Bullet Time slows the action during gunfights in Max Payne, a story-driven shooter set in New York during a severe blizzard. Max is an undercover cop wanted for murder, with both the police and the mob pursuing him as he tries to clear his name and uncover the truth about his slain family.
The narrative unfolds through flashbacks, revisiting his time as an NYPD detective and his decision to join the DEA after his wife and daughter were killed.