During a routine murder investigation he finds himself face-to-face with the fugitive Mona Sax, a woman he thought was dead. A few years have passed, and Max has returned to work for the NYPD as a homicide detective. However, he is cleared of all charges, thanks to his relationship with a very influential member of society, Senator Alfred Woden. Max Payne has been taken by the police and is about to face charges for his killing spree. As the story unfolds he gains a number of “allies”, including a Russian mafia gangster, called Vladimir Lem, and Mona Sax, a female vigilante who is out to avenge the death of her twin sister, Lisa, and manages to bring down the ring-leaders in a major drug-operation for a narcotic called V or Valkyr-after the mythological figures in Norse mythology. Renegade DEA agent and former NYPD officer Max Payne attempts to hunt down the ones responsible for murdering his wife and child, as well as framing him for the murder of his partner, Alex Balder. The film rendition received negative reviews but was commercially successful As of 2011, the Max Payne franchise has sold over 7.5 million copies.

The franchise is notable for its use of “bullet time” in action sequences, as well as being positively received by critics, although Max Payne 2’s sales were considered underwhelming.

Max Payne 3 was developed by Rockstar Studios and released on for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and on Jfor Microsoft Windows. In 2008, a movie adaption, loosely based on the original game, entitled Max Payne was released, distributed by 20th Century Fox, starring Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis in the roles of Max Payne and Mona Sax, respectively. A sequel entitled Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne was released in 2003 for Xbox, PlayStation 2 and Microsoft Windows. The first game of the series Max Payne, was released in 2001 for Microsoft Windows and in 2002 for Xbox, PlayStation 2, and Apple Macintosh a different version of the game was released for the Game Boy Advance in 2003. The series’ first and second installments were written by Sam Lake, while Max Payne 3 was primarily written by Rockstar Games’ Dan Houser. The series is named after its protagonist, Max Payne, a New York City police detective turned vigilante after his family had been murdered by drug dealers. Max Payne is a third-person shooter video game series developed by Remedy Entertainment (Max Payne and Max Payne 2) and Rockstar Studios (Max Payne 3).

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