Movies, movies, movies! That seems to be the theme around here lately with all of the proposed popular video game film adaptations that have surfaced lately. We are not done yet, many of you probably know that Max Payne is a movie that has been in development for sometime now. Amidst the plethora of rumors and old information surfaces a new light and joy for Max Payne fans.

In the film, Mark Wahlberg plays Max Payne, a former NYPD Detective with internal and external conflicts in a dark, sinister New York City. Max Payne joins the DEA after his baby daughter and wife are slaughtered in their house by psychotic junkies, high on a new designer drug. Tracking the drug to the mafia, Payne is framed for the murder of his partner and becomes entwined in a heavy conspiracy. The series is known for its Matrix-like bullet-time, graphic violence and profanity. With all of that the movie is slated for a PG-13 rating, am I the only one in the world who wants this to be an R rated movie, after all it’s based on an M rated game.

John Moore, whose most recent projects include the war actioner Behind Enemy Lines, the horror remake The Omen, and the airborne adventure Flight of the Phoenix, is directing from a script by Beau Thorne. Here is an inside look at the movie courtesy of Film School Rejects , /Film, and some other random ones found surfing the internets.

With all of that said, I am more than dissapointedin their choice of Max Payne. Honestly, Michael Madsen would be perfect and seems to capture the feeling very well in this mock trailer I found on youtube.