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Max Payne

CrimeActionDrama

Directed by John Moore

A DEA agent whose family was slain as part of a conspiracy, and an assassin out to avenge her sister's death, join forces to solve a series of murders in New York City. From TMDB

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Max Payne is a 2008 crime action drama film, directed by John Moore, starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Beau Bridges.

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  • Coach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.socialBluesky · May 13, 2026

    This is incredible. My buddy showed me this clip and asked what I thought it was from and I said the Max Payne game but no apparently this is a finished scene of that new Punisher movie lol

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  • Christian Johannesén @phatseejay.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2025

    This one screengrab of Jack Quaid from NOVOCAINE has more Max Payne energy than the entire Max Payne movie.

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  • Casey S. Pumpkins 🎃 @caseyexplosion.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2026

    Said something on stream today to the effects of we culturally forgot the Prince of Persia movie as a kindness to Jake Gyllenhaal, but never forget the Max Payne movie because Mark Wahlberg doesn't deserve it, and I think I was cooking with that.

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  • MyNameIsAtticus @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 19, 2026

    Day 763 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today's game is Control. I went through the ashtray maze today. I had *wanted* to get a portrait of Jesse with the headphones and everything on, but i had a friend asking about the game and was focused on getting a small clip of this segment to show to him to convince him to try it. I had missed my window. From what i hear you can replay it in the AWE DLC so i'll settle for it there.…

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  • MyNameIsAtticus @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 7, 2026

    Day 539 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today's game is **Max Payne**. I went ahead and figured out how to renable the Developer tools again and was just playing around with it. Remedy games are always the most fun to do this with because not only does it let you get out neat screenshots (like the one above), but theres some interesting things to be found out of bounds.…

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  • MyNameIsAtticus @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 11, 2026

    Day 543 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today's game is **Halo 3**. I was bored and doing a little "Spring Cleaning" of my Steam Library, narrowing everything down to what's on hold and what i'm playing. Right now Max Payne and Halo are in the Currently Playing, while my on hold looks like this: ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/992b8b93-cbcc-4baa-a7b0-79e608513963.png) I had the overwhelming urge though to play the last mission of Halo 3. I'm not exactly…

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  • MyNameIsAtticus @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 15, 2026

    Day 547 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today's game is some more **Max Payne**. Today was a bit short due time constraints and just overall exhaustion (i'm in the middle of moving). I did the Jack Lupino boss fight today. I bring this up because i wanted to talk about the very allusion to norse mythology, and which flew over my head until the last few chapters.…

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  • MyNameIsAtticus @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 22, 2026

    Day 554 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today's game is **Mario Kart 64**. I decided to celebrate finishing moving by just kicking back and playing this. I tried to setup cloud streaming so my friend could join me too but it didn't want to work. So i just kicked back and played a few races alone. If you look at the screenshot you'll notice i'm only going 20. That's because of a joke i started with friends where i go about what i'd guess the speed limit would be…

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  • MyNameIsAtticus @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 9, 2026

    Day 541 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today's game is **Max Payne**. I continued my playthrough today with a friend who's on call. I was just kind of peeking around with the camera when i noticed the writing on the wall behind Max (literally). I probably missed it my first playthrough because i was blind, but it's kind of ironic that the writing was literally on the wall the entire game.…

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  • AgentSeven @[email protected]Lemmy · Oct 22, 2026

    I've never paid a cent to stream anything. There's all kinds of streaming everything that wants me to pay money to stream their shit. Guess what? No. You can do it now. You'll be able to do it in the future too. Movies, games, makes no difference. There are several lifetimes worth of games you can play without capitulating to the stupid late-stage capitalist bullshit that's going on in this moment. And it's not always easy. I recently purchased a copy of Max Payne 3, a *14 year old…

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  • MyNameIsAtticus @[email protected]Lemmy · Feb 12, 2026

    Day 575 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing. Today’s game is some more Alan Wake II. I already made it through the hotel today. I always forget how fast this game goes by. It definitely is a good length, but damn does it leave me wanting more. ![](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/f123609d-0f8d-430b-86ea-b33df0df4673.jpeg) Speaking of the Hotel, while in room 666 I had noticed the furniture in there (as in the stuff in the shadows) is all Pitch Black. With how much…

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  • Mojimbo54321 @[email protected]Lemmy · Jun 1, 2026

    Started Max Payne 3 whoa. Started Max Payne 3, holy cow the physics of shooting, and how windows break when shooting them just superb, makes me wish GTA V could havehad more of this, or.been on the 8th gen consoles, Cant wait to experience more of.it

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  • sanitation @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 11, 2026

    Max Payne 1 and 2 Remakes Still in Full Production Years After Announcement, Alan Wake 2 and Control Resonant Reach New Milestones.

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  • BoringKate @boringkate.comBluesky · Nov 6, 2025

    The movie Underworld (2003) had an official licensed promotional Half-Life mod!? It's just multiplayer stuff, but ngl the maps and character models look cool as hell. Peak 2003. Type of shit you'd see in Max Payne or BloodRayne.

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  • Ólafur Waage @olafurw.comBluesky · Jun 6, 2026

    Jack Quaid should play Max Payne. That's the post.

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  • Romance & Relationships Film Festival @romancefestival.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 26, 2026

    Watch Max Payne: Broken Promises, 13min., Fan Fiction/Action/Crime (new film on the platform) www.wildsound.ca/videos/watch... Loosely based on the popular Video Game Franchise; Max Payne, a former detective retired in body but not in torment, numbs his pain with pills, cigarettes, and alcohol.

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  • Shane Luis @rerez.netBluesky · Mar 16, 2025

    For a sec while reading this article I thought for sure I was seeing a screenshot from a new Max Payne movie I had not heard of.

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  • Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Festival @actionfantasyscifi.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 25, 2026

    WINNERS: February 2026 FAN FICTION Festival fanfictionfestival.com/2026/02/24/w... A showcase of the best of FAN FICTION from around the world today. AUDIENCE AWARDS: Best Short Film: Max Payne: Broken Promises Best Direction: Hawkeye: The Broken Arrow #fanfiction #filmfestival #festivalwinners

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  • Rob McCallum @robmccallum.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 10, 2025

    Demon designs for the, well, Demon in the Max Payne movie #conceptart #creaturedesign #maxpayne

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  • Hot Blooded Tough Guy Rusty Shackles @rustyshackles.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    I missed a chance to talk about this one recently but I love this one so much. Tbf Hard Boiled is my fave movie of all time so biased. I think a lot of peeps dismissed it as a Max Payne clone, because they don’t know what irony is. Like saying “This lady snowblood game is a kill bill rip off!”

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  • Robin-Yann Storm @rystorm.comBluesky · Feb 3, 2025

    This feels like they tried to get the rights to Max Payne, failed, and then decided to shift everything slightly so that it's different, yet the same. The painkillers, the 'Caine' pun, the nearly identical Sam Lake face, it's uncanny

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  • Colin Spacetwinks @spacetwinks.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 6, 2026

    Rollerdrome ($7.99) - Tony Hawk's Pro Max Payne Rollerskater. slip into the vibes of a hyperviolent 70s sci-fi movie, and front flip into rail grind into double headshots your way to the top of this bloodsport. store.steampowered.com/app/1294420/...

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  • Die4Ever @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 12, 2026

    Max Payne 3 was really disappointing compared to 1&2. Phantasy Star Online 2 never hit me like PSO, maybe it's the pace of the game

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  • Pazuzus fathers brothers nephews cousins former roommate @mark-80.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 10, 2025

    #NowWatching Max Payne (2008) Dir: John Moore #Movies #Film

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  • CheeseGX @cheesegx.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2025

    Saw Novocaine, sometimes a good gimmick is all a movie needs to land exactly how it wants to. Jack Quaid in the last act looks more like Sam Lake in Max Payne 1 than Sam Lake looks like Max Payne in Max Payne 1. Infact I kinda NEED Quaid to be his face model in the 1+2 remake.

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  • Damiano Gerli @damiano.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 28, 2026

    Ghajini (2008) is an action/stealth game released with the movie of the same name, with a classic revenge story told in Max Payne-style cutscenes. Part of the late 00s trend of games based on Bollywood movies, it was apparently the first big Indian 3D pc title.

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  • Reno @michaelpotok.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 14, 2025

    I've been saying Jack Quaid looks like Max Payne for like six years now. You can NOT convince me this is an accident.

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  • Rob McCallum @robmccallum.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 18, 2023

    Valkyrie Demon designs from the Max Payne movie- posting horror art I’ve done when i remember day something something

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  • Rob McCallum @robmccallum.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 30, 2023

    Morning. Storyboard from the Max Payne movie

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  • arturo182 @arturo182.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2025

    I'm sure I'm not the first person to say this but Jack Quaid needs to play Max Payne, like, right now www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PyO...

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  • iocase @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 22, 2026

    ~~All~~ most of the people who made GTA 5 are long gone. The game isn't going to be edgy nor will it be pushing the envelope the way all their other games did. Its going to be safe and filled with inclusive dad jokes that suck the air out of the room... with character banter heavily inspired by wannabe MCU dialogue (which is also shit BTW but they emulate it because they want to be as successful as Marvel) E: I was being hyperbolic to make a point... Dan Houser: the bigger loss by most…

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  • FishFace @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 18, 2026

    > When huge warning signs didn’t work, devs started locking the highest difficulties until you beat the game once or implementing a hidden system that lowers difficulty or sneaks you some goodies if you keep dying too much. Adaptive difficulty has been a thing for decades. The first one I remember is Max Payne, released 25 years ago, though I don't remember if it was active on all difficulty settings...

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  • FishFace @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 5, 2026

    I think there are *a lot* of candidates before TLOU, and you are being *very* charitable I would say. The first game that I remember having a worthwhile story is probably Max Payne (themes of bereavement, drug addiction, betrayal) or the Thief games (environmental storytelling!)

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  • Brunty @brunty023.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    25% of the way through the PS2 Movie... And another music tease, which this one was a good get as well... Yes, I know the song is in Portuguese, but Max Payne 3 had some banger songs and this was the only one that wasn't DMCA!

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  • NightSkye27 🏳️‍⚧️ @nightskye27.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 9, 2026

    I just learned that Treasure Planet has an RTS game that takes place 5 years after the movie, making a pseudo-sequel, and it's apparently pretty good. And it's on Steam. The devs made Homeworld: Cataclysm and then went on to make Bully and Max Payne 3. store.steampowered.com/app/331970/D...

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  • Good Luck Future Boy @mariorivera.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 17, 2025

    Novocaine is the closest I’ll get to a fun Max Payne movie I ever get I’ll die happy.

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  • Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.appBluesky · Jul 16, 2025

    I think max payne is the worse game adaptation movie Not because it’s the worst script But it would have been soooo easy to like actually do Max Payne like the game

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  • Hidden Machine @hiddenmachine.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 9, 2025

    nothing quite like the thrill and subsequent disappointment of seeing MAX PAYNE on a shelf at a thrift store only to realize it's the movie

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  • rtxn @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 10, 2026

    I didn't mean that in a very positive way. I know there's a post-hoc *artistique* justification where Alan is a hack writer and everything in the dark place is only as good as his imagination... but a poorly made game is still a poorly made game, and trying to shove half of a Max Payne action shooter into an Alan Wake game is just asking for disappointment (just ask Amnesia fans about pigs).

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  • haywire @[email protected]Lemmy · Aug 5, 2026

    Cries in Max Payne. Borderlands I haven't watched, the trailer was enough to put me off. The first Resident Evil I really liked though. The Street Fighter movie with Vandamme and Kylie was camp fun.

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  • Narri N. (they/them) @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 7, 2026

    **THE FLESH OF FALLEN ANGELS**, a maze of blood suspended within an infinite void as the dying screams of your murdered daughter echo as the trail leads to her overturned crib, and a cheesy copnoir voiceover for me thanks. man Max Payne 1 was a ride.

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  • Jon of the 80s @nostalgiajon.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2026

    Thought about this film yesterday figured why not watch it. Yep watching hing Max Payne based upon the popular action video game. #filmsky #maxpayne

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  • Christopher Bird @mightygodking.comBluesky · Oct 14, 2025

    "wow that's like Max Payne!" Max Payne is "what if HARD BOILED but game." "this reminds me of THE MATRIX!" the Wachowskis freely admit they lifted from HARD BOILED. "this is like the Scorcese movie with the corrupt cops?" THE DEPARTED, remaking INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which owes its existence to HARD BOIL

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  • S A M @comicnerdsam.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 10, 2025

    We got two episodes in. My hot take so far is that if there's ever another Max Payne movie they should get this guy

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  • Wildmimic @[email protected]Lemmy · Jul 7, 2026

    Max Payne all the way - someone who can shrug off shotgun blasts by downing some painkillers will always win, at least when he has an ample supply of oxy.

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  • Drink a Beer & Play a Game @dbpg.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 26, 2026

    We have a new review up and it’s the original Max Payne This classic spawned 2 sequels, copycats, a movie and more…but does the one that started it all hold up today? youtu.be/8p_POkhZxTg?...

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  • RetroAchievements @retroachievements.orgBluesky · Sep 27, 2025

    His life in ruins, Max Payne finds himself back in a film noir love story with a femme fatale holding the keys to his questions. You can now play "Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne" for the PlayStation 2 with achievements over at RetroAchievements. retroachievements.org/game/19130

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  • lextorias @lextorias.meBluesky · Sep 3, 2025

    #JustFinished Max Payne 3 The quintessential action movie reboot, complete with a protagonist who’s clearly too old to still be doing this, and a bold attempt to change direction into something flashy and modern Thank god it’s the last one Should Play

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  • lextorias @lextorias.meBluesky · Sep 1, 2025

    #JustFinished Max Payne 2 If the first game was a fresh new action movie, this is the late sequel that’s more technically impressive, but loses the charm and struggles to do something new They sure do put Max in some wacky situations as an excuse for fun action scenes though Must Play

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  • Stephanie Brownback @osu16bit.bsky.socialBluesky · May 17, 2025

    Random game Saturday! This is a real PS2 era gem. Basically Max Payne with insanely violent environmental kills. It’s strangely a continuation of the Thomas Jane movie. Worth checking out even in 2025. RIP Volition! They made some kick ass video games.

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  • Beau Johnson 🇨🇦 🪓 @beaujohnson44.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2025

    I do believe, I say I do believe it’s time for a Max Payne remake. Game, not the movie.

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  • artemis, scary boss of stop caring @stopcar.ingBluesky · Sep 26, 2026

    But Max Payne is interesting in a different way... for one, the character's almost-meta self-awareness about his role as the stereotypical hard-boiled cop with a traumatic past and nothing to lose. Very film-noir. Secondly, it's not a third-person-shooter: it's a puzzle game.

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  • Jared @solidslack.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 18, 2026

    Max Payne. Big fan of the games and Remedy but that movie is atrocious on so many levels.

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  • Danny Lore @weredawgz.blacksky.appBluesky · Aug 16, 2025

    Originally the creator of The Shield was supposed to write the script for the Max Payne movie

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  • Albert (Alice) @albertw776.bsky.socialBluesky · May 18, 2025

    I'll preface this by saying I've never played any of the Max Payne games and this was mostly a thing I watched with friends going through the series as a fun novelty. with that said good god this was bland, felt like any generic action movie of the time and was beyond dull for most of the runtime.

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  • Chris “Chance!” Brown @chancesecond.bsky.socialBluesky · May 28, 2024

    Fair warning, if you ask me for advice on how I got to be how good I am it will involve a story about watching the movie Max Payne multiple times until they threw me out of that revival theatre

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  • Will Harris @sandwichpick.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 13, 2026

    as a father of two that has zero time for bullshit grinding I wish there were more "12 hour movie" games like Max Payne 3 or the Uncharted franchise

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  • Vaneshi @vaneshi.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 29, 2026

    They made a Max Payne movie and *scrolls wikipedia* Sam Lake wasn't involved? WTF kind of upside-down mirror universe bullshit is that? Kinda wanna low key hate watch it now...

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  • Spookably UnAwake @lamentablyawake.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 12, 2026

    Honestly though, I don't think user polls of the best videogame or film or w/e are of much use. Like my favourite game of all time is almost certainly going to remain Max Payne 2 because of the context in which I played it and what it showed me videogame stories could be. But that's not universal.

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  • Marigold Merrygoround @marigocchi.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 11, 2025

    Me and Mercy took a break during Extraordinary Stories by Mariano Llinás and I can't stop thinking about it. Your movie can just have a segment that's directed exactly like a cross between La Jetée and Max Payne cut scenes. Who's going to stop you?

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