Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne (2003) (VG)

User Rating:

9.5/10   

Writer:

Sam Lake (written by)

Release Date:

25 October 2003 (Ireland)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

A Film Noir Love Story

Plot:

The brooding cop has left the DEA and returned to the NYPD. When his latest case ends up involving the thought-dead femme fatale Mona Sax, he finds that his journey through the night is far from over. |

Plot Keywords:

Nypd | Multiple Perspectives | Ambush | Neo Noir | Sniper

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

James McCaffrey	...	Detective Max Payne (voice)
Wendy Hoopes	...	Mona Sax / Answering Machine (voice)
Jonathan Davis	...	Vladimir Lem / Witness (voice)
Vince Viverito	...	Lt. Jim Bravura (voice)
Jennifer Server	...	Detective Valerie Winterson (voice)
John Braden	...	Senator Alfred Woden / Security Guard / Male Sales Voice (voice)
Fred Berman	...	Vinnie Gognitti / Junkie / Mental Patient (voice)
David O'Brien	...	Cartoon Host / Return To Sender Announcer / Male Sales Voice (voice)
Michael Mags	...	Captain Baseball Bat-Boy (voice)
Victoria Pontecorvo	...	Bicycle Helmet-Girl (voice)
John Zurhellen	...	Demon / Zombie (voice)
Ann Scobie	...	Lady Amelia / Doctor / Kyra Silver (voice)
Chris Durham	...	Lord Valentine / Cleaner / Security Guard (voice)
Kevin Conroy	...	Lord Jack / Cleaner / Commando (voice)
Marge Redmond	...	Mama / Neighbor (voice)

Also Known As:

Max Payne 2 (USA) (working title)
Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne - A Film Noir Love Story (USA)

Country:

Finland | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:18 | Australia:MA | Germany:18 | Ireland:15 | New Zealand:R16 | USA:M

Company:

Remedy Entertainment

Trivia:

First announced at the 2003 Electronic Entertainment Expo. Along with the announcement was the press release that the Max Payne rights had been sold to the publisher.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: While in the derelict building as Mona, a number of signs display the word "authorised" spelled in UK English even though the game takes place in the United States.

Quotes:

Max Payne: [narrating] Vlad was right. There are no choices. Nothing but a straight line. The illusion comes afterwards, when you ask 'Why me?' and 'What if?'. When you look back and see the branches, like a pruned bonsai tree, or forked lightning. If you had done something differently, it wouldn't be you. It would be someone else looking back, asking a different set of questions.

Movie Connections:

References Jackie Brown (1997)

Soundtrack:

Late Goodbye

High quality game, looks amazing and doesn't need super video cards for it

I love this game.

First, I want to say this, My Geforce 3 Ti200 and Pentium 4 2.8Ghz runs this game at "max" settings and it runs very smoothly, game looks better than Half-Life 2 or Doom 3 and doesn't need a killer video card, just shows you how much.

Second, the game story is good, Max Payne has a very deep perspective about life general facts like dreams, the past, love, crime and more, I like hearing what he has to say about those things, it is almost like poetry.

The games music is good, it can really touch you and get you into the mood of the story.

The game action is great, a lot of fun with bullet time and high realistic games, I love the fact that you see him drop the magazine of the gun, it is probably the only game right now that really drops the magazine on the floor.

Great quality game, will be a classic and set the bar for future games.