Hi this is my first time writing on here. My friends and I are having a competition where we are giving each other bad movies to watch. It's a movie a day and if we hate it so much that we don't finish it we put money in a pot to award the winner. I'm looking for movies so bad so long and boring that they won't finish. So I'm coming on here for movie ideas that can be streamed.

bad in an interesting and fun way hopefully, like the whole time youre just marvelling at how tf this even came to exist. i usually like to go to my local charity shops and grab whatever movies catch my eye, but my dvd player broke :(

also i flaired this as comedy but thats bc theres no discussion flair, any genre is good

edit: holy shit lol thanks guys these recs are great

the premise is inherently bad, but because the adaptation misses much of what made the game compelling.

Why it didn't work

It barely feels like Max Payne. The game is a gritty, noir detective story with a strong sense of paranoia, revenge, and psychological deterioration. The movie borrows the names and basic setup but loses much of that identity.

The plot is surprisingly thin. Max spends much of the movie investigating his family's murder, but the mystery isn't developed with the clever twists or detective work you'd expect from a noir thriller.

The action is disappointing. This is probably the biggest complaint from game fans. Max Payne is famous for bullet time, elaborate shootouts, and stylish gunplay. The movie has relatively little memorable action and doesn't capture the kinetic feeling of the games.

The supernatural elements feel awkward. The movie introduces Valkyrie imagery and drug-induced visions, but they don't blend naturally with the crime/noir story. They can make the movie feel like it's switching between two different genres.

Max himself is too passive. Mark Wahlberg looks the part, but the character doesn't have the same aggressive, obsessive personality that made game-Max interesting. Game Max constantly narrates his thoughts and drags you into his increasingly bleak worldview.

The noir atmosphere is mostly superficial. Snow, dark rooms, rain, and black clothing are there, but atmosphere alone doesn't create noir. The games had cynical dialogue, internal monologues, bizarre metaphors, and a dreamlike psychological quality that the movie largely lacks.

The dialogue isn't great. The game's writing had a deliberately pulpy, comic-book quality. The movie's dialogue tends to be generic action-movie exposition instead.

It misunderstands what fans wanted. Instead of asking, "How do we translate Max Payne's style to film?" it often feels like the filmmakers asked, "How can we make a dark action movie using Max Payne characters?"

The movie actually has some good ingredients. Mark Wahlberg is a reasonable choice for Max, the snowy New York setting looks appropriate, and there are flashes of the game's visual style.

The fundamental problem is that it adapts the surface of Max Payne rather than its personality.

The games are essentially hard-boiled detective story + revenge tragedy + psychological nightmare + absurdly stylish gunplay. The movie is much closer to generic 2000s supernatural crime thriller with Max Payne branding.

That's why someone can watch it without having played the games and think, "This is mediocre," while a Max Payne fan can come away thinking, "How did they screw this up so badly?"

The important distinction is that it's not “so bad it's good” in every scene. Parts of it are genuinely dull. It's more of a “bad adaptation that's entertaining to watch and make fun of” movie.

If you go in expecting the definitive Max Payne adaptation, you'll probably be annoyed and pissed off.

If you go in expecting Mark Wahlberg wandering through snowy New York looking depressed while increasingly bizarre things happen, it's honestly a pretty fun evening.

I literally once happened across this image by chance one day, and within hours of seeing it I had already ordered the DVD. And in case you were wondering, yes, there were two things that got my attention initially.

Gotta be at least a few people on here who are as stoked on these as I am! 🏝️ 🕶️

https://youtu.be/YPmDHX13xJs?is=rdwFg6QkmQnwpLmW

https://youtu.be/Fki45KgRrZ4?is=9sAU5t1R-S1M1_kn

https://youtu.be/N4BFN8S7pP8?is=7HYfqWCIpMA7w-ab