Friday, March 13, 2009

Max Payne (2008)--1/5

“Max Payne” has a lot to mourn:

Beau Bridges. His brother Jeff gets to be the villain in the much better “Iron Man.”

“Sin City.” Its unique look has been unceremoniously robbed, washed out, and dumbed down.

Olga Kurylenko. Max Payne isn’t the first video game anti-hero to push her out of bed.

Practical effects specialists. Their work has been superseded by phony digital arterial spray.

Mila Kunis. She was such a sweetheart in her last movie, “Forgetting Sarah Marshall.”

The “Batman Begins” score. Will it blend? Sadly, yes.

Winged Norse Hell-Demons. I’m sure they’re not normally this boring.

Mark Wahlberg. On second thought, don’t feel too sorry for him. He should know better at this point.


1 comment:

jamil said...

Another failure of the imagination. If Max Payne had taken those drugs right at the beginning of the movie, it could've been something awesome, like Punisher/Crow meets Naked Lunch/Paradise Lost.