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Max Payne

2008Movie1 h 40 minPG-13

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Summary

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.

Good for

Friends night
Drop-in friendly
Pure escapism

Skip it if

You need an uplifting mood
Graphic violence bothers you
You want something quiet and calm

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Puts you inside a crime.
Leaves you shaken.
Gets your pulse racing.
Keeps you on edge.
Keeps you guessing.

Not for warmth, comfort or laughs.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+19)
Critics 24Audiences 43GoodWatch 34
Metascore31
Tomatometer16%
IMDb5.3
User score4.8
Letterboxd · 45 K ratings2.0/5
Audience score29%
Box office
2.4×its budget
Budget
$35 M
Worldwide
$85 M
Worldwide it earned $50 M more than it cost.
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for crime movies, −6 min on the typical 106
typical 106100
Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 61 countries, rent or buy in 25 more
+51
Released
2008
October 15, 2008
18 years ago
Genres
CrimeActionDrama
Language
English
Original language
Also spoken
RussianSpanish
Made in
United States
Canada
Rated
- PG-13United States
Better for older viewers: it's rated PG-13 in the United States for violence, strong language, and drug use, and the viewing guide lists it for adults.
What's in it
ViolenceIntense
Gore, disturbing imagesMild
Frightening scenesMild
Sex, nudityLittle or none
Dark themesStrong
Strong languageNamed in the advisories
Drug useNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyPure EscapismThought-Provoking
Not listed for kids or family movie night.
24 of 49
Directing · 4
John Moore Director, Producer
Jimmy N. Roberts Second Unit Director, Stunt Coordinator
Jeff J.J. Authors First Assistant Director
Penny Charter Second Assistant Director
Writing · 1
Beau Thorne Screenplay
Production · 8
Rick Yorn Executive Producer
Tom Karnowski Executive Producer, Unit Production Manager
Karen Lauder Executive Producer
Julie Yorn Producer
Peter Veverka Producer, Associate Producer
Scott Faye Producer
Camera · 1
Jonathan Sela Director of Photography
Editing · 1
Dan Zimmerman Editor
Sound · 7
Marco Beltrami Original Music Composer
Buck Sanders Original Music Composer
Jay Wilkinson Supervising Sound Editor
Ron Bartlett Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Doug Hemphill Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Glen Gauthier Production Sound Mixer
Art · 4
Daniel T. Dorrance Production Design
Carolyn A. Loucks Set Decoration
Chris Rosewarne Concept Artist, Storyboard Artist
Andrew M. Stearn Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 6
George L. Little Costume Design
Johnny Villanueva Hairstylist
Donald Mowat Makeup Artist, Makeup Department Head
Kyle Glencross Makeup Effects Designer
Jennifer Bower O'Halloran Hairstylist
Jo-Ann MacNeil Makeup Artist
Visual Effects · 6
Jeff Campbell Visual Effects Supervisor
Everett Burrell Visual Effects Supervisor
Neishaw Ali Visual Effects Producer
Samara Melanson Visual Effects Producer
Kendrick Wallace Visual Effects Producer
Janice M. Jacobs Visual Effects Producer
Other crew · 3
John Stoneham Jr. Stunt Coordinator
Sam Lake Video Game
Angelica Lisk-Hann Stunts

Tropes

Never Trust a Trailerin 2,832 titlesThe trailers focused on brief moments of CGI hallucinations and misleading snippets of dialogue to make it seem like the film has a supernatural edge a la Constantine, which would have been a literal…All 45 tropes

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