A DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy, and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death, join forces to solve a series of murders in New York City.
You can't help but wonder where the fine actor in The Departed and even Invincible has gone. It's not been a good year for Wahlberg: First The Happening, and now this.
– Claudia Puig,
USA Today,
17 Oct 2008
rotten:
Sexy girls and lots of automatic weapons are involved in an occasionally coherent plot.
– Mike Mayo,
Washington Post,
17 Oct 2008
rotten:
The filmmakers aim their cynicism more at us than at any government or drug company.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
18 Oct 2008
fresh:
Max Payne is a junkyard dog of a film that is true to its video-game roots even as it transcends them.
– David Hiltbrand,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
23 Oct 2008
rotten:
John Moore directs the hell out of the action, while Jonathan Sela's glistening photography captures the snow and rain that fall on these bloody New York streets. But you'd have to be on crack not to guess the 'surprise' finale.