I don’t need to remind anyone how offensively bad the Max Payne movie adaptation was. In fact, it was so bad that I can’t even remember how bad it was; instead, it’s just this black spot that my memory has blocked out and erased.
However, that was then, and this is now. For the first time in my lifetime, video game-to-move adaptions are on a winning streak, with hit after hit getting released. So when news broke that El Paso, Elsewhere, a Max Payne-inspired shooter, would be getting a movie adaption, I was excited.
For those who don’t know the game, its Steam write-up reads:
Hunt werewolves, fallen angels, and other damned creatures in a vivid slow motion love letter to action classics. Fight your way through a reality-shifting motel, floor by bloody floor. Save the victims of Draculae, lord of the vampires. Destroy the villain you loved—even if it means dying yourself.
El Paso, Elsewhere was well received at launch and even managed to be nominated for Best Indie Game. It still holds a Very Positive review on Steam.
As of now, not much is known about the adaptation except that LaKeith Stanfield, known for his work in Get Out and Knives Out, is in talks to star in the movie, and production company Di Bonaventura Pictures, best known for the Transformers and GI Joe films, is signed to produce.
But now I want to know if you have ever played El Paso, Elsewhere, and if so, are you excited to see it have its moment on the big screen? Let us know in the comments.