Grand Theft Auto IV (2008) (VG)

User Rating:

9.6/10   

Director:

Rod Edge

Writers:

Dan Houser (written by) &
Rupert Humphries (written by) ...

Release Date:

29 April 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Welcome to Liberty City, where the only dirty word is hope

Plot:

Niko Bellic comes to Liberty City, America to live the good life, but ends up having to assist his dangerously indebted cousin Roman with his financial troubles, by any (mostly illegal) means necessary.

Plot Keywords:

Immigrant | Black Comedy | Benelli M3 | Controversy | Statue Of Liberty New York City

Cast

Michael Hollick	...	Niko Bellic (voice)
Jason Zumwalt	...	Roman Bellic (voice)
Timothy Adams	...	Brucie Kibbutz (voice)
Moti Margolin	...	Dimitri Rascalov (voice)
Doris Belack	...	Maureen McReary (voice)
Thomas Lyons	...	Deputy Commissioner Francis McReary (voice)
P.J. Sosko	...	Gerry McReary (voice)
Ryan Johnston	...	Patrick 'Packie' McReary (voice)
Mary Catherine Donnelly	...	Kate McReary (voice)
Coolie Ranx	...	'Little' Jacob Hughes (voice)
Seeborn	...	Teafore 'Real Badman' Maxwell-Davies (voice)
Charlie Parker	...	Elizabeta Torres (voice)
Tony Patellis	...	Jimmy Pegorino (voice)
Joseph Barbara	...	Ray Boccino (voice)
Frank Bonsangue	...	Phil Bell (voice)

Also Known As:

GTA 4 (International: English title) (alternative spelling)
GTA IV (International: English title) (short title)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English | Russian | Serbian

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | USA:M | Australia:MA (censored version) | Singapore:M18 | Norway:18 (self applied) | New Zealand:R18 (uncensored version) | New Zealand:R18 (censored version) | Germany:18 (uncensored)

Company:

Rockstar North

Trivia:

The character of Brian Meech, one on the random characters that Niko can meet on the street, tells Niko on their third meeting that he resorted to performing oral sex on people to support his heroin habit. This is close to the same story as Rick Shapiro, who features on the PLR radio station within the game.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): On Public Liberty Radio's 'The Pacemaker' show, Waylon Mason explains that his mother died during childbirth, but later refers to her as "leaving him in dirty diapers all day", despite the fact she died during his childbirth, which is verified when he and his father home-cremated her.

Quotes:

[First lines]
Dave Bosoy: Daddy's back, you bitches... Daddy's back, you bitches!

Movie Connections:

Features Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (2004) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Knucklehead

Something truly special

I've spent several hours playing this now, all I can say is WOW this game is truly different and truly stunning the graphics are incredible, the level of detail and care taken over everything is astounding. The story is amusing and engaging and the game is very playable. Something you might find difficult especially if you have it on the PS3 is that the controls are completely different to GTA3/vice city/san andreas but after a few hours youl find your feet and get endless pleasure doing amazing handbrake turns into things. The screen has had a lot of the clutter moved away creating for a more movie like experience and the new mobile phone option adds something truly fun/helpful/original to an already groundbreaking series. I would recommend purchasing, in fact i'd near insist upon it, it's even worth paying out for a nu-gen console for it. The only downpoint is that the game isn't being released on the Wii... which would have been a lot of fun... it is shaping up like the best game ever though