Earlier this month we reported that the upcoming movie version of Remedy's Max Payne action game series was in danger of getting an R rating which would almost certainly cut into the box office take of the film. Now our sister site Game Daily has posted up word that the Motion Picture Association of America has finally given the film a much more mainstream PG-13 rating.

Game Daily spoke with the film's director John Moore who said he "didn't have to change much" to get the final PG-13 rating for the Mark Wahlberg flick. He added, "I think it's as effective a video game movie you're ever going to see. I think getting an R rating or not doesn't impact the movie one bit." The film is still due in theaters on Oct. 17 and Moore said he's even thinking about a sequel if the first does well, saying, "I think in the movie there are enough loose ends to maybe make Max realize that it's not all over."