Character History
Max Paine is the central character of the computer game cycle of the same name. In addition, the hero appears in the film of the same name created based on the primary source. Paine is a classic representative of the genre of neonaya films. In fact, this is a person descended by the bottom of life because of a number of tragic events. In an effort to revenge for the death of relatives, a man falls into difficult situations that pose a threat to his life.History of character creation
Finnish Studio Remedy Entertainment, which belongs to the authorship of the hero, initially planned the creation of a bright charming image. The developers promoted the idea that people who do not possess individuality are not prone to leadership.
The prototype of Max Paine became Sam Lake, the script writer to the computer game. Thanks to Lake, Max turned out to be the owner of a symbolic half jelly. Lake refused to cooperate with the project, when the company made plans for the creation of Max Peyne 2. The screenwriter did not want to spend a month on shooting to create a video game. In the Sicvel prototype, the Hero became Timothy Gibbs. James Max Paine Actor James McCuffrey. He also worked on the creation of a hero in the third part, involving the use of movement capture technology.
At the time of the release of the game about Max Paine, Remedy was known to computer users and had one successful project behind the shoulders. The next idea about the shooter demanded an interesting hero. Thanks to Sam Lake, the character found a person, and all the cat scenes replaced with graphic novels, which gave the game individuality. The company saved on creating rollers and allowed players to be included in the story using fantasy. The plot and visual incarnation was filled with noar, and the story of Max Payne became a saga about the hero revenge.
The creators of the game managed to add the effect of the oppressive atmosphere, gloomy, nuarovsky mood. For a short time, the enemies of the hero are trying to poison the various drug substances. Poons immerse the character in nightmares, in which he is pursued by the screams of the killed children. Such characteristics of the hero originated in some fans of a series of suspicion that being under the influence of drugs, Paj himself killed his family.
In the process of work, the script and history changed as the ideas arose for developers. The game was implemented using the most modern technologies. The result of the work was many awards and high assessments of specialists in the profile area. The budget amounted to $ 3 million, the development took five years.
The second part of the franchise pleased players and critics, despite the fact that the visual image of Max Peyne changed somewhat due to the change of the prototype of the hero. The creation of the third part did not have a Remedy Inteecative. This right gave Rockstar Games. And the third part also turned out to be in demand. However, many series fans have been unhappy with the updated description of the appearance of the hero.
The events of the third part of the game have direct chronology, unfold 9 years after the end of the character's adventures in the second part. During this time, Max agrees, changes the place of residence, work. The character of the Avenger is now even more cruel. These changes organically emphasize the appearance of the hero: Payne - bald, bearded brutal and already elderly man with a harsh look.
Biography and image of Max Paine
Max Payne speaks by the humbled man in an irreparable situation. Previously, he was a cheerful and cheerful policeman, but the death of his wife and daughter made him closed and vengeful. He accompanies his actions with comments, metaphorical replicas, describes suffering from loss and thirst for revenge. Feeling his guilt for what happened, Paines survives in terrible circumstances to find the perpetrators in the death of loved ones. The hero is gloomy, and its inner ego is destroyed.Paine can not be called an antihero. He is a man that is eager for justice and justice. Max is experiencing ordinary human feelings, capable of love and friendship, but the main goal remains for him unchanged. The pain and redemption in the game are adjacent to the hope of the beginning of a new life after the mission is completed.
The biography of the hero is curious. In the plot, he was born in the sixties in the Military Family. His childhood is full of violence and negative circumstances. Father, a veteran of the war, sinned by the hands-written, did not pay attention to the Son. Mother loved the boy, but could not resist his spouse. Max Grandfather was his invented. Old man read the child antique myths. Max's parents died early. The creators do not comment on this moment, allowing players to independently think of the possible causes of death in living conditions.
Having reached the age of majority, Payne enters the New York Police Academy and becomes the best officer. A young man is transferred to the city police department. Max Colleague is a police officer Alex Bolder. The partners together participate in the investigations of crimes, whose culprits are often becoming representatives of drug addicts. Once the character protects from the robbers a girl named Michel. Soon the familiar friend becomes his wife. In the Union of Lovers, the daughter of Rosa is born. The life of the hero resembles the "American Dream".
Suddenly, Max's happiness is destroyed. Max Pain's wife and daughter die from the hands of unknown. A man kills bandits, but does not have time to save the family. Burving the loved ones, Max takes the proposal of a partner to go to the anti-drug department to find those who ordered the murder of his relatives. Within two years, the policeman is introduced into a criminal group. This Italian mafia structure, which manages the Punchnello family.
Gradually investigating the activities of the organization, getting acquainted with a young woman named Mona Sax, the hero comes to the trail of the killer of his relatives. The passage of the test character described in the game is united by the lattice of hatred and thirst for the death of loved ones and favorite people. The hero goes to perform various missions, guided by the personal principles.
Max Payne in films
Based on the game in 2008, the eponymous film was shot. Mark Wahlberg, embodied Max Peyne, and Mila Cunis, who was Moch Sax, played the main roles in the filmization. The thriller director John Mura did not have success and received negative reviews of critics and the public, despite the fact that they were based on demanded computer games, and the actors who played the picture were pets of the audience.
It is curious that Walberg, not playing computer games, first refused to participate in the project. But the actor persuaded to read the script, and the performer expressed interest in the shooting. Later, the phrase pronounced by the hero Mark became popular quotes.
Interesting Facts
- Name Max Payne in English means "maximum pain". The appropriate decoding brightly describes the emotional state in which the protagonist is over the course of several years.
- For the entire gaming franchise, Max kills about 625 enemies. Such data was given by experts engaged in counting and summing up statistics.
- Sam Lake used modern images of New York pop culture, creating a script for a computer game. At the same time, few of the developers brigade knew the city well. Special for the sake of project, six designers were sent on a business trip to make the product more realistic.
- The atmosphere of the game required knowledge about the real work of the police. Having enlisted by the support of officers, the developers of the week examined the criminal areas of the city. They managed to visit drug attractions, various institutions and accidentally attract the attention of bandits. Guests of the city even saw the headquarters of Mafia. True, the apartments have escaped. Gangster setting created thanks to five thousand photographs and ten-hour video mined by employees of the company.
Quotes
Sooner or later, we discover that Lady Luck is an ordinary prostitute, and you have ended in cash. Limited like a broken mirror. Trying to collect fragments together, you can cut down. And faster running, the more it seems that you are really pursued.Computer games
- 2001 - Max Payne
- 2003 - Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne
- 2011 - Max Payne 3
Filmography
- 2008 - "Max Pain"