Foxx to play psychotic computer game character?

Today it was unofficially announced that Jamie Foxx will be playing Lynch alongside Bruce Willis in the screen adaptation of Kane and Lynch. this has created a lot of hoopla on movie discussion boards across the web, as the Foxx steps into the shoes of a psychotic, middle-aged, lank haired white man.

Kane and Foxx

Many argue that he is completely wrong for the role, and that aesthetically it will not work. However i must say I'm more worried about a computer game being made to film as, so far, these conversions have been pretty dire. I give you Hitman, any of the Mortal Kombat films, I would say Resident Evil but all I remember from that is Milla Jovovich and Slipknot being on the soundtrack. Pokemon. The list goes on...

Michael Clarke Duncan played the usually white Kingpin rather well in what was an otherwise very average Daredevil. Who can forget Morgan Freeman playing the Irish "Red" in Shawshank? Sure his colour was different from the book but Freeman was nominated for an oscar for his performance, whilst i can't imagine a better cast actor for the role.

Duncan and Kingpin

What these online movie buffs should be worrying about is whether yet another shitty film is going to be made from computer game source material, not who's is going to be starring in it...