Action Girl: Mona Sax in the Unrated Version.Above the Influence: The Bond girl from Quantum of Solace more or less throws herself at Max.
The false marketing that made the film seem like a supernatural actioner a la Constantine didn't help much either. Reception of the film was generally negative with its plot and its cast's efforts being most criticized aspects. Natasha's sister Mona, convinced that Max is the perpetrator, sets her sights on him.Īfter the things clear up between them, they form an alliance to solve Natasha's murder and it's link to the new drug Valkyr which has been flooding the streets. His personal investigations gets him involved in the killing of Natasha Sax and his fellow detective Alex Balder (who has been on the case of the preceding) by the ex-marine Jack Lupino. Unlike the game, in this adaptation the framed fugitive undercover detective Max Payne is a cold case detective obsessed with finding the killer of his wife and child. Based on the video game series of same name, it was directed by John Moore and it stars Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges and Ludacris. Max Payne is an action film from the year 2008.