"Max Payne" *1/2 (out of four): Director John Moore delivers the goods, but it's not enough to overcome an extremely weak script.
There is a great deal of difference between what makes a video game successful and what makes a movie successful. Those who remember both playing and sitting through "Super Mario Brothers" (the first such adaptation) learned this lesson quickly. Hollywood has yet to catch on.
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