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Max Payne Drinking Game + Cocktail

Take the Valkyr, drink the pain, and fall in slow motion into noir oblivion.

The Rules

  • Sip — whenever Max Payne narrates a line of overwrought film-noir inner monologue
  • Sip — whenever a Valkyr addict shows signs of a golden-winged hallucination
  • Sip — whenever Max stares at his dead wife's case file photo with dead eyes
  • Sip — whenever the slow-motion bullet-time effect activates during a gunfight
  • Sip — whenever BB Hensley appears to give Max a suspicious piece of advice
  • Drink Twice — whenever Mona Sax shows up right before or after a fight scene
  • Drink Twice — whenever Max injects or is injected with the military Valkyr drug
  • Drink Twice — whenever the camera lingers on a snowy New York City rooftop
  • Shot — whenever the winged Valkyr hallucination engulfs the entire screen
  • Shot — whenever Max Payne falls from a great height and still gets back up
  • Chug — whenever Max delivers his final rooftop confrontation monologue in the snow

Themed Cocktail

The Valkyr

Ingredients:

  • 2 oz rye whiskey
  • 0.5 oz Drambuie
  • 0.25 oz Fernet-Branca
  • 2 dashes orange bitters
  • 1 dash black walnut bitters

Instructions:

  1. 1Combine all ingredients in a mixing glass with ice.
  2. 2Stir for 40 seconds until very cold and diluted.
  3. 3Strain into a chilled Nick and Nora glass.
  4. 4Express a lemon peel over the surface and discard.

Fun Facts

  • Directed by John Moore.(Source)
  • Starring Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges.(Source)
  • Made $85M worldwide on a $35M budget.(Source)
  • Rated 5.4/10 on TMDB (2,226 votes).(Source)
  • Tagline: "When a man has lost everything, he only has revenge."(Source)

Disclaimer: Drink responsibly. This is intended for adults of legal drinking age. Never drink and drive. Always know your limits and drink in moderation.