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7. Max Payne 3 - Man On Fire/Domino
Every Rockstar game owes something to the movies which inspired it, but it's perhaps Max Payne 3 that's the most indebted to the big screen. Throwing out the pulpy noir stories Remedy drew from for the first two games, the new developers instead looked towards the visually-oversaturated action movies from the early 2000s, specifically ones made by the late, great Tony Scott.
From a visual perspective, Max Payne 3 takes heavily from both Man on Fire and Domino. The latter's aesthetic is immediately apparent, with erratic editing and flashes of colour being used to reflect Max's hazy, alcohol-fuelled perspective. Man of Fire's biggest stylistic impact comes through in the environment, as well as the text pop-ups which highlight key dialogue exchanges. More generally though, the ever-present yellow tinge and stylised editing is Tony Scott through and through.
The plot itself is also reminiscent of Man on Fire, with both Max and Denzel Washington's character being hired as a bodyguard for a family, and then going on a rampage when a member of said family is kidnapped.
Swap out Mexico City for Brazil, and you've pretty much got the same setup.