Max Payne trailer

There's a trailer for the movie version of Max Payne up now, starring Mark Wahlberg as the title character with Mila Kunis co-starring. I've only very barely played the video games that this movie is based on, but I remember them as being fairly hyped due to the "bullet time" mode in which you are able to slow time down and thereby control your character in dodging bullets and shooting the bad guys in cool slow-motion ways. The first game came out not too long after The Matrix did and it seemed to have been heavily influenced by the action style in that movie.

The trailer appears somewhat Sin City-ish to me, with the kind of dark hued look of a noir thriller. I like Marky Mark as an actor and in action films in particular so this is relatively exciting. I never particularly enjoyed That 70's Show but Mila was quite cute in Forgetting Sarah Marshall so right now this movie is pretty high up on my list of things to watch in the Fall (release scheduled for October 2008).

One other interesting note, although IMDB does not list it, wikipedia claims that Olga Kurylenko, otherwise known as the new Bond girl, will play a small role in this movie.