Yeah... I agree. I think the "baldy" Max looks really badass. Sort of like, no-nonsense, fist-to-the-face (or gun-to-the-forehead) kind of guy... plus that grown beard and scarred face adds more teeth to his beaten up, has-been NY cop character. While, I kinda, sorta agree that the bald and beard look is maybe little overdone, they should have left some hair on his head, maybe little longer, grunge look. I would imagine Max to be little like that, after so many years... being beaten at his own game, lost and wounded. But I would still want him kicking some serious ass in the dark new york city in a cold winter night... even if it's on the other side of the fence (ex-cop, outlaw types vigilante). Not running around on sunny day, around the green bushes.