12 Movies You Didn't Realise Were Just Ripping Off Video Games

4. John Wick = Max Payne

The Video Game: Remedy Entertainment's iconic shoot 'em up franchise was the first major game to adopt the "bullet time" mechanic from The Matrix movies and transform it into something revolutionary. The game pitted players as a New York City Detective looking to avenge the murder of his wife and child, leading to a huge pile of dead bodies and some of the most satisfying (slow-mo) combat ever seen in a video game. Classic. The Movie: It's apt that the movie to most closely evoke the thrilling tone of Max Payne to date isn't the terrible Mark Wahlberg-starring official adaptation, but last year's cult hit John Wick, which appropriately enough starred Neo himself, Keanu Reeves. As the similarly haunted title character, he suffers the murder of his pet dog, and goes on a rampage across the city, destroying nightclubs full of gangsters with a gorgeous visual style that allowed audiences to really savour all the action. While it might not strictly feel like a film noir as eagerly as Payne does, John Wick's overall tone and penchant for balletic action mayhem makes it the closest cinematic equivalent so far.