The first official trailer for Max Payne (the movie) is out. Max Payne is going to be based on the computer game, which means it will probably stink but I’m somewhat hopeful. For one thing it’s not being directed by Uwe Boll. For another it seems like it could lend itself to a movie. It’s also my second favorite game of all time (and I might have to post about my favorite but let’s just say if you know what Black Mesa is you know my favorite game).

The game itself focuses on you, Max Payne (yes, that your name) who’s just an average police detective until he comes home one day to find that drugged-out street punks have killed his wife and baby. The game jumps forward until you get a break in the case only to have your best friend killed and you framed for that murder. So you do what anyone would do which is to tear through the New York underworld, racking up a body count that would make Total Recall envious until you go through the bad boss’s building to face her on the roof.

OK – so nothing major but the game itself is like a John Woo shooter if combined with Matrix bullet-time so it has a chance.

Anyway, here’s the trailer for those who care:

To get an idea of what the game was like, here’s the official trailer for it as well: