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We all know Max Payne! Right? Well as far as avid gamers are concerned, we do. Like all recent movies, that are based on comic books made to movies and the like, this one is based on a Video Game. A great third-person shooting video game might I add. With a great matured content story and all his cool moves like the "Bullet Time"! Which slows down time to make Max Payne fire bullets accurately towards enemies and easily dodges enemy bullets, you can even see the bullets flying around, it's like doing a Matrix style move! If you played the game, you know how awesome it is. And to those who have'nt played the game, try it, im positive you'll like it.

Here's a brief recap on the Max Payne Game:

PLOT:

The story begins with Max Payne returning home to find several drug junkies high on a new drug called Valkyr. He also finds that the junkies, who promptly attack him and are quickly dispatched, have killed his wife and newborn daughter. After his wife's funeral, he transfers to the DEA.

Three years later, he is investigating the Punchinello Mafia family, who is responsible for the trafficking of Valkyr. B.B. Hensley, a fellow colleague in the DEA, gives Max a message asking him to meet Alex Balder, another DEA agent and a good friend of Max's, in the subway. When Max arrives at the subway, Alex is shot by an unknown assassin. As a result, the police consider Max the prime suspect in Alex’s death. Additionally, the Punchinello family finds out that he is a cop and wants him dead.

Max seeks Jack Lupino, who oversees Valkyr distribution for the Punchinello family. After killing him, he meets Mona Sax, who laces his drink with Valkyr and leaves him to be found by the Mafia, who proceed to interrogate him.

Max escapes the Mafia and gains access to a shipment of guns belonging to the Russian mob. Max uses these weapons to infiltrate the house of Don Punchinello, the head of the Mafia. Max discovers that the Don is only a puppet in the Valkyr market when the Don is killed by agents of Nicole Horne, CEO of Aesir Corp., in front of Max. Horne herself then injects Max with an overdose of Valkyr and leaves him for dead.

When he awakens, he pursues his only lead, the phrase “Cold Steel”, heard just before he passed out. It leads him to a foundry with an old military bunker under it. He discovers that Valkyr was the result of a military project to improve its soldiers’ stamina; the project was halted shortly after it began. He also discovers that his wife accidentally found out about the project while working at the District Attorney’s office, so Nicole Horne let Valkyr junkies loose in Max's house.

After leaving the bunker, Max gets a call from B.B., who asks Max to meet with him at a garage lot. There, Max realizes that B.B. was the one that shot Alex, framing Max for his murder. A brief gun fight ensues in which B.B. is killed. Max then gets a phone call from a man named Alfred Woden, asking him to come to the Asgard building. Alfred is part of a secret society called the "Inner Circle". Woden informs Max about who Nicole Horne is and says the Inner Circle cannot pursue Horne because "their hands are tied." They ask Max to kill Nicole Horne in exchange for ensuring that any criminal charges against him are dropped. After the meeting, the room is stormed by Horne's agents. They kill every person in the room except for Max, who manages to escape, and Woden, who pretends to be shot.

Max enters the Aesir Corp. main office, where Horne is located. As he makes his way past security guards and mercenaries, he runs into Mona Sax again. She is shot by mercenaries after refusing to shoot Max. Max confronts Nicole and states that this whole thing started after Max's wife found out about the Valkyr project. Horne runs to the roof of the building, boarding a helicopter. Racing up to the roof, Max shoots the guy wires of the building's antenna; the Antenna snaps off the roof and comes crashing down on the helicopter.

The NYPD arrive at the scene, arresting Max. As Max is being led out of the building by the SWAT team, he sees Alfred Woden. Knowing that Woden will ensure his safe passage through the judicial system, Max smiles genuinely.

Bullet-time:

The gameplay of Max Payne revolves heavily around bullet-time. When triggered, bullet-time slows down the passage of time to such an extent that the movements of bullets can be seen by the naked eye — it is a form of slow motion. The player, although his movement is also slowed, is still able to aim and react in real time, providing a unique advantage over enemies. This makes avoiding being shot easier and enables Max to perform special moves, such as shootdodges where Max leaps sideways through the air while continuing to fire his weapon.

Occasionally, when the last character of a group is killed, the viewpoint switches to a third-person view of his falling body with the camera circling around it.

Source: Wikipedia

And Here's a trailer of the upcoming movie:

The Cast:

Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne, a cop haunted by the murder of his family and who disregards rules to investigate their deaths. Wahlberg described his role, "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."

Beau Bridges as B.B. Hensley, a former cop and Max Payne's mentor.

Mila Kunis as Mona Sax, an assassin who seeks revenge for the murder of her sister.

Ludacris as Jim Bravura, an internal affairs agent.

Chris O'Donnell as Jason Colvin, an executive and Nicole Horne's "right-hand man".

Nelly Furtado as Christa Balder, wife of Alex Balder.

Kate Burton as Nicole Horne, CEO of Aesir corporation.

Donal Logue as Alex Balder, Max Payne's partner and best friend.

Amaury Nolasco as Jack Lupino, a mafia boss who becomes insane due to the drug Valkyr.

Source: Wiki

Well in my opinion based on the movie trailer, I guess it looks pretty good, I usually like movies made from comic books or video games to look and feel just like the comic book or video game as it is. Like Transformers Movie , from which I know that the makers of the movie based it mostly on the original series and asked fans on how they would like to see it the big screen, they probably responded to see the movie like how they see it on the original series.

The only thing that makes me wonder about the Max Payne Movie is that what's up the the flying things, picking up people? I dont remember seeing those creatures from the game. I think some of the reviews i've seen says that those creatures are from Max Payne's Dream Sequence. Well there are Dream Sequence's from the Max Payne Video Game, I guess that makes it ok. Like other movies made from comic books or video games, there are some little additions and some little differences made for movies, but still addresses what the viewers would like to see.

All in all, we'll just have to wait until the movie comes out and hope wee see what viewers and fans would like to see. I sure hope they have a lot of "Bullet Time" action moves on the movie too!