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

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 | Desert Eagle | Shower | Shot In The Head | Van

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

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

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

Company:

Remedy Entertainment

Trivia:

During the early stages of the first game's development, one of the suggested names for the main character was Dick Justice. The Dick Justice TV show in Max Payne 2 is a parody of the first game, Max Payne (2001) (VG). Also in the first game, one of the conversations you over hear at Cold Steel is a soldier saying that he calls his rifle "Dick Justice."

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:

Sgt. Petersburg: NYPD! Drop your gun!
Cleaner: Take him down! Find the bitch! Kill her!

Movie Connections:

References Death Rally (1996) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Late Goodbye

A brilliant sequel to one of my favorite games

COMMENT TO THE PC-VERSION:

"Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne" is the sequel the brilliant "Max Payne", and is one of the best titles available. The gameplay remains largely the same, but more refined and the graphics have been vastly improved. The look of the main character Max Payne has also been changed, and he has been given a more mature look this time around. In the game you will play Max Payne for most of the time, but sometimes you will need to take control of a female character named Mona Sax. The brilliant bullet-time mode is also improved in this game, and Max Payne has a new set of stylish movements that he is only able to perform in bullet-time mode. These new moves have little to no effect on the gameplay, but they look extremely cool. In the game you will play through a film-noir story, told using the in-game graphics engine and the graphic novel like in the previous game, that I think is brilliant. Playing this game is like having the lead-role in one of John Woo`s movies, as you take on hundreds of mobsters using a great variety of weapons. Playing this game on PC using a keyboard + a mouse for moving and aiming works incredibly well. The only possibly drawback in this game is that you need a very powerful computer for the game to play like it was meant to be played. All in all, this is one of the finest action-titles available now, that all fans of "Max Payne" should welcome with open arms.

10/10