Max Payne

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Max Payne

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

New poster a go go. Obviously looking to see if his shoes are tied....

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

I havent played this game for years, but i remember it being pretty cool.However games to movie transitions rarely are ever any good..

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

It seems the buzz surounding this is comparing it to the Bourne identity in goodness....

One of these games conversions will turn out alright sooner or later.

Mollison · 500 Club Member

True. Some games have a story that would make a fantastic film. It's just a shame no studio has got it quite right yet. I'm suprised no ones tried to make a GTA film yet. There's a whole franchise there to be milked.

Darth Mattitude · The Dark Admin

Mr Mollison, may I draw your attention....

http://cpcmovies.activeboard.com/index.spark?forumID=95941&p=3&topicID=17368070

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Filmstalker:

There's a new trailer out for Max Payne and it's in high definition too. Despite starting off the same this trailer gives a little more of the story, and does something to address the appearance of the strange creatures we saw in the first trailer.

This trailer looks spectacular, really. This could be a superb film if the style continues through the film and they manage to keep a strong story in there too.

Story wise they certainly have enough to go on. Max Payne is a cop who comes home to find his family murdered by users of a new drug on the streets. He joins the undercover squad to forget his problems and fight this new crime wave, and while he's on a case he starts to find out who might be responsible for his family's murder...and that's where he starts to go above the law.

What's great about this trailer is it addresses the appearance of those strange creatures we saw in the first one. You'll remember that I brought up the fact that their appearance was rather odd in such a film, and then one of Filmstalker's readers popped up to tell us that they're actually in the game, but didn't explain any more.

Well now the trailer does that, and that's a really good thing because if anyone else other than a gamer was to watch the first trailer they might start thinking the film is something that it's not, something a little more supernatural and monster based.

Now they've cleared that up, and this trailer also does some of the other cast a favour by featuring them, it's not just about Mark Wahlberg.

Frankly, I think this looks superb, and if the film keeps this up it could be an amazing adaptation and a strong film in it's own right. Then again, this could be all the best bits

TRAILER

I have to say Mila Kunis is looking prety foxy in this film.... wink

-- Edited by Man In Black at 15:46, 2008-08-29

Totoro101 · Movie Executive Producer

This actually sounds promising and Mark Wahlberg does look the part.Wonderf if theyll incoperate the bullet time effect into the film that the game used often ^-^.

Man In Black · Anime Mod

The international trailer for this film has been released:

TRAILER

Man In Black · Anime Mod

Filmstalker:

The director of Max Payne, John Moore, has been talking about his struggles with the MPAA to try and receive a PG-13 rating, and when I heard that a number of questions leapt to the fore immediately. The first being why is Max Payne going for a PG-13?

Then there are other issues, why is an R rating such a problem for the filmmakers and the studio, and would Americans really not go and see an R rated Max Payne?

Speaking at Das Gamer through Latino Review the director of Max Payne, John Moore, shows his contempt for the MPAA rating system, run by a bunch of middle class, middle aged, straight, sometimes religious, parents.

Das Gamer: How challenging has it been to get a PG-13 rating for Max Payne?

John Moore: It continues to be a challenge. Were right in the middle of it now. Were suffering from what I call Batman blowback. The Motion Picture Association of America gave The Dark Knight a PG-13 rating and basically sucked Warner Bros. [rude word removed - Richard]. I have a serious amount of issues with the MPAA. Did you know it was made up of volunteers? As if that somehow excludes them from some type of wrongdoing. You cant serve on it if youre a homosexual or if you didnt grow up in a shared parenthood home. Go to their website and read their charter about what gives a fair and balanced view for typical parents. Were still strangled by an association thats straight out of the House Un-American Activities Committee...

'...The MPAA has mutated into an extremely dubious organization.'

Wow, he's defintely not happy with the MPAA, and who can blame him, I mean can anyone defend them? Just watch This Film is Not Yet Rated (Filmstalker review) to see what a mess that MPAA is and how dubious they are in their decision making.

The MPAA will never publish the rules. Theyll never tell a director, Heres whats going to get you an R, Heres whats going to get you a PG-13...the MPAA changes their rules willy-nilly and it depends on whos seeing your actual movie at the time. Its very difficult to get a hold on whats acceptable. The only thing you can use is current standards. So I go and see The Dark Knight and I say, Gee, thats pretty gnarly for PG-13, but I felt good about Max Payne after coming out of the theater. I thought Max wasnt going to have a problem. And thats not the case. Theyre coming down on us pretty hard

Das Gamer: What did the MPAA tell you was the problem with Max Payne?

John Moore: They said to me, the movie feels R. And I said, What the [expletive removed - Richard] is that, a group therapy session? You cant do that. Theyre meant to judge content, not intent. They said the movie felt dark...

'...They really hung themselves with The Dark Knight. Every other filmmaker in town is knocking on their door saying, Please sir, may I have my PG-13 rating and be as fair to my movie as you were to The Dark Knight.".....'

Now I thought that the studios were scared of R rated films in America because that meant the film wouldn't be shown in a great many cinemas in the country, but Moore says it's something different.

'A lot of people arent fully aware that the reason studios are so gun shy about R-rated movies isnt because of the content, its because it limits the advertising opportunities. You cant advertise an R-rated movie before 9 p.m. in most states. You cant advertise an R-rated movie in front of a PG-13 movie. There are some real hamstring rules of advertising.'

Latino Review make a great point though, the target audience for this film are the gamers who've played Maz Payne before, and that's a big audience, so are they really going to be concerned about an R rating for the film? Will they be concerned about travelling a little to see the film? Will they be concerned about a lack of advertising? I don't think so.

However you can imagine that the studio are pressurising him to make it a PG-13 for one reason and one reason alone, demographics, numbers of people, and hard cash at the door.

Will you go and see Max Payne as an R rating? Would you go and see any film that you were interested in if it hit an R rating and meant a little bit of travel to see it?

Man In Black · Anime Mod

The rating is in from Filmstalker:

Earlier this month, director John Moore was talking about how difficult it was to get a PG-13 rating for Max Payne. He had a lot to say about the MPAA, and how difficult it all was.

Now it turns out they have secured a PG-13 rating for the film. And he says it wasn't that difficult after all. I'd rather they hadn't bothered and made it an R.

John Moore got stuck into the MPAA a few weeks ago, when asked how difficult it was trying to get a PG-13 rating for his film Max Payne. Here's an extract of what he said on the subject:

Das Gamer: How challenging has it been to get a PG-13 rating for Max Payne? John Moore: It continues to be a challenge. Were right in the middle of it now. Were suffering from what I call Batman blowback. The Motion Picture Association of America gave The Dark Knight a PG-13 rating and basically sucked Warner Bros. [rude word removed - Richard]. I have a serious amount of issues with the MPAA. Did you know it was made up of volunteers? As if that somehow excludes them from some type of wrongdoing. You cant serve on it if youre a homosexual or if you didnt grow up in a shared parenthood home. Go to their website and read their charter about what gives a fair and balanced view for typical parents. Were still strangled by an association thats straight out of the House Un-American Activities Committee...

...The MPAA has mutated into an extremely dubious organization.

He also said that they made it difficult to know what qualified as a PG-13 and what made a film an R. Now he seems to have changed his tune. Not only does he have the PG-13 rating he was after, he says it was surprisingly easy. Here's what he said to Game Daily, through Rope of Silicon:

I must say, and that's what's a little bewildering about this, I didn't have to change much. We trimmed some frames more for the sake of trimming frames than anything, but we got the rating without any major changes at all. I'm a little surprised that we changed their minds, effectively, but I'm happy about it. It proves that if you stick to your guns and you have the creative, and dare I say moral sense, that you're in the right, that you can get the right thing done.

I'm not entirely convinced that he has the MPAA changing their opinion, based on his persuasion. But he has the rating he was after. And lucky us, we can fork out some more money and watch the unrated version on DVD.

I remember playing the game on PS2, and really liked how dark it was. I would have preferred an R rated film, instead of the current trend towards getting a PG-13 and covering as many ages as possible. I know it's about money, but do so many films have to try and get that rating?