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'Max Payne' Prefers Good Looks to Smartsnew
Gorgeously shot as a color noir (though the colors are more likely to run the gamut from gray to black than red to gold), Max Payne is one of those ludicrous action movies based on a videogame that's all style and little substance.
New York Press |
Mark Peikert |
10-23-2008 |
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'Max Payne' is Like 'The Constant Gardener' After a Frontal Lobotomynew
Rather than focusing on making a kick-ass action flick, director John Moore and novice scripter Beau Thorne dress up their simplistic revenge yarn with various twists and turns -- all of which are absurdly easy to predict.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Matt Brunson |
10-21-2008 |
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'Max Payne' Doesn't Get Much Further than the Video Game Didnew
The film goes the way of every other movie based on a video game: It starts with a character, and maybe an idea for a look, but after that, it has nothing.
Las Vegas Weekly |
Jeffrey M. Anderson |
10-17-2008 |
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Tags: John Moore, Max Payne
Problem Childnew
The latest version of this cult classic is a pretty cool walk down satanic memory lane.
Reno News & Review |
Bob Grimm |
06-15-2006 |
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Damned Kids!
Surprisingly, the utter lack of spookiness of the contemporary Damien in John Moore's remake of the 1976 classic doesn't entirely damn this latest in the seemingly never-ending parade of redos.
Washington City Paper |
Tricia Olszewski |
06-12-2006 |
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Tags: The Omen, John Moore
Demon Spawnnew
Julia Stiles is miscast, although Mia Farrow delights in this unnecessary remake of a perfectly good child-as-Antichrist movie.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
06-08-2006 |
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Tags: The Omen, John Moore
The Dumber of the Beastsnew
Here's an Omen for you: this remake sucks.
Nashville Scene |
Jim Ridley |
06-07-2006 |
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Tags: The Omen, John Moore
Up, Up, and Awaynew
Sticking closely to the tone of its predecessor, this remake of Robert Aldrich’s 1965 adventure film lacks the tang of the original, and trades the late-vintage Jimmy Stewart for the shirtless Dennis Quaid.
Austin Chronicle |
Marc Savlov |
12-16-2004 |
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Tags: John Moore, Flight of the Phoenix
