‘It’s so glossy and sexy!’: 10 movies (and one TV show) that inspired Grand Theft Auto
Source: The Guardian ·
As GTA 6 looms, we look at the films that have influenced Rockstar’s creatives, from Heat to Bonnie and Clyde, via Boyz n the Hood and SpeedGrand Theft Auto is arguably the most cinematic video game series ever made. Over the past three decades, the games have studied and stolen the themes, conventions and visual dynamism of great gangster and action movies, applying them to open worlds filled…
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Grand Theft Auto is arguably the most cinematic video game series ever made. Over the past three decades, the games have studied and stolen the themes, conventions and visual dynamism of great gangster and action movies, applying them to open worlds filled with low-life characters and grand set-piece possibilities. Here then are the movies (and TV show) that have shaped the GTA experience, from the 1996 original to this year’s inescapable instalment. Really? Jan de Bont’s ludicrous bus bomb action flick? Well yes, according to Paul Farley, a game designer who worked on the original GTA, Speed was a huge influence, no doubt due to its fast pace, quip-filled dialogue and wanton vehicular destruction. Farley and his co-designers also took inspiration from 1980s Saturday afternoon TV classics Knight Rider and The A-Team. Basically, anything with a lot of car chases and things exploding. A Coney Island street gang must make it back to their own territory after a midnight summit in the…
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