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* AdaptationalNationality: Mona Sax (Lisa in the game, Natasha in the film) is changed from an American contract killer to a Russian mobster. This also extends to her sister (Lisa in the game, Natasha in the film).
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* VillainOfAnotherStory: Mona tries to keep her sister off drugs and sympathizes with Max's losses and mission, but she also has authority over several Mafiya goons and a DirtyCop informant and seems to be concluding a mob negotiation in one scene.

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Nicole Horne, though the stinger suggests otherwise.]]

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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: [[spoiler:GreaterScopeVillain Nicole Horne, Horne avoids Max's retribution and makes more money, though the stinger suggests otherwise.]]her reprieve is short-lived.]]
* LadyInRed: Natasha is a sexually aggressive, mob-associated drug user who wears a bright red dress.


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* MilesGloriosus: [[spoiler:B.B. Hensley]] is fine with shooting [[spoiler:Lupino]] in the back or bragging about how killing Michelle and her baby awakened a badass inside him, but he immediately panics the moment he's in real danger.
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* KnifeNut: Lupino prefers to kills his victims with a big knife.
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''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Somewhat loosely based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.

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''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Somewhat loosely based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis Creator/MilaKunis, Creator/BeauBridges and Ludacris.
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* TheCameo: James [=McCaffrey=], who voiced Max in the games, appears as an FBI agent.

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* TheCameo: James [=McCaffrey=], Creator/JamesMcCaffrey, who voiced Max in the games, appears as an FBI agent.
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* MushroomSamba: [[spoiler:Max's climactic RoaringRampageOfRevenge is performed while he's tripping on a dose of Valkyr and not only do the visuals reinforce it, we often cut to Max's POV and it's full of flying angels and devastated landscapes.]]
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* TheWarOnTerror: The reason why the Valkyr was developed in the first place.
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''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. (Somewhat loosely) based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.

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''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. (Somewhat loosely) Somewhat loosely based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.
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%%* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Aplenty.

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%%* * ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Aplenty.The SWAT officers who come for Max in the Aesir shootout have a hard time hitting him with modern rifles, while he does far more damage to them blind-firing a pistol.
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** [[spoiler:This also goes for an even earlier moment when he saves Max in Lupino's lair.]].

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** [[spoiler:This also goes for an even earlier moment when he saves Max in Lupino's lair.]].lair]].

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* PsychoSerum: Valkyr has this effect on some inviduals [[spoiler:since it was supposed to enchance soldiers' prowess in the battlefield]]. Others just get high and some get horrifying hallucinations.

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* PsychoSerum: Valkyr has this effect on some inviduals individuals [[spoiler:since it was supposed to enchance soldiers' prowess in the battlefield]]. Others just get high and some get horrifying hallucinations.


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* ReadyForLovemaking: Natasha poses like this in Payne's bedroom. He is [[IgnoreTheFanservice unfazed]].
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* DramaticSlip: Natasha falls in the back alley while running from those flying monsters.
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''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.

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''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based (Somewhat loosely) based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.
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* ItIsNotYourTime: Max sees a vision of his wife telling him, "Not yet, Max." when [[spoiler:[[NearDeathExperience he is about to drown]], giving him the strength to swim to shore.]]

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* ItIsNotYourTime: Max sees a vision of his wife telling him, "Not yet, Max." when [[spoiler:[[NearDeathExperience he is about to drown]], giving him the strength to swim to shore.just after [[spoiler:he's killed B.B., and just before he's arrested.]]
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''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/FlightOfThePhoenix'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.

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''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/FlightOfThePhoenix'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.
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''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.

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''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/FlightOfThePhoenix'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.
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* AboveTheInfluence: The Bond girl from ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' more or less throws herself at Max. Max is...less than interested.

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* AboveTheInfluence: The Natasha Sax (played by Creator/OlgaKurylenko, a former [[Film/QuantumOfSolace Bond girl from ''Film/QuantumOfSolace'' girl]]) more or less throws herself at Max. Max is...less than interested.
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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailers for the film put much emphasis on the valkyric hallucinations caused by V, which made the film seem like a supernatural actioner á la ''Film/{{Constantine}}''.
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* SignsOfDisrepair: Lupino is shown at one point standing on the roof of a building with a broken neon sign for "'''Rag'''la'''n a'''nd B'''rock'''", which is a reference to the Ragnarock club from the game.

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* SignsOfDisrepair: Lupino is shown at one point standing on the roof of a building with a broken neon sign for "'''Rag'''la'''n a'''nd B'''rock'''", which is [[MythologyGag a reference reference]] to the Ragnarock club from the game.

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'''''Max Payne''''' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.

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'''''Max Payne''''' ''Max Payne'' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.



* ActionGirl: Mona Sax in the Unrated Version.

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* ActionGirl: Mona Sax in the Unrated Version.Version has her kicking more ass.



* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler: B.B.]] is upgraded from being a minor character and just another boss enemy in the game (albeit the last one you fight in a straight fight), to being the main antagonist of the film, with Nicole Horne being moved to a more hand-off, BiggerBad role.

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* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler: B.B.]] is upgraded from being a minor character and just another boss enemy in the game (albeit the last one you fight in a straight fight), to being the main antagonist of the film, with Nicole Horne being moved to a more hand-off, BiggerBad GreaterScopeVillain role.



* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Aplenty.

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* %%* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Aplenty.



* KnifeNut: Lupino.

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* KnifeNut: Lupino.Lupino prefers to kills his victims with a big knife.



* {{SequelHook}}/{{TheStinger}}: [[spoiler:Mona Sax approaches Max in a bar and hands him a picture of Horne, suggesting that they are going after her next.]]

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* {{SequelHook}}/{{TheStinger}}: [[spoiler:Mona TheStinger: [[spoiler:After the end credits, a scene plays where Mona Sax approaches Max in a bar and hands him a picture of Horne, [[SequelHook suggesting that they are going after her next.next]].]]


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* TrailersAlwaysLie: The trailers for the film put much emphasis on the valkyric hallucinations caused by V, which made the film seem like a supernatural actioner á la ''Film/{{Constantine}}''.
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** BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Nicole Horne]], who also counts as a NonActionBigBad.
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* SequelHook/TheStinger: [[spoiler:Mona Sax approaches Max in a bar and hands him a picture of Horne, suggesting that they are going after her next.]]

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* SequelHook/TheStinger: {{SequelHook}}/{{TheStinger}}: [[spoiler:Mona Sax approaches Max in a bar and hands him a picture of Horne, suggesting that they are going after her next.]]

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* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Aplenty.



* MeaningfulName: Max Payne = maximum pain.



* SequelHook: TheStinger shows [[spoiler:Mona Sax approaching Max in a bar and handing him a picture of Horne, suggesting that they are going after her next]].

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* SequelHook: TheStinger shows SequelHook/TheStinger: [[spoiler:Mona Sax approaching approaches Max in a bar and handing hands him a picture of Horne, suggesting that they are going after her next]].next.]]


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* TelepathicSprinklers: Payne shoots a sprinkler with a pistol and they all go off.
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'''''Max Payne''''' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', the remakes of ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'' and ''TheOmen'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.

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'''''Max Payne''''' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', the remakes of ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'' and ''TheOmen'', ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'', ''Film/TheOmen2006'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars MarkWahlberg, Creator/MarkWahlberg, Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.
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'''''Max Payne''''' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', the remakes of ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'' and ''TheOmen'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars MarkWahlberg, MilaKunis and Ludacris.

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'''''Max Payne''''' is a FilmNoir action film from the year 2008. Based on the video game series of [[VideoGame/MaxPayne same name]], it was directed by John Moore[[note]](who also did ''Film/BehindEnemyLines'', the remakes of ''Film/TheFlightOfThePhoenix2004'' and ''TheOmen'', and ''Film/AGoodDayToDieHard'')[[/note]] and it stars MarkWahlberg, MilaKunis Creator/MilaKunis and Ludacris.
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** [[spoiler:This goes even earlier moment when he saves Max in Lupino's lair]].

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** [[spoiler:This also goes for an even earlier moment when he saves Max in Lupino's lair]].lair.]].

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