For fanboy devotees of the videogame on which it is based, Max Payne is pure pleasure. But everyone else may not want to take this walk on the dark side.
Forget those Shakespearean themes of greed, lust and ambition and enjoy a fun package of satire, nostalgia, amusing performances and rousing '70s hits. And hold the fries. In its fractured Bardian tale of husband-and-wife greasy spoon drones who murder their way out of hamburger joint hell into fast food mini-moguldom, this comedy, until it finally runs out of steam (if not plot), consistently entertains and tickles.