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Hamilton (pronounced /ˈhæməltən/) (2006 population 504,559; UA population 647,634; CMA population 692,911) is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely...
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X-Men

X-Men is a 2000 superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics characters of the same name. Directed by Bryan Singer, the film stars Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Anna Paquin, Famke Janssen, Bruce Davison, James Marsden, Halle...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 13, 2000

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Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 104 min (62.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 75,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Exit Wounds

Exit Wounds is a 2001 action film based on the book of the same name by John Westermann. The film, aside from the title and some of the character's names has no resemblance to the novel. For instance, the book takes place on Long Island, while the...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 16, 2001

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Runtime:

  • 101 min (60.6 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 33,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

John Q

John Q is a 2002 film by Nick Cassavetes; starring Denzel Washington as John Quincy Archibald, a father and husband whose son is diagnosed with an enlarged heart and then finds out he cannot receive a transplant because HMO insurance will not cover...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 15, 2002

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Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 118 min (70.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 36,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Bulletproof Monk

Bulletproof Monk is a 2003 martial arts action/fantasy film starring Chow Yun-Fat, Seann William Scott and Jaime King. The film was directed by Paul Hunter. It is loosely based on the comic book by Michael Avon Oeming. The film was shot in Toronto,...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 16, 2003

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Runtime:

  • 104 min (62.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 52,000,000 (US$)

Canadian Bacon

Canadian Bacon is a 1995 comedy film written, directed and produced by Michael Moore. It was the last film released to star John Candy, although it was filmed before Wagons East! It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1995 Cannes...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 22, 1995

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Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 11,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

The Long Kiss Goodnight

The Long Kiss Goodnight is a 1996 action thriller film starring Geena Davis and Samuel L. Jackson, written by Shane Black and directed by Renny Harlin. Samantha Caine (Geena Davis) is a suburban mother and schoolteacher with a seemingly normal life...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 11, 1996

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 120 min (72 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 65,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Strange Brew

The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew is a 1983 film starring the popular SCTV characters Bob & Doug McKenzie, played by Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis, who also served as co-directors. Max von Sydow co-stars. The story is loosely based...

Initial release date:

  • 1983

Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

Resident Evil: Apocalypse

Resident Evil: Apocalypse is a 2004 science fiction action horror film. It is the second installment in the series of film adaptations based on the Capcom survival horror game series Resident Evil. Borrowing elements from the video games Resident...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 10, 2004

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Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 43,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

The Big Hit

The Big Hit is a 1998 action-comedy film directed by Hong Kong filmmaker Kirk Wong. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Lou Diamond Phillips, Christina Applegate, Avery Brooks, and Elliot Gould. The film was shot in Hamilton, and Pickering, Ontario,...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 24, 1998

Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 13,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Gone in Sixty Seconds

Gone in 60 Seconds is a 2000 American action film, starring Nicholas Cage, Giovanni Ribisi, Christopher Eccleston, Robert Duvall, Will Patton, and Angelina Jolie. The film was directed by Dominic Sena, and written by Scott Rosenberg. It was produced...

Initial release date:

  • 2000

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 117 min (70.2 hs )

Produced by:

Land of the Dead

Land of the Dead (also known as George A. Romero's Land of the Dead) is a horror film by director George A. Romero, the fourth of Romero's six Living Dead movies. It is preceded by Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead and Day of the Dead, and...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 24, 2005

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Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 16,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Glitter

Glitter is a 2001 American drama film directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall and starring pop/R&B; singer, songwriter Mariah Carey. It was produced by 20th Century Fox and Columbia Pictures. It centers on the life and times of a struggling singer from the...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 21, 2001

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Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 104 min (62.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 22,000,000 (US$)

Against the Ropes

Against the Ropes is a 2004 drama movie. It was directed by Charles S. Dutton, in his motion-picture directorial debut. It is a fictionalized account of the American boxing manager Jackie Kallen, who was the first woman to become a success in the...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 20, 2004

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Runtime:

  • 111 min (66.6 hs )

Amerika

Amerika – suggesting a Russified name for the United States – is an American television miniseries that was broadcast in 1987 on ABC. It starred Kris Kristofferson, Mariel Hemingway, Sam Neill, Robert Urich, and a 17-year-old Lara Flynn Boyle in her...

Initial release date:

  • 1987

Death to Smoochy

Death to Smoochy is a 2002 dark comedy film directed by and starring Danny DeVito. It also stars Robin Williams, Edward Norton, Catherine Keener, and Jon Stewart. Randolph Smiley, a.k.a. "Rainbow Randolph"(a parody of Mr. Rogers and Pee-Wee Herman) ...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 29, 2002

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Runtime:

  • 109 min (65.4 hs )

Screenplay by:

Hearts of Fire

Hearts of Fire was a 1987 film starring Bob Dylan, Fiona Flanagan (billed only as "Fiona") and Rupert Everett. The film was essentially a vehicle for Dylan based on his success as a rock musician. It received poor reviews, a limited theatrical...

Initial release date:

  • 1987

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Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

Screenplay by:

Finding Forrester

Finding Forrester is a 2000 movie, written by Mike Rich and directed by Gus Van Sant. A teenager, Jamal Wallace (Rob Brown) is accepted into a prestigious private high school. He befriends a reclusive writer, William Forrester (Sean Connery). Anna...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 19, 2000

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Runtime:

  • 136 min (81.6 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Wrong Turn

Wrong Turn is a 2003 horror film, directed by Rob Schmidt, and written by Alan B. McElroy. The film stars Desmond Harrington, and Eliza Dushku. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, and was followed by Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, due to its...

Initial release date:

  • May 30, 2003

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Runtime:

  • 84 min (50 hs )

Screenplay by:

Cinderella Man

Cinderella Man is a 2005 American drama film by Ron Howard, titled after the nickname of heavyweight boxing champion James J. Braddock and inspired by his life story. The film was produced by Howard, Penny Marshall, and Brian Grazer. James J....

Initial release date:

  • 2005

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Runtime:

  • 144 min (86.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 88,000,000 (US$)

Detroit Rock City

Detroit Rock City is a 1999 cult film about four teenagers in a Kiss cover band who try to see their idols in Detroit in 1978. It takes its title from the Kiss song of the same name. The movie bombed at the box office, grossing fewer than five...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 15, 1999

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 15,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

The Cutting Edge

The Cutting Edge is a 1992 romantic comedy film directed by Paul Michael Glaser and written by Tony Gilroy. The plot is about a very rich, spoiled figure skater (played by Moira Kelly) who is paired with a has-been ice hockey player (played by D. B....

Initial release date:

  • Mar 27, 1992

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Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 97 min (58 hs )

Screenplay by:

The Crossing

The Crossing is a 2000 A&E; film based on the novel of the same name by Howard Fast starring Jeff Daniels as George Washington. Also appearing in the film are Roger Rees as Hugh Mercer, Sebastian Roche as John Glover and Steven McCarthy as Alexander...

Initial release date:

  • 2000

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Runtime:

  • 89 min (53 hs )

Screenplay by:

Cheaper by the Dozen 2

Cheaper by the Dozen 2 is a film produced by 20th Century Fox and released in 2005. It is the sequel to the family comedy film Cheaper by the Dozen (2003). Shawn Levy, the director of the first film, did not return as director for this sequel, which...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 21, 2005

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

Four Brothers

Four Brothers (2005) is an action crime film directed by John Singleton. The movie stars Tyrese Gibson, Andre Benjamin, Mark Wahlberg, and Garrett Hedlund. The film was shot in Detroit, Michigan and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. This film is loosely...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 12, 2005

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 109 min (65.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 40,000,000 (US$)

Produced by:

Rated X

Rated X is a 2000 film starring brothers Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez, with the latter also directing. It is based on the nonfiction book X-Rated by David McCumber which chronicles the story of the Mitchell brothers, Jim and Artie Mitchell, who...

Initial release date:

  • 2000

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The Man

The Man is a 2005 comedy crime film starring Eugene Levy and Samuel L. Jackson. The Man is directed by Les Mayfield and produced by Rob Fried from a screenplay by Jim Piddock, Margaret Oberman and Steve Carpenter, based on the story by Jim Piddock...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 9, 2005

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Runtime:

  • 83 min (50 hs )

Avenging Angelo

Avenging Angelo is a 2002 film directed by Martyn Burke that stars Sylvester Stallone and Madeleine Stowe. This is the last film in which Anthony Quinn appeared. It was released a few months after his death. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario,...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 30, 2002

Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

Silent Hill

Silent Hill is a 2006 horror film directed by Christophe Gans and written by Roger Avary. The story is an adaptation of the Silent Hill series of survival horror games created by Konami. The film, particularly its emotional and aesthetic content as...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 21, 2006

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 127 min (76.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 50,000,000 (US$)

Riding the Bus with My Sister

Riding the Bus with My Sister is a memoir by Rachel Simon, published in 2002 by Houghton Mifflin about the time she spent with her mentally challenged sister Beth, whose lifestyle centers around riding buses in her home city. In 2005, the book was...

Initial release date:

  • 2002

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Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

Youngblood

Youngblood is a 1986 American drama film, starring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Gibb, Keanu Reeves and Ed Lauter. The film begins with a 17-year-old farmhand from rural New York state, Dean Youngblood (Rob Lowe), who has dreams of playing in...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 31, 1986

Runtime:

  • 110 min (66 hs )

Produced by:

Sins of the Father

Sins of the Father is a 2002 American docudrama directed by Robert Dornhelm. The teleplay by John Pielmeier is based on a Texas Monthly article by Pamela Colloff chronicling the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama. The...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 6, 2002

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

The Air Up There

The Air Up There is a 1994 comedic film directed by Paul Michael Glaser. For scenes taking place in the United States, the film was actually shot in Toronto & Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Copps Coliseum sat in for the University's arena. Scenes in...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 7, 1994

Directed by:

Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

Screenplay by:

Hairspray

Hairspray is a 2007 American musical film produced by Zadan/Meron Productions and distributed by New Line Cinema. It was released in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom on July 20, 2007. The film is an adaptation of the 2002 Broadway...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 20, 2007

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Rating:

PG (USA)

Runtime:

  • 117 min (70.2 hs )

Saint Ralph

Saint Ralph is a 2004 Canadian drama film written and directed by Michael McGowan. Its central character is a teenaged boy who trains for the 1954 Boston Marathon in the hope a victory will be the miracle his mother needs to awaken from a coma. The...

Initial release date:

  • 2004

Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

Away From Her

Away from Her is a 2006 Canadian film which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival and also played in the Premier category at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. The feature-length directorial debut of Canadian actress Sarah Polley, the...

Initial release date:

  • 2006

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Runtime:

  • 110 min (66 hs )

Screenplay by:

The Incredible Hulk

The Incredible Hulk is a 2008 superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character the Hulk. It is directed by Louis Leterrier and stars Edward Norton as Dr. Bruce Banner/the Hulk. It is not a sequel to Hulk (2003), but rather a reboot that...

Initial release date:

  • Jun 13, 2008

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 114 min (68.4 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 100,000,000 (US$)

Zoom

Zoom (also known with its subtitle Academy for Superheroes) is a 2006 film released on August 11, 2006. It is based upon the children's book Amazing Adventures from Zoom's Academy by Jason Lethcoe. Directed by Peter Hewitt, the film stars Tim Allen,...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 11, 2006

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Runtime:

  • 83 min (50 hs )

American Pie: The Naked Mile

American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile is a 2006 teen comedy film released directly to DVD on December 19, 2006. After the commercial success of the direct-to-DVD production, American Pie Presents: Band Camp, Universal Studios Home Entertainment...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 19, 2006

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Closing the Ring

Closing the Ring is a film directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer, Mischa Barton, Stephen Amell, Neve Campbell, Pete Postlethwaite, and Brenda Fricker. The film was released in the United Kingdom and...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 28, 2007

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Screenplay by:

Man of the Year

Man of the Year is a 2006 American comedy/drama film directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robin Williams in the lead role. In addition to Williams, the film features Christopher Walken, Laura Linney, Lewis Black, and Jeff Goldblum. In the film,...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 13, 2006

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Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 115 min (69 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

The Path to 9/11

The Path to 9/11 was a two-part miniseries that aired in the United States on ABC television from September 10 – 11, 2006, and also in other countries. The film dramatizes the 1993 World Trade Center bombing in New York City and the events leading...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 10, 2006

The Third Miracle

The Third Miracle is a 1999 drama film directed by Agnieszka Holland starring Ed Harris and Anne Heche. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Father Frank Shore (Ed Harris) is an American priest, now a Postulator, who investigates claims...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 20, 2000

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Runtime:

  • 119 min (71.4 hs )

Thrill Seekers

Thrill Seekers ("The Time Shifters" --U.K. title--) is a 1999 Sci-Fi movie featuring Casper Van Dien, Catherine Bell and Martin Sheen, among others. The film was shot in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Tom Merrick (Van Dien) works as a TV reporter when...

Initial release date:

  • 1999

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Talk to Me

Talk To Me is a 2007 film about Washington, D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist, and Dewey Hughes, his friend and manager. The movie spans the time period May 1966 to...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 12, 2007

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Runtime:

  • 118 min (70.8 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Firehouse Dog

Firehouse Dog is a family film produced by Regency Enterprises and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Directed by Todd Holland, it stars Josh Hutcherson, Bruce Greenwood, Dash Mihok, Steven Culp and Bill Nunn. It was released April 4, 2007, in the U.S...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 4, 2007

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Runtime:

  • 111 min (66.6 hs )

The Time Traveler's Wife

The Time Traveler's Wife is a 2009 film based on Audrey Niffenegger's 2003 novel of the same name. The film is directed by Robert Schwentke and stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams. Filming began in September 2007, originally in anticipation of a fall...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 14, 2009

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Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

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Splice

Splice is a science fiction film directed by Vincenzo Natali and starring Adrien Brody and Sarah Polley, who portray two young scientists who begin involving human DNA in their splicing of animal genes. Two young scientists (Brody and Polley)...

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Repo Men!

Repo Men! (formerly known as Repossession Mambo) is an upcoming science fiction action thriller directed by Miguel Sapochnik, starring Jude Law and Forest Whitaker. In 2003, screenwriters Eric Garcia and Garrett Lerner began collaborating with...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 2, 2010

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RFK

RFK is an American TV movie directed by Robert Dornhelm released in 2002. It takes place through the eyes of Robert F. Kennedy after his brother John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963. As he lives through the loss, he starts to identify himself as...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 25, 2002

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Runtime:

  • 94 min (56 hs )

Traitor

When straight arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton heads up the investigation into a dangerous international conspiracy, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn

Initial release date:

  • Aug 27, 2008

Runtime:

  • 114 min (68.4 hs )

Solar Attack

Solar Attack (also called Solar Strike) is a 2005 direct-to-video film by Lions Gate Entertainment. It concerns large coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that cause the Earth's atmosphere to burn, potentially suffocating all life on Earth. All of this...

Initial release date:

  • 2005

Runtime:

  • 91 min (55 hs )

Weirdsville

Weirdsville is a black comedy directed by Allan Moyle and written by Willem Wennekers. The film premiered January 18, 2007 at the 2007 Slamdance Film Festival. The film has also been shown at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, the Toronto...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 19, 2007

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Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

XIII

XIII: The Conspiracy is a Franco-Canadian 2008 TV mini-series based on the Franco-Belgian comic book series of the same title by Jean Van Hamme and William Vance, revolving around an amnesiac protagonist who seeks to discover his concealed past. The...

Initial release date:

  • 2008

The Good Witch

The Good Witch is a made-for-tv movie that was filmed on location in Hamilton, Ontario. It aired on the Hallmark Channel on January 19, 2008. It starred Catherine Bell as Cassandra Nightingale and Chris Potter as Sheriff Jake Russell. A mysterious...

Runtime:

  • 89 min (53 hs )

Citizen Duane

Citizen Duane is a 2006 Canadian comedy film. Duane Balfour (Smith) was born into a family of misfortune, in the prairie town of Ridgeburg. After losing a high school election against his enemy Chad, he decides to run for mayor against the wishes of...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 2, 2006

Runtime:

  • 85 min (51 hs )

Flash of Genius

Flash of Genius is a 2008 American biographical film directed by Marc Abraham. The screenplay by Philip Railsback, based on a 1993 New Yorker article by John Seabrook, focuses on Robert Kearns and his legal battle against the Ford Motor Company when...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 3, 2008

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Runtime:

  • 119 min (71.4 hs )

Screenplay by:

Max Payne

Max Payne is a 2008 American noir action film loosely based on the 2001 video game of the same name by Remedy Entertainment. It was written by Beau Thorne and was directed by John Moore. The film stars Mark Wahlberg in the title role as Max Payne,...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 17, 2008

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Runtime:

  • 125 min (75 hs )
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