So today I sat down and grabbed a movie I have had on my shelf for a rather long time.

The film, Crank is a rather fast paced film about the last day of a man who was poisoned by a rival in his sleep. Trailer here.

But as I was watching it, it dawned on me. This is GTA 4 done as a film. The lead character looks something like bellic and the way the shooting scenes are done, the city layout (or whats shown in the film) and the way the cars are driven all remind me a stupid amount of GTA 4.

If only Niko was english...

Yes I know the two are nothing to do with eachother, I was only observing.

Edit: Added extra: The guy kept getting phoned on his mobile at inopportune moments. Again a little like GTA4.

Meh... Crank was a bit too action packed to be a GTA IV clone.

Maybe, but only if GTA allowed drug use, then it would probably have been sued. I just noticed they really do look alike. You would have to be thinking of GTA at the time to notice similarities though.

Reaperman Wompa:
Maybe, but only if GTA allowed drug use, then it would probably have been sued. I just noticed they really do look alike. You would have to be thinking of GTA at the time to notice similarities though.

Its been on my mind, as I was wondering when the PC version would be out.

Not even in the same time zone.

You're right. In those last two pictures they've got the same kind of jacket and everything.

Also, does Jason Statham's voice sound little like Russell Crowe's to anyone besides me?

Cranked WAS awesome, but it was more an assasins flick then GTA Esque... then again, all the robberies and chases...

You mean Russel Crowe sounds like Jason Statham. Not the other way around.

PS: Crank is a HYSTERICAL movie

I haven't played GTA4, but from what I've seen, it's played straight a lot more than Crank. I guess the game might have taken some visual cues from the movie, though.

On a related note, I can't imagine what they're going to do in Crank 2 to outdo the scene where

If GTA 4 was more action packed and fun it would defiantly be Crank in video game form and vise versa. Crank still nailed the whole Hot Coffee sex scene though and Chev Chelios (the star of the film) tells his girlfriend that he is a Video Game Engineer, so there could be quite the relation.

Crank 2 just seems to be the first Crank redone with more electricity.

Dude, that is exactly what I thought when I saw it. Right around the time where he steals a motorcycle.

Going off topic for a minute, Falling Down is another film that reminds me of GTA in some aspects.

I always thought GTA was a big movie parody anyway, and Crank is about as generic an action movie as it gets, so there are bound to be similarities.

I vaguely remember reading somewhere that crank was actually made with video gaming in mind.

Arcticflame:
I vaguely remember reading somewhere that crank was actually made with video gaming in mind.

Yeah, there's plenty of video game references in the movie.