I have played the Max Payne video game and considered it just a "run and gun" shooter. The movie however, had a great story line and I think Mark Walberg did a good job with his character. Beau Bridges was really good. My wife and I enjoyed the movie and would recommend it to our friends. It definitely earned the PG-13 rating for violence and drug use but it would have been impossible to tell the story without those elements.