Film Adaption

Early in 2003, it was confirmed that 20th Century Fox had bought the rights to adapt the game to film.^[8] The Max Payne movie went into production in 2008 and was directed by John Moore. The movie was produced by Collision Entertainment and Firm Films in Toronto,^[9] and began filming in the Toronto Transit Commission's unused tunnel.^{[citation needed]} Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis^[10] play the roles of Max Payne and Mona Sax respectively.^[11]Beau Bridges, Chris O'Donnell, Nelly Furtado and Rapper Ludacris are also confirmed to have roles as B.B. Hensley, Jason Colvin, Christa Balder and Jim Bravura respectively.^[12] On July 10, 2008, an official teaser trailer was released, featuring an instrumental version of the Marilyn Manson song, "If I Was Your Vampire".^[13] The film was released to theaters in the USA on October 17, 2008 with a PG-13 rating.^[14] While it was ranked first on its opening weekend, grossing US$18 million at the box office,^[15] the film received mainly negative reviews, having an 18% rating at Rotten Tomatoes, based on 119 reviews.^[16]