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Martin Campbell (born October 24, 1943) is a New Zealand director. Campbell is credited with rejuvenating the James Bond franchise when he directed GoldenEye (1995), Pierce Brosnan's first outing as the famed British spy, and Daniel Craig's debut Bond feature, Casino Royale (2006). Campbell moved to London where he began his career as a cameraman. He went on to produce the controversial British feature Scum (1979), as well as Black Joy (1977), which was selected for competition at the Cannes Film Festival. Campbell made his directorial debut on the British police action series The Professionals (1977) and continued with the popular BBC series Shoestring (1979) and Thames TV's Minder (1979) Considered one of the U.K.'s top directors by the mid-'80s, he directed the highly praised British telefilm, Reilly: Ace of Spies (1983). For his work on Edge of Darkness (1985), a five-hour BBC miniseries about nuclear contamination in England that depicted murder and high-ranking corruption, he won six BAFTA awards. Campbell's first Hollywood movie was Criminal Law (1998) and he went on to direct Defenseless (1991) and No Escape (1994). Some of his American credits include directing HBO's Cast a Deadly Spell (1991) and two episodes of NBC's Homicide: Life on the Street (1993), among others. He also directed the epic romance Beyond Borders (2003) starring Angelina Jolie and Clive Owen.
La tragédie initiale : sa femme Michelle et sa fille Rose sont tuées chez lui, plongeant Max dans un deuil dévastateur et une quête de vengeance. Traque et trahison : sous couverture, il est piégé pour le meurtre de son partenaire Alex Balder, devenant fugitif et traqué par la police et la mafia. Le style "Bullet Time" : le jeu est célèbre pour son action au ralenti, inspirée des films de John Woo, illustrant l'intensité des combats de Max. L'évolution du personnage : D'un flic en colère (Max Payne), il devient un justicier torturé (Max Payne 2), puis un garde du corps alcoolique et accro aux analgésiques à São Paulo (Max Payne 3).
