Fan Casting Max Payne in John Woo's Max Payne

A haunted NYPD detective whose wife and infant daughter were murdered three years before the film begins. Drowning in painkillers and alcohol, Max is a walking ghost—emotionally catatonic, prone to fragmented nightmares, and driven solely by revenge. His investigation into the Valkyr drug trade reveals that his wife was killed for witnessing a crime, not for anything he did. After killing Horne, Max is shot in the spine and left paralyzed, finally at peace because his war is over.