sax (Mila Kunis), a freelance assassin and Natasha s sister, visit Natasha s tattoo parlor, where the tattoo artist reveals the meaning behind Natasha s tattoo: it represents the wings of a Valkyrie, which, in Norse mythology, are creatures that decide the fate of warriors in battle. Max goes to secretly take some of Michelle s belongings out of storage and finds that documents from when she worked at the Aesir Corporation, a major pharmaceutical manufacturer, have gone missing. Max interrogates Michelle s former supervisor, Jason Colvin (Chris O Donnell), in his office at Aesir and learns that Michelle was involved with the development of Valkyr, a drug that the company produced under military contract in an attempt to create super-soldiers. Unfortunately, only a few subjects showed positive results; the rest saw hallucinations and eventually went insane, forcing Aesir to terminate the project and cover up their involvement. Jason agrees to testify against his employers, as long as Max can protect him. Max agrees, but then SWAT officers (Aesir contractors in disguise) raid the office, killing Jason and attracting Bravura s attention.

After an intense gunfight, Max escapes with the evidence and shows Mona a video explaining the Valkyr project and featuring Jack Lupino, a former Marine who was one of Aesir s successful test subjects. Lupino explains in the video that while taking the drug, he feels invincible, and suffers none of the side effects. Max confronts Lupino, now a powerful gangster involved with the trafficking of Valkyr as a designer drug, at his warehouse hideout, and the two men fight until Lupino gains the upper hand. Max s defeat appears certain until B.B. (Beau Bridges) - Aesir s head of security and a father figure to Max - arrives and shoots Lupino dead. He then has Max knocked out and brought to the city docks.

B.B. explains that he has been secretly selling Valkyr for personal profit and admits to killing Michelle after she found incriminating evidence that could have exposed him. He tries to drown Max in a faked suicide, but Max breaks free and dives into the icy river. He almost drowns, but hears the voice of his wife telling him it is not yet time for him to die. He swims to shore and, to prevent hypothermia, consumes vials of Valkyr stuffed in his pockets by B.B., which causes him to see intense hallucinations but also makes him nigh-invincible. Max follows B.B. back to the Aesir Cooperation s headquarters. Assisted by Mona, he shoots his way through the building s security, eventually confronting and killing B.B. on the building s helipad. His vengeance complete, he falls to his knees, ready to die. He sees a vision of his wife and child smiling at him, and suddenly comes to, as the sun cuts through the clouds and a SWAT team surrounds him.

A post-credits scene shows Max and Mona in a bar. Mona shows Max a newspaper with Aesir CEO Nicole Horne s picture on the front. Max and Mona then look at one another with understanding and renewed purpose.

Cast

The minute I played the game I saw Mark. I was delighted that he agreed to do it. I was also very nervous because if he d said no , I really didn t have a go-to guy. If he d turned me down, I don t think the project would have happened.

—John Moore, director

• Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne: An NYPD officer out for revenge against his family s killer. When Wahlberg first read the script he thought it was awesome , but was wary after finding out it was based on a video game. While describing his role, Wahlberg has said, It s probably one of the edgier roles I ve played but also the most layered. Here s a very happy guy who worked a dismal job, had a beautiful family. But the beauty in his life was taken away. He just goes on a rampage. It s all driven by emotion.
• Mila Kunis as Mona Sax: A Russian-American assassin who seeks revenge for the murder of her sister. Kunis had played the video game before reading the script but did not progress very far into it. Kunis favorite part in preparing for the role was weapons training and safety which included disassembling and rebuilding an MP5K blindfolded.
• Beau Bridges as B.B. Hensley: A former cop and the ex-partner of Max Payne s father, now employed as head of security for the Aesir Coporation. Bridges had never heard of the game but since his children were excited to learn about his role they convinced him it would be a big movie.
• Kate Burton as Nicole Horne: CEO of Aesir Corporation.
• Ludacris as Lieutenant Jim Bravura: An officer assigned to Internal Affairs who is investigating Max and leads the effort to arrest him. The role was originally written for a 60-year-old man, but after auditioning, Ludacris got the call from Moore and had the part.
• Chris O Donnell as Jason Colvin: A top executive of the Aesir Corporation, described as Nicole Horne s right-hand man .
• Nelly Furtado as Christa Balder: Wife of Alex Balder.
• Donal Logue as Alex Balder: An NYPD detective and Max Payne s former partner.
• Amaury Nolasco as Jack Lupino: A former Gunnery Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps who became one of the earliest test subjects for Valkyr. He subsequently started trafficking Valkyr for profit.
• Olga Kurylenko as Natasha Sax: Mona s sister.
• Joel Gordon as Owen Green: A Valkyr addict and Natasha s friend.
• Jamie Hector as Lincoln DeNeuf: A Haitian crime boss and contact of Mona s.
• Stephen R. Hart as Tattoo Artist.
• James McCaffrey as Jack Taliente, an FBI agent, in an uncredited role. McCaffrey provides the voice of Max Payne in the video game series.
• Marianthi Evans as Michelle Payne: Max Payne s wife, who was murdered along with her baby daughter.

Production

Development

The 2001 video game Max Payne was optioned by the production company Collision Entertainment to produce a live-action film adaptation. By April 2002, distributors Dimension Films and Abandon Entertainment were attached to the project. Shawn Ryan, the creator of the television series The Shield, was hired to write a script for the planned film. By June 2005, without production starting, Collision Entertainment had taken the project to 20th Century Fox. In November 2007, with a script written by Beau Thorne, Fox announced John Moore as the director and Mark Wahlberg as the title star.

Filming began in Toronto on March 2, 2008 and wrapped by May 9, 2008. Shooting the film in 35 mm 3-perf, several different areas around Toronto were used for multiple locations in the movie, including the old Daily Bread food bank building at Bathurst & Lakeshore. It took a full week to shoot just the final gunfight inside the Aesir Headquarters using more than 6,000 squibs.

Upon finding the building for the Aesir Headquarters it took eight weeks in pre-production to build the set and another week for the special effects team to install the squibs. The outside top half of the building was completely made of CG, by Mr.X, giving it a more high tech look. Using Google Earth they were able to find out the building s geometry. No location could be found for a rooftop helipad so a set was built in front of a green screen. Soho VFX attached the helipad to the building and set it atop New York City.

In order to recreate the bullet time used in the games without using a complex camera setup, the technique he used is called Boom Vision . Moore used Vision Research s Phantom HD digital camera which takes 1,000 fps. When the video is played back, it gives the illusion of slow motion, a method of high speed photography. The technique was used for two action scenes and required the construction of a special rigging that had the camera on a propeller that spun at two revolutions per second. The crew was not allowed near it while it was being used for fear of damaging the camera or getting injured. Soho FX then blended the thousands of shots into the other footage during post production.

A contest was held between visual effects teams to see who could create the best drug induced hallucinations. A reel was shot from actual set locations, it also included footage in front of a green screen with a stand in for Wahlberg. The reel was then sent to ten different teams where Canadian company Spin created the best demo reel. To win Spin changed the falling snow into burning embers over a matte New York skyline painting. During the climactic hallucination scene, the entire room was to be torn apart from the ceiling down around Max. A camera on a track circled Max and Spin later recreated the ceiling in CG, so it could break away and reveal the Valkyrie world above.

Moore gave the approval on Valkyrie designed by illustrators Chris Roswarne and Rob McCallum. As a point of reference and to limit the use of CG a Valkyrie suit and make up were worn by performer Mako Hindy. Moore wanted the Valkyries to have a slow motion quality to them, almost as if they were underwater. During the 15 weeks of post-production the Valkyries were further developed by Spin to support this. Using Maya, 3DS Max, and ZBrush they were able to create the Valkyries and have control over their wings. The artists sometimes had full control over each individual feather. They had to overcome the darkness of the film as it made it more difficult to track each object. Spin also handled atmospheric CG and the CG matte backdrops elements.

Rating

Though filmed with the intention of receiving a PG-13 rating, Max Payne received an unofficial R rating by the MPAA on September 5, 2008. Moore, angered that the equally dark The Dark Knight received a PG-13 rating when Payne received an R, said the MPAA changes their rules willy-nilly and it depends on who s seeing your actual movie at the time. It s very difficult to get a hold on what s acceptable.

On September 22, 2008, a trailer confirmed a PG-13 rating, for violence including intense shooting sequences, drug content, some sexuality, and brief strong language. Director John Moore confirmed in an interview with GameDaily s John Gaudiosi that the film was awarded the PG-13 rating without any major changes being made to the film. Describing the re-editing process Moore stated, We trimmed some frames more for the sake of trimming frames than anything, but we got the rating without any major changes at all.

The film is rated PG-13 in the United States, a departure from the M-rated video game series. Mila Kunis said of the tone-down, It s incredibly dark. You still get the gist of it. The only difference between R-rated and PG-13 is you might not see as much blood. You might not see blood squirting everywhere, but as far as the sadness and the darkness of it and the distraught of these human beings is very much captured in the film. The film was given the 15 rating in the United Kingdom, for strong violence and MA 15+ in Australia for Frequent violence and drug use .

Release

Critical response

The film received widely negative reviews from critics and fans of the video game. It holds a 16% rating at Rotten Tomatoes based on 135 reviews, with an average rating of 3.9/10. The site s consensus is that While it boasts some stylish action, Max Payne suffers severely from an illogical plot and overdirection. Another review aggregator Metacritic gave the film a 31/100 approval rating based on 25 reviews falling under the generally unfavorable reviews category. Members thought that Wahlberg s acting was bad enough to be nominated for a Razzie in the category of worst actor for his work in Max Payne and The Happening during the 29th annual awards.

Louise Keller said the most striking element is the production design... Bruce Paterson wrote for the Australian Film Critics Association that Mark Wahlberg is terrific in hard-bitten roles , but in a reference to the Valkyries concluded it could have done with more of the Norse and less of the force. Critic Armond White has defended the film stating that Moore explores genuine, contemporary anxiety his images are richer than his plots.

On IGN, Jim Vejvoda, said: it also doesn t help that Wahlberg gives a drab performance... and the rest of the cast doesn t fare much better. He stated that gamers will be disappointed when comparing it to the game and even as a revenge film there is not much here. Despite this mediocre review, IGN went on to give Max Payne the Best Videogame Adaptation award of 2008, noting this is how sad games-to-film have become that the only one worthy of being named the best of the year is a movie that we panned.

One of the harshest critics of the film, 3D Realms CEO Scott Miller, one of the game s producers, cited fundamental story flaws that have me shaking my head in bewilderment, including the game s opening scenes being instead placed in the middle of the film. After the film s No. 1 opening weekend, however, he retracted his comments, saying that he was now proud of the film, and that this kind of opening brings us a lot closer to the reality of a sequel to the long-stalled video game series.

Awards

Mark Wahlberg received a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actor for his performance in the film (also for The Happening), but lost against Mike Myers for The Love Guru.

Box office

Despite negative reviews from critics, Max Payne opened at No. 1 at the box office, with $17,639,849 during its first weekend against newcomers Sex Drive, The Secret Life of Bees, and W. The film earned $40,689,393 domestically, and $44,727,512 overseas, making a worldwide total of $85,416,905. While it is not considered an overwhelming success, its U.S. gross was around the same range as other video game adaptations such as Hitman, Silent Hill, and Resident Evil. Its international gross was lower than both Silent Hill and Hitman, and it was significantly lower than that of the six live-action Resident Evil films released to date. The film also ranks eleventh in U.S. box-office gross revenues for video game adaptions.

Home media

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on January 20, 2009 and as of August 2009 generated $25,915,457 in DVD sales. All versions contain the theatrical and the uncut versions of the film, and the Blu-ray and the 2-disc DVD contain the Michelle Payne Animated Graphic Novel as well as a digital copy of the uncut version of the film. The uncut version features only 3 minutes of additional footage compared to the theatrical release. The most notable difference is the extra CGI blood. Only the Blu-ray release features a D-BOX motion code. It went on to receive a score of 7 out of 10 on IGN, being described as a first-rate transfer that manages to show off the range of the high-definition format with few, if any, real weaknesses .

Differences from the game

The film is loosely based on the video game of the same name developed by Remedy Entertainment in 2001. The number of differences between the game and the film caused the CEO of 3D Realms and producer behind the game, Scott Miller, to make a public statement against the film. Miller disliked that the film s audience did not initially understand why Max is seeking revenge. A flashback scene where Max finds his family murdered was right at the beginning of the game, as opposed to being shown in the middle of the film. He was also surprised that one of the story s main villains, Jack Lupino, is killed by B.B. Hensley, whereas in the game, Max kills Lupino. The end scene was also changed from Max killing Nicole Horne by shooting out the tower s lightning rods guy wires and dropping it on her helicopter to Max shooting B.B. on top of the helipad; B.B. was also presented as being responsible for the trafficking of Valkyr, whereas in the game, his role was simply that of a crooked cop who betrayed Max and his death was in a shootout at a parking garage. A large segment of the video game featuring Max discovering an old government laboratory producing Valkyr (and learning why his family was killed) was completely absent from the film.

Many people were confused by the addition of the demonic creatures. These creatures seemingly represented Valkyries, though in Norse mythology Valkyries are female warriors and not demonic beings. The film has a much larger element of the supernatural than the game, as it is never revealed in the film if they are part of the hallucinations. The scene where Max is forced to ingest Valkyr, causing him to experience intense hallucinations of his guilt and pain, is shown in the film as him doing so in a desperate attempt to prevent hypothermia after jumping in the water to escape from B.B. and his henchman. However, in the game, he was forced to take it by Nicole Horne at gunpoint after discovering her involvement with drug kingpin Angelo Punchinello and was subsequently left for dead as Punchinello s manor was burned down.

Soundtrack

Max Payne: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders
Released	November 18, 2008
Genre	Soundtrack, Electroacoustic
Length	44:39
Label	La-La Land
Producer	Pete Anthony

Beltrami made use of a detuned piano with violins, violas, and cellos. Cullen from SciFiPulse thought the score was dark and haunting, hoping the movie would live up to the soundtrack. He rated the album an eight out of ten, saying the detuned piano really adds that sense of depth to the proceedings and makes every single track on the CD stand out. The song featured in the trailer is If I Was Your Vampire by Marilyn Manson.

Reboot

In June 2022, 20th Century Studios announced that a Max Payne reboot movie is in development.

Condition

New

Actor

Beau Thorne, John Moore, Julie Yorn, Karen Lauder, Peter Veverka, Rick Yorn, Sam Lake

Publisher

20Th Century Fox

Published Date

2014-09-23

Rating MPA

Pg-13

Recording Length

100

Recording Studio

20Th Century Fox

Format

DVD

Brand

Twentieth Century Fox

Age Group

Adult

Amazon ASIN

B001MTYRKC

UPC / EAN

024543554738

Model

MFR024543554738#VG

Year

2008

ReleaseDate

2008-10-17

RuntimeMins

100

RuntimeStr

1h 40min

Awards

Awards, 1 nomination

Directors

John Moore

Writers

Beau Thorne, Sam Lake

Stars

Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges

Produced by

Scott Faye, Tom Karnowski, Karen Lauder, John Moore, Peter Veverka, Julie Yorn, Rick Yorn

Music by

Marco Beltrami, Buck Sanders

Cinematography by

Jonathan Sela

Film Editing by

Dan Zimmerman

Casting By

Mindy Marin

Production Design by

Daniel T. Dorrance

Art Direction by

Andrew M. Stearn

Set Decoration by

Carolyn 'Cal' Loucks

Costume Design by

George L. Little

Makeup Department

Marlene Aarons, Chris Bridges, Kelly Capoccia, Carlton Coleman, Tim Estes, Kyle Glencross, Jamie Hess, Alexis Horlick, Jo-Ann MacNeil, Ryan McDowell, Patricia Medina, Neil Morrill, Donald Mowat, Matthew W. Mungle, Jennifer Bower O'Halloran, Beatrice Salazar, Leslie Ann Sebert, Ron Stefaniuk, Rick Stratton, Eddie Vargas, Johnny Villanueva

Production Management

Vincent Agostino, Whitney Brown, Chris Dowell, James Fraser, Tom Karnowski

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jeff J.J. Authors, Penny Charter, Tyler Delben, Aric Dupere, Joel Hay, Kathryn Hughes, Jon Mallard, Jimmy N. Roberts, Andrew M. Robinson, Ethan Ross, Karen Young

Art Department

Darleen Abbott, Rob Bonney, Rudy Braun, Cameron S. Brooke, Robert C. Brooke, Garry Cain, Gary Cain, Carlos Caneca, Dominic Chenier, Michaela Cheyne, Chadwick J. Coleman, Brian Cranstone, Neil Crawford, Carly Davenport, David DeMarinis, Lisa Dietrich, Avril Dishaw, Britt Doughty, Kevin Forstner, Ricardo Gonzalez, J. Ryan Halpenny, James Halpenny, Chris Hanson, Gary Harmer, Alexandra Hooper, Kevin Hughes, Sanford Kong, Aleksandra Marinkovich, Rob McCallum, Jeffrey A. Melvin, John Moran, Victor 'Chikko' Quon, Dusty Reeves, Linda Reeves, Paul Renault, Dave Rosa, Chris Rosewarne, Robert S. Smith, Travis Staley, Davidson Tate, Katy Thatcher, Toni Wong, Ian C. Harris

Sound Department

James Ashwill, Ron Bartlett, Benjamin Beardwood, Jim Brookshire, Derek Casari, Gavin Coford, John T. Cucci, John P. Fasal, Eric Flickinger, Glen Gauthier, Doug Hemphill, Vanessa Lapato, Skip Longfellow, David Lucarelli, Dan O'Connell, Jordan O'Neill, Rodger Pardee, Tony Pilkington, John Pospisil, Steve Switzer, Kevin Tayler, Craig Weintraub, Jay Wilkinson, John Soukup

Special Effects by

Carmen Albano, Stephanie Appleby, Warren Appleby, Tim Barraball, Jason Board, Joel Crimi, Trevor Cripps, Shubha Dasgupta, Mark Dixon, Terry Doyle, Inese Dzenis, Cody Gibson, Tomas Hartl, David Allen Hill, Gordon Hudson, Michael Innanen, Darryl Irwin, Allison Jones, Gregory Jones, Mike Kavanagh, Brenda Klassen, Gary Kleinsteuber, Rocco Larizza, Umberto Larizza, Drew Longland, John MacGillivray, Fiona MacPherson, Craig McLauchlan, Sam Mujkanovic, Cameron Patterson, David Reaume, Jim Reischl, Ted Ross, Troy Rundle, Rob Sanderson, Dana Sarafinchan, David Neil Trifunovich, Daniel White, Skyler Wilson, Jason Detheridge

Visual Effects by

Adnan Ahmed, Neishaw Ali, Jerry Andrews, Michael Becki, Dennis Berardi, Jonathan Block, Mathew Borrett, Jean-Christophe Boue, Christopher Bozzetto, Wayne Brinton, Ayo Burgess, Everett Burrell, Jeff Campbell, Zac Campbell, Jeff Capogreco, Dan Carnegie, David Carriker, Michael Carter, Andy Chan, Glen R. Chang, Richard Chiu, Ovidiu Cinazan, Ryan Cromie, Ryan Da Silva, Phil Dakin, Matt Daly, Amy Daye, Chris De Souza, Dave Dean, Julio Del Hierro, Ashish Dewan, Eric Doiron, Danny Duchesneau, Mai-Ling Dydo, Nadav Ehrlich, Csaba László Eröss, David Fix, Tie David Gambacurta, Joel Gendron, Paul C. George, Ian Gibson, Jason Gougeon, Leann Harvey, Martin Hesselink, Bryan Howard, Andras Ikladi, Mark Intravartolo, Janice M. Jacobs, Bart Kosmowski, Athena Kouverianos, Michael Kowalski, Kevin Kutchaver, Colin Laski, Shun Sing Edward Lee, Paul Lemeshko, Jackson Li, Erwin Lievre, Derick Loo, Daniel Lu, Alex MacDonald, William H.D. Marlett, Diego Marquina, Fiona McLean, Sarah McMurdo, Samara Melanson, Daniel Mizuguchi, Hailey Moore, Eroc Moralls, Hailey Murray, Erin Nicholson, Jessica Nolet, Ciaran O'Connor, Dave Olivares, Mihaela Orzea, Nick Perks, Rob Phillips, Carol Prince, Sebastien Proulx, Matt Ralph, Vasisht Ramachandran, David Rose, Vishal Rustgi, Kenneth Sales, Geoff Sayer, Matt Schofield, Mark Schreiber, Keith Sellers, Carolyn Shelby, Safia Siad, Tim Sibley, Leonardo Silva, Ben Simons, Bryan Smeall, Gavin Soares, Frankie Stellato, Alexander L. Stephan, Blair Tennessy, Bryan Thombs, David Thompson, Eduardo Vaisman, Armando Velazquez, Pat Wakefield, Kendrick Wallace, Aaron Weintraub, Geoff Wigmore, Clement Yip, Kai Zhang, Bojan Zoric, Phil Carbonaro, Joseph B. Conmy IV, Anand Dorairaj

Stunts

Nick Alachiotis, Roshan Amendra, Jeffery Aro, John Ashker, Susana Baker, Brittney Banks, Marco Bianco, Rene Bishop, Brad Bunn, Chad Camilleri, Shane Cardwell, Brett Chan, Tommy Chang, Mike Chute, Scotty Cook, Christopher Cordell, Flint Eagle, Tom Farr, Rick Forsayeth, Plato Fountidakis, Errol Gee, Joel Harris, Kjartan Hewitt, Curtis Hibbert, Martin Hindy, Susan Horton, Brian Jagersky, Rogue Johnston, Brayden Jones, Jamie Jones, Trevor Jones, Vanessa King, Henry Korhonen, Danny Lima, Angelica Lisk-Hann, Steve Lucescu, John MacDonald, Patrick Mark, Darren Marsman, Cotton Mather, Christopher McGuire, Dwayne McLean, Duncan McLeod, Regan Moore, Pazz Neglia, Nick Nolan, Moses Nyarko, Billy Oliver, Daryl Patchett, Edward A. Queffelec, Cheryl Quiacos, Ken Quinn, Robert Racki, Paul Rapovski, Bryan Renfro, Jimmy N. Roberts, John Ross, Kevin Rushton, Raymond Sammel, Steve 'Shack' Shackleton, Robert C. Shannon, John Stoneham Jr., Sylvesta Stuart, Bryan Thomas, Dave Van Zeyl, Al Vrkljan, Tim W. Walker, Ron Webber, Emerson Wong, Peter Yan

Camera and Electrical Department

David Allan, Pierre Berube, Zena Bielewicz, Brendan Bresnahan, Don Burton, Ciaran Copelin, Herb DeWaal, William Engel, Philip Esteves, Roger Finlay, Michael Galbraith, Michael Gibson, Guy Godfree, John B. Harper, Bill Hong, Mark Hyde, Robert Johnson, Glen Keenan, Jim Krauter, Richard D. Leko, Ari Magder, David B. Nowell, Jesse Olivares, Marc Purdy, Andrew Read, Herb Reischl Jr., Ron Renzetti, Brent Robinson, Pete Romano, Ronald Schlueter, Robert C. Shannon, Gregory W. Smith, Tom Starnes, Scott R. Todd, Toofun West, Phil Whitfield, Santiago Yniguez, Marek Krawczyk

Animation Department

Carol Prince, Jonathan Wolfe

Casting Department

Deirdre Bowen, Kara Lipson, Meagan Lopez, Caitlin McKenna, Christopher Richards

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Carol Beadle, Summer Browning, Donna Butt, Christina Cattle, Lorraine Crossman, Maria Duplaga, Karen Eppstadt, Kathleen Meade, Robyn Rosenberg, Arthur Rowsell

Editorial Department

Jessica Bayliss, Chris Blacklock, Gary Burritt, Marisa Clayton, Skip Kimball, Joseph Kirkland, Cam McLauchlin, Jason Modica, Chris Regan, Ryan Ruskay, Ian Silverstein, Adriaan van Zyl

Location Management

Scott Alexander, James Blacker, John Cefalu, Justin Cossette, Marco Di Flaviano, Diane Higgins, Richard Hughes, Adam Meaden, Jeffery Pong, John Rakich, Drew Taylor, Kirk Worley

Music Department

Pete Anthony, William Boston, Tom Brown, Brian Bulman, Matt Franko, Stephen French, Rossano Galante, Alex Gibson, Mark Graham, Jim Hoffman, Mike Knobloch, John Kurlander, Tim Lauber, Dana Niu, Francesco Perlangeli, Victor Pesavento, Peter Rotter, Josh Sarles, Naomi Sato, Dennis Smith, Denis St. Amand, Tom Steel, James Thatcher, Marcus Trumpp, Thomas Cavanaugh, Ellen Ginsburg

Script and Continuity Department

Kathryn Buck, R. Emerson John

Transportation Department

Gord Bettles, Bill Boyd, Ben Cekuta, Robert Foster Jr., Jason McCormack, Jennifer Mccormack, Frank Mizzi, Jimmy Ray Pickens, Chris Raines, Steven Sacrob, Carl Severin, Robert C. Shannon, Marco Sousa, Mark Van Alstyne, Dave Wilson

Additional Crew

Steve Apostolina, Kirk Baily, John Bardswich, Willie Box, June Christopher, David Cowgill, Heather K. Dahlstrom, Craig Dyer, Beau Ferris, Stephen French, Eddie Frierson, Kathleen Gati, Jessica Gee-George, Stephanie Fitch Groff, Kerry Gutierrez, Bridget Hoffman, Marty Howe, Rif Hutton, Matthew Labyorteaux, Donna Lynn Leavy, Stephane Legendre, Rose Lister, Paul Manning, Eleanor Mendes, Scott Menville, Frank Meschkuleit, Hal Myshrall, Brian Nguyen, Jonathan Nichols, David Nico, Pete Nilson, Paul Pape, Karen Pidgurski, Jacqueline Pinol, Juan Pope, Kristine Regier, Yan Regis, Ray Rudy, Kevin Michael Schembri, Kristine Schoos, Robert C. Shannon, Dennis Singletary, Warren Sroka, Stefan Steen, Ron Stefaniuk, Stephanie Stonley, Alan Sutton, Pepper Sweeney, Charles Taylor, Dave Tommasini, Jamie Tracey, Paul Tuerpe, Alex Veadov, Ilia Volok, Al Vrkljan, Paul Wahlberg, Gerald Webb, Eric Weinstein, Greg Whiteside, Shelly Williams, Tara Allgood, Christina Hwang, Adam Lewin

Genres

Action, Adventure, Crime

Companies

Abandon Entertainment, Collision Entertainment, Depth Entertainment

Countries

USA, Canada

Languages

English, Russian, Spanish

ContentRating

PG-13

ImDbRating

5.3

ImDb Rating Votes

126355

Metacritic Rating

31

Short Description

Max Payne is a 2008 neo-noir action thriller film based on the video game series of the same name developed by Remedy Entertainment and published by Rockstar Games. It was written by Beau Thorne and directed by John Moore. The film stars Mark Wahlberg in the title role as Max Payne, Mila Kunis as Mona Sax, Ludacris as Jim Bravura, and Beau Bridges as B.B. Hensley. The film revolves around revenge, centering on the titular character, a New York police detective, as he journeys through New York City s criminal underworld while trying to learn the truth behind the murder of his wife and child.

Filming took place between March and May 2008. Extensive visual effects were used in many scenes throughout the film. Max Payne was released on October 16, 2008 in Australia, one day prior to the United States release date.

Box Office Budget

$35,000,000 (estimated)

Box Office Opening Weekend USA

$17,639,849

Box Office Gross USA

$40,689,393

Box Office Cumulative Worldwide Gross

$87,066,930

Keywords

Corporate crime,based on video game,corporate executive,gunfight,corruption