This film is basically adopted from the popular video game franchise of the same name which is also called Max Payne. There had also been comparisons between this game and the way how The Matrix filmed their action scenes which is mainly in slow motions aka bullet time. Here's the story plot which is based in the game: The story begins with Max Payne returning home to find several drug junkies high on a new drug called Valkyr in his home, who promptly attack him. After dispatching them all, he finds that his wife and newborn daughter have been killed by the junkies.

Three years later, Max is an undercover cop working for the DEA, investigating the Punchinello Mafia family, who is responsible for the trafficking of Valkyr. B.B. Hensley, a fellow colleague in the DEA, gives Max a message asking him to meet Alex Balder, another DEA agent and a good friend of Max's, in the subway. When Max arrives at the subway, Alex is shot by an unknown assassin. The police consider Max the prime suspect in Alex’s death, and the Punchinello family finds out that he is a cop and wants him dead.

Max begins looking for Jack Lupino, who oversees Valkyr distribution for the Mafia. After killing him, he meets Mona Sax, who laces his drink with Valkyr and leaves him to be found by the Mafia, who proceed to interrogate him.

Max escapes the Mafia and gains access to a shipment of guns belonging to the Russian mob. Max uses these weapons to infiltrate the house of Don Punchinello, the head of the Mafia. Max discovers that the Don is only a puppet in the Valkyr market when the Don is killed by agents of Nicole Horne, CEO of Aesir Corp., in front of Max. Horne herself then injects Max with an overdose of Valkyr and leaves him for dead.

When he awakens, he pursues his only lead, the phrase “Cold Steel”, heard just before he passed out. It leads him to a foundry with an old military bunker under it. He discovers that Valkyr was the result of a military project to improve its soldiers’ stamina; the project was halted shortly after it began. He also discovers that his wife accidentally found out about the project while working at the District Attorney’s office, so Nicole Horne sent the junkies to kill her.

After leaving the bunker, Max gets a call from B.B., who asks Max to meet with him at a garage lot. There, B.B. reveals that he was the one that shot Alex, framing Max for his murder. A brief gun fight ensues in which B.B. is killed. Max then gets a phone call from a man named Alfred Woden, asking him to come to the Asgard building. Alfred is part of a secret society called the "Inner Circle". Woden informs Max about who Nicole Horne is & says the Inner Circle cannot pursue Horne because "their hands are tied." They ask Max to kill Nicole Horne in exchange for ensuring that any criminal charges against him are dropped. After the meeting, the room is stormed by Horne's agents. They kill every person in the room except for Max, who manages to escape, and Woden, who pretends to be shot.

Max enters the Aesir Corp. main office, where Horne is located. As he makes his way past security guards and mercenaries, he runs into Mona Sax again. She is shot by mercenaries after refusing to shoot Max. Max confronts Nicole & states that this whole thing started after Max's wife found out about the Valkyr project. Horne runs to the roof of the building, boarding a helicopter. Racing up to the roof, Max shoots the guy wires of the building's antenna; the Antenna snaps off the roof and comes crashing down on the helicopter.

The NYPD arrive at the scene, arresting Max. As Max is being led out of the building by the SWAT team, he sees Alfred Woden. Knowing that Woden will ensure his safe passage through the judicial system, Max smiles genuinely.

For me personally the game does has its scary part as there are a few levels that u have to counterpart with Max Payne's nightmare which I find is a bit eerie to me. Well, in the nightmare it was his quest to find his son through his son's crying voice. The game has a sequel too and is named Max Payne 2 : The Fall of Max Payne.



(Picture cover of the first game for Max Payne)



(Picture cover for the second game : Max Payne 2)

The Incredible Hulk director - Louis Leterrier dropped a huge bomb during the premiere screening interview last weekend saying that Captain America will be featured as a cameo in the movie. But it has obviously been disappointing to most people that they thought he was actually giving false promise which he eventually admitted that it was cut for 70 minutes??? And it is only available to watch through DVD's and not in the cinemas. A whole crop of new images from The Incredible Hulk have hit the net, including the one above showing some assistant dude (Tim Blake Nelson) holding the super serum that's eventually injected into Tim Roth (which, of course, gave him super powers and turned him into Abomination). Additionally, First Showing is running around claiming there's a shot of Captain America's shield on Tony Stark's workbench in Iron Man -- and, while they've watched the scene several times and say it's true, I don't believe anyone from the Favreau camp has confirmed this yet. We already knew Iron Man was full of little "easter eggs" and clues about the future of the Marvel movies. And now it looks as though one more hidden clue has turned up. Just look at this screengrab from the movie's trailer, and then compare it with a picture of the same scene in the final movie, to see what was added. This is from the scene where Gwyneth Paltrow walks in on Tony having his armor removed, and he says, "Let's face it, this is not the worst thing you've caught me doing. "Take a look at the bottom left-hand side of the image, under Tony's arm — notice anything different? It looks like Captain America's shield, complete with familiar white star painted on it. It must have been added at the last minute, to tease fans about the upcoming Avengers and Captain America movies.






(This serum has something to do with Captain America)

It is just plain obvious that everyone is not living their live to the fullest with the fact that everything has been increased. Increased in a not so good way, increase in prices but not amount. It's not really a good thing is it? Well, I believe certain resources will soon be depleted in our world 1 day, there is absolutely no way we can or could have avoided it. But 1 thing's for sure, we have to find an alternative source of energy before we go worried. So basically if price for the petrol increases, it'll definitely affect all of the essential items because these items are needed to send to a certain destination and by sending it u need a transport and transportation needs petrol, pretty confuse right? Nevertheless, I'm also proud of most car companies trying their best to find an alternative energy and to also earn by doing so at the same time so congrats to Honda for making the first ever Hydrogen emission car. Honda even claimed the FCX Clarity (model of the hydrogen car) will help cut pollution and fuel wastage. One of the biggest obstacles standing in the way of wider adoption of fuel-cell vehicles is the lack of hydrogen fueling stations. That'll make the Arab Countries useless! *evil laughs* They are technically the main source of energy because the country itself contains the most petrol which is needed now to generate energy and also for car consumption. Critics also point out that hydrogen is costly to produce and the most common way to produce hydrogen is still from fossil fuels.

Analysis of the environmental impact of different fuel technologies has shown that the overall carbon dioxide emissions from hydrogen powered cars can be higher than that from petrol or diesel-powered vehicles. Hmmm, the thing what Wil Shen said in his blog is very significant whereby he mentioned about petroleum nowadays are even more expensive than the drinks we as human beings consume. Even if the Malaysian government would have willingly given us the 'rebates' it's still nothing compared to those struggling families with the current inflation rate keeps on increasing non-stop. I believe the definition of inflation according to me is somehow meant essential items being increased and salary not increasing i think? From my perception, there's nothing to be blamed for the increasing robberies and snatch thieves incurred because it is one of the ways of a struggling family member would do just to sustain the living of their families. Lastly, the world is coming to an end so everyone, live life to the fullest! According to many sources, we have been polluting our earth to a certain degree of danger so it's pretty hard to get fresh air and etc.

Within the next 4 years, if i were to be eligible in votings and the government still doesn't wanna do a thing about the inflation hassle. Then I'm not gonna vote for you know who party.


Yeah, this is the original value of petrol which is different in terms of petrol prices in our country because ours are being subsidized but it's still never enough am I right? Yeah, petrols are expensive nowadays - RM4 per litre.

(Radiohead's new best of singles cover)

Well I'm not sure do you actually call Best Of's as a CD but I'm sure it is made out of a CD. It is a compilation of albums between 1992 to 2005 when Radiohead used to be under the contract of EMI. But apparently they are now under independent. Radiohead's In Rainbows album tracks wasn't included as it the album was released until independent records.

The first disc, also available separately, comprises the majority of the band's charting hits, while the second disc concentrates on less commercially successful singles and other tracks. This collection is the first such released compilation of the band's songs. There were questions marks on most people's heads when EMI released the singles after Radiohead disbanded from the rights of EMI and yet EMI released a best of CD without their permission.

Disc one

1. "Just" (from The Bends) – 3:54
2. "Paranoid Android" (from OK Computer) – 6:23
3. "Karma Police" (from OK Computer) – 4:21
4. "Creep" (from Pablo Honey) – 3:59
5. "No Surprises" (from OK Computer) – 3:49
6. "High and Dry" (from The Bends) – 4:20
7. "My Iron Lung" (from The Bends) – 4:36
8. "There There" (from Hail to the Thief) – 5:23
9. "Lucky" (from OK Computer) – 4:20
10. "Fake Plastic Trees" (from The Bends) – 4:52
11. "Idioteque" (from Kid A) – 5:09
12. "2+2=5" (from Hail to the Thief) – 3:19
13. "The Bends" (from The Bends) – 4:04
14. "Pyramid Song" (from Amnesiac) – 4:51
15. "Street Spirit (Fade Out)" (from The Bends) – 4:12
16. "Everything In Its Right Place" (from Kid A) – 4:11



Bonus disc

1. "Airbag" (from OK Computer) – 4:44
2. "I Might Be Wrong" (from Amnesiac) – 4:54
3. "Go to Sleep" (from Hail to the Thief) – 3:21
4. "Let Down" (from OK Computer) – 4:59
5. "Planet Telex" (from The Bends) – 4:19
6. "Exit Music (For a Film)" (from OK Computer) – 4:24
7. "The National Anthem" (from Kid A) – 5:51
8. "Knives Out" (from Amnesiac) – 4:17
9. "Talk Show Host" (from Street Spirit (Fade Out)) – 4:14
10. "You" (from Pablo Honey) – 3:29
11. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" (from Pablo Honey) – 3:37
12. "How to Disappear Completely" (from Kid A) – 5:56
13. "True Love Waits" (live in Los Angeles, 2001) (from I Might Be Wrong: Live Recordings) – 5:02

DVD

1. "Creep" (directed by Brett Turnbull)
2. "Anyone Can Play Guitar" (directed by Dwight Clarke)
3. "Pop is Dead" (directed by Dwight Clarke)
4. "Stop Whispering" (directed by Jeff Plansker)
5. "My Iron Lung" (directed by Brett Turnbull)
6. "High and Dry" (UK version) (directed by David Mould)
7. "High and Dry" (US version) (directed by Paul Cunningham)
8. "Fake Plastic Trees" (directed by Jake Scott)
9. "Just" (directed by Jamie Thraves)
10. "Street Spirit (Fade Out) (directed by Jonathan Glazer)
11. "Paranoid Android" (directed by Magnus Carlsson)
12. "Karma Police" (directed by Jonathan Glazer)
13. "No Surprises" (directed by Grant Gee)
14. "Pyramid Song" (directed by Shynola)
15. "Knives Out" (directed by Michel Gondry)
16. "I Might Be Wrong" (directed by Sophie Muller)
17. "Push Pulk"/"Like Spinning Plates" (directed by Johnny Hardstaff)
18. "There There" (directed by Chris Hopewell)
19. "Go to Sleep" (directed by Alex Rutterford)
20. "Sit Down. Stand Up." (directed by Ed Holdsworth)
21. "2+2=5" (Live at Belfort Festival) (directed by Fabien Raymond)

Brazilian website Terra claim to have carried out an exclusive interview with the Portugal international in which he said: "I would like to play for Real Madrid but only if it is true they are ready to pay what Manchester United ask of them. However, it does not depend on me."

Ronaldo then said he was not prepared to discuss the matter further until after Euro 2008,

"From today I'm not going to talk about this topic with anyone at all," he added. "I'll only talk about this again after the European Championships. Don't ask me any questions because I won't answer."

Real are reported to be ready to offer Ronaldo a world-record five-year contract worth £300,000 per week.

That deal would not only represent more than a 50 per cent increase on his present Old Trafford wage, but would also make him the world's highest-paid footballer a staggering £15m a year.

Ronaldo has already told relatives and close friends of his intention to leave United this summer.
Ronaldo had been urged by the Portuguese football federation not to make his decision public until after their opening match with Turkey, so as not to distract the side.

Only last week, Madrid president Ramon Calderon reportedly offered Ronaldo a £185,000-a-week contract to up sticks and join the Spanish champions, a move which led United manager Sir Alex Ferguson to threaten to report the Spanish giants to football's world governing body, Fifa, before adding the Glazer family, who own United, would "rather let the player rot in the stands than sell him to Madrid".

Ronaldo, 23, said on Saturday that he would announce whether he was staying at United in the next "three or four days".

If the two clubs reach agreement over the transfer, and United have insisted in recent weeks that Ronaldo is not for sale "at any price", then the fee would easily eclipse the previous record of £46m that Real paid Juventus for Zinedine Zidane in 2001. (This is sort of like a news I got from the internet)

If you guys ever noticed, I've been saying time and time again I've been a very loyal fan of Manchester United and it's probably unfair to most United fans that Real Madrid are causing silly distractions by luring the so called 'World's Greatest Football Player' at the moment to their club. I deeply respect his dream of playing for Madrid one day but isn't this too soon? Even the United legends which include David Beckham and Denis Law have insisted that he should stay on and fight for United because they believe United is a proper and good club to being nurtured as a successful player. It's not like United ain't giving him first team matches, I believe it's all due to his over confidence and prideness which proves to be his eagerness of leaving United. I will be deeply saddened if he chooses to go silly and play for Madrid. Because due to many superstars like Ronaldinho, Owen, Beckham and Henry. They were worshipped like God when they were back at their previous league but when it comes to La Liga they are close to zero. So last piece of advice Ronaldo, think before you leave. Money can't buy you happiness.

I have got to admit this song... The musical fusion and everything, it is totally rocking!

So here's the lyrics:

This town is colder now, I think it's sick of us
It's time to make our move, I'm shakin off the rust
I've got my heart set on anywhere but here
I'm staring down myself, counting up the years
Steady hands, just take the wheel...
And every glance is killing me
Time to make one last appeal... for the life I lead

Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be, oh
Stop and stare
You start to wonder why you're 'here' not there
And you'd give anything to get what's fair
But fair ain't what you really need
Oh, can u see what I see

They're tryin to come back, all my senses push
Un-tie the weight bags, I never thought I could...
Steady feet, don't fail me now
Gonna run till you can't walk
But something pulls my focus out
And I'm standing down...

Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be, oh
Stop and stare
You start to wonder why you're here not there
And you'd give anything to get what's fair
But fair ain't what you really need
Oh, you don't need

What u need, what u need...

Stop and stare
I think I'm moving but I go nowhere
Yeah I know that everyone gets scared
But I've become what I can't be
Oh, do u see what I see...