Okwalabo abangazi, Max Payne igama lomdlalo wevidiyo weziduduzo ezenziwe abadali be I-GTA. Wayengumanduleli ekusetshenzisweni kosaziwayo isikhathi senhlamvu, noma yini efanayo, okubonwe ku- Matrix lapho bedubula Neo.
Manje futhi ngokulandela ngemuva kweminye imidlalo eminingi eyenze ukuthuthela esikrinini esikhulu, uMax Payne ulungiselela ukuhlala ezikrinini ezinkulu, ngemuva kokuqopha ifilimu kunjalo. Futhi kumlingiswa oyinhloko sekuvele kuzwakala Uphawu lokumaka, Ngisho Mark Wahlberg. Ukuqondiswa komthetho kuphethe i- John Moore (Ngemuva kolayini wesitha, Indiza ye-phoenix, Isiprofetho) ngenkathi umbhalo uzobe ukhona U-Beau thorne.
