Max Payne 3 - 8 action movie influences of Rockstars noir shooter

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Forget that Mark Wahlberg atrocity, we count down the real movie counterparts to Payne

2. Elite Squad

Elite Squad is another Brazilian crime film that Rockstar Games has name checked as an influence on Max Payne 3. This 2007 thriller tells the story the BOPE (Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais), a branch of Brazilian military police that grows corrupt. This fictional unit was the inspiration for the UFE (Unidade de Forças Especiais) that takes Max to task in some of the game’s most intense gunfights.