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Max himself was an insanely cool lead character, and the game went on to become a major hit.
It spawned two further games released in 2003 and 2011 respectively and remains a cult favorite to this day.
It also spawned like pretty much every successful video game a movie adaptation in 2008.
Mark Wahlberg took on the title role, with Mila Kunis playing Maxs love interest Mona.
Its a contained story that gradually builds to an epic gunfight in a drug warehouse.
The attention to detail of the short is impressive, especially givenRetributions modest 1500 budget.
Like many fan films, its not flawless.
Before I start beating the film with a stick, lets start with some positives.
The film looks gorgeous.
The snowy New York where the story is set is a beautiful wasteland.
Thats pretty much it, though.
Many of the films issues run deep.
A big one is Mark Wahlberg and his characterization of Max.
Here hes a mopey, humorless git, and Wahlberg plays him with that singular note throughout.
Kunis is completely miscast too, utterly failing to come across as a badass assassin.
The rest of the cast are a mixed bag, but nobody here is doing their best work.
The game is almost non-stop action, while the movie is a meandering thriller for the most part.
The pervading feeling is nobody really cared about the material.
Wahlberg admitted he didnt play the game and the movie makes bizarre changes to the source.
That would be boring.
Based on the good work inRetribution, that could be something very fun indeed.
Max Payne: Retributionwill be available to view on theofficial YouTube pagefrom June 24th.
