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Bad 'Payne'.(Time Out!)

Article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Article date: October 17, 2008

Byline: Michael Wilmington Contributing Film Critic

Mark Wahlberg deserves better than "Max Payne." And so do we.

This dour but visually gaudy neo-noir thriller, adapted from the popular video game, stars Wahlberg as vengeful, heart-broken cop Max, who wanders through a very dark New York City, battling a corporate drug-crime conspiracy that might have killed his wife, child and ex-partner cop.

All the while, Max keeps running into mythical creatures, bad cops, an Internal Affairs investigation run by Ludacris (as ...

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