Max Payne (Unrated Edition) [Blu-ray] (Region 0)

Posted : 1 week, 6 days ago at Dec 13 22:30

When a director adapts a video game to film, he/she has one of two choices. This person can either stick closely to the source material and make a mess of the story and characters because, as much as we think differently, video games are not made to be directly adapted to nearly any other form of media. The other way said director may go about this is the same manner in which Max Payne director John Moore has; keep it similar to the video games in mood, atmosphere, and spirit, but alter characters and plot points to better fit the filmic universe. A good percentage of the Max Payne faithfuls have complained that too much was changed during its transition from computer monitor to TV screen. Some of the bigger examples being no graphic dream sequences, Jim Bravura being African-American ...Read more

Rating : 9/10