Max Payne

Kratos and Max Payne aren’t names frequently uttered in the same sentence. One’s the bald, rage-fueled protagonist of one of gaming’s greatest hack-and-slash franchises, and the other’s an insomniac gunfighter who’s addicted to painkillers and is soon to make a comeback as a paunchy, bearded version of himself. Above: Let’s stick with Thin Max for now, though

However, there’s one key scene

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Max Payne releases on DVD and Blu-Ray in the UK on Monday 13 April. The movie stars Mark Wahlberg as Max Payne and the incredibly hot Mila Kunis as Mona Sax. It's a stylish adaptation of the cult game series and you can catch a clip from the movie further down this page. Watch it carefully and you could win yourself a copy of the Max Payne movie on Blu-Ray along with a PlayStation 3 and 32" TV to watch it on.

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Last time out, Mark Wahlberg was fighting a mighty wind (The Happening). He didn’t look too comfortable… There was much brow-furrowing and air-gazing and short-sleeve shirt wearing…For Max Payne, Wahlberg is ditching the elemental for the supernatural and, in a hangar-sized suite at London’s Mandarin Oriental, he’s comically at ease: slumped back on a sofa in trainers and worryingly tracksuit-like