Nine years after killing Vladimir Lem and the death of Mona Sax, Max Payne has retired from his job in the NYPD, moved to Hoboken, New Jersey and has developed an addiction to alcohol and painkillers. Max gets
into a confrontation at a bar with Anthony DeMarco Jr., the son of a
local mob boss, and Raul Passos interjects, hoping to recruit Max for a private security job in South America. Max initially
resists, but when he becomes a target for mob hitmen after he kills
Anthony Jr. in a bar fight, he agrees to accompany Passos to Brazil.
Max and
Passos work for the wealthy Branco family in São Paulo, made up of
three brothers: the businessman Rodrigo, the politician Victor, and the
partying Marcelo. During a party held in Rodrigo's penthouse, Rodrigo
and his wife Fabiana are kidnapped by a street gang called the Comando
Sombra, but Max saves
them. Fabiana, her sister (and Passos' lover) Giovanna, and Marcelo are
later again targeted at a nightclub by the same gang, who successfully
kidnap Fabiana. Max and
Passos bring ransom money to the gang at a soccer stadium, but the deal
is ambushed by an outlaw right-wing paramilitary group known as Crachá
Preto, who steal the money. Max and Passos decide to raid a Comando Sombra base to save Fabiana, but the gang escapes with her.
As Max and
Passos discuss the situation with Rodrigo, Victor and Armando Becker,
the local battalion commander of a special police unit Unidade de Forças
Especiais (UFE), Crachá Preto raid the Branco offices. An unknown
assassin breaks into Rodrigo's secured office and assassinates him. A
bomb explodes in the building, but Max escapes, learning that Fabiana is in the São Paulo favela and that Max was the true target of the raid.
Blaming himself for everything that happened to the Brancos, Max chooses
to abstain from alcohol and shave his head to disguise himself for
another rescue attempt of Fabiana. Local detective Wilson Da Silva
informs him that Crachá Preto had nefarious links with Rodrigo, whom
hired them to clear out villages on a piece of land he wished to turn
into a retail development. Da Silva explains he thinks the UFE and
Victor are all connected to Max's predicament.
Max finds
Fabiana with Marcelo and Giovanna, who were also kidnapped when trying
to pay the ransom for Fabiana themselves. Comando Sombra's leader
Serrano executes Fabiana and escapes with Giovanna and Marcelo. As Max gives
chase, the UFE raid the favela; he witnesses the Crachá Preto and the
UFE exchanging money for those who were arrested in the raids for an
unknown reason. Max finds
Marcelo and Giovanna in the hands of the Crachá Preto's
second-in-command Milo Rego. Marcelo is burned to death in a gang-like
ritual manner so the UFE can have an excuse to raid. Max kills Milo and saves Giovanna. Passos later arrives to pick them up by helicopter, but flees with Giovanna and leaves Max behind, who is saved by Da Silva.
A flashback shows Max and Passos in the Panama Canal protecting Marcelo at a yacht party that is raided by guerrilla pirates. Max finds them trying to gain access to a hidden stash within the boat. Max is unsure what the contents were, but it is clear that it is no longer there; Max later found Marcelo and Passos trying to drive away with the unknown cargo. It hits Max that he was recruited by Passos to be the "fall guy" for whatever illicit activity the Brancos were involved in.
Da Silva informs Max about a rundown hotel where the Crachá Preto and the UFE are seen entering with prisoners, yet very few leave. Max discovers it is the base for a black market organ theft ring and corrupt UFE officers were being paid to transport arrested individuals for organ harvesting. Max finds Serrano as one of the victims and spares him, allowing him to take revenge on the surgeon performing the harvesting. Max sets explosives to destroy the entire complex, and Passos manages to kill the Crachá Preto leader Álvaro Neves before he shoots Max. Max discovers Passos was unaware of the plan to set up Max. He forgives Passos, who leaves Brazil with a pregnant Giovanna, asking Max to get over his past and move on.
Da Silva concludes that Becker and Victor are behind everything and asks Max to handle it, as there is too much corruption for Da Silva to stop them legally. Max battles
his way through the UFE building, discovering that Becker's UFE unit
are the perpetrators for Rodrigo's assassination. Victor explains to Max that
he wanted more money from his brother for his political campaign: he
told the Crachá Preto to ambush the money exchange at the stadium, which
went toward funding the organ harvesting ring, the profits of which
helped fund his campaign.
Victor and Becker escape to the airport with Max in pursuit. After an intense shootout, Max arrives at the hangar where Becker and Victor are preparing to board a jet. Becker tries to use a grenade launcher to kill Max, but ends up burning himself with his left arm severed when Max shoots at one of the fired grenades. Eventually, the player can choose to kill Becker or let him die from his wounds. Max then grabs the grenade launcher and, with Da Silva's help, uses it to disable Victor's plane. Da Silva persuades Max to spare Victor so he can live in shame. Victor taunts Max, who responds with breaking Victor's leg. A week later, Max watches the news on a beach in Bahia.
It reports that Becker's UFE battalion have been disbanded indefinitely
due to their ties to the organ harvesting ring, while Victor is found
hanged in his cell. The last shot of the game is Max walking along the beach, enjoying his vacation and ready to move on with his life.
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