He was being paranoid. He kept looking up through the windshield and looking up through the sun roof because he was trying to make sure he wasn't being watched by helicopter. Since they were tracking the van he took before he grabbed that BMW. I think that scene of him acting paranoid like that in the car was inspired by a similar scene from Goodfellas.
I remember as a kid I saw this and was blown away by it. I thought that this short film was actually a highlight reel for a GTA film and that the game was some kind of adaptation😆 I looked for that film for years until I learned I had it all wrong 😭
Nah. Apparently they complained about how much hassle it was to make this. Because they had no permit to film and they were getting kicked out of most places anyways making it a pain in the ass to film this. So they said they'd never so something like this again.
There was an Irish mob boss years ago who used to carry out gangland hits himself as boss: PJ "The Psycho" Judge. Well known for how extremely volatile he was and for his ruthless control of the drug trade in Dublin for years. Buried one of his soldiers alive for skimming profits. Killed by the IRA in the 1990s. Believed to have been planned by his protogé, Martin "Marlo" Hyland, who was killed in his bed in 2006.
The person who plays Claude in this is Scott Maslen. He is known in the UK for being part of a long running soap called Eastenders. Known as ''Jack Branning''
Thank you so much for this remaster. As a kid I was obsessed with the late 90 early 2000s vibes of this movie. You can even see the WTC in the early shots. The drum and bass is excellent, and that small film gave me a love for the E39 BMW 5 series. Just love this film.
I recently started playing this, and if you read the character bios, it makes this basically R*'s most psychologically messed up game next to Manhunt. Look up Trey Welsh's biography for example, and just the lengths these gangs will go to to attack each other: cloning, designer drugs running rampant, human sacrifice and cannibalism akin to Soylent Green, it's like a Philip K Dick novel. Truly dystopian. GTA has never been this dark since. They should make a GTA: Carcer City! With melee controls like The Warriors and tons of gangs.
Yeah it was was darker actually than the ones that followed. If you notice in this movie, there's some dude who works as a janitor at the Zaibatsu corporation, but when they need an assassin, they activate the guy by whispering a trigger word to him, he's like a hypnotozed sleeper assassin. Mind control, MK ultra style. Probably believes he's just a janitor. That's pretty dark right there
@@taylorwhite254 nice catch dude 🧐 The thing that weirds me the most about Zaibatsu is its similarity to the tyrannical pharmaceutical and technocracy of today. They have a monopoly on everything, even human consciousness, it seems.
@@mikeydashank3897 yep, they have their fingers in every pie in every district. They're involved in some weird stuff. They influenced me for sure when I was a kid. I always wanted a fancy black car with the big Z on top. Still think it would be kinda cool. I figured z types would be like black BMW Z3's or something
So true. GTA 2 was pretty dark. Looking back now I agree. Sadly, I feel its dark edgy side went over alot of people heads since it was filled with alot of comedic elements even dark comedy. Don't forget the funny radio stations which were comedic gold! Plus, the game pretty much presented itself as something that couldn't take itself seriously. The darkest moment for me was when the Russia Mafia asks you (the player) to kidnap people and bring them to a factory to turn them into Hot Dogs so that their comrades can eat. Sick! I feel GTA 4 is the darkest of the series along with some moments of GTA Liberty City Stories. I wish there was a remake of GTA 2. It could be ALOT of fun.
Fun fact: the song that starts at 3:36 is called Thunder, which is made by Dom and Rolland. It is also the same song that plays throughout the police chase
4:26 Dom & Roland's Thunder playing, there is car chase scene going on and then this person in long jacket walks to view like it was everyday thing. Thats a fucking iconic moment for me!
I still remember the intro like it came out yesterday! I never had GTA2 but my cousin did and we used to live in the same building and we played it together. I prefer the 3D GTA but the top down games of the series were fun too!
If you take a look, Claude actually starts to show concern as he looks up from inside of the car after consuming the meds. This is him realising we are seeing what he’s doing from above. Good job rockstar 👍
they are sorta good but very primitive on the controls and viewpoint...However, let them be remade just like Chinatown wars and they are going to be amazing. i'm sure of it.
Even though this promotional film was made for GTA 2, it reminds me far more of GTA III. In my opinion, this should have been used for GTA III instead of GTA 2. This promotional film doesn't even match the visual theme or time period of GTA 2. GTA 2 has fictional, futuristic-looking cars and takes place in a dystopian future setting; while this promo film, on the other hand, appears to take place in our normal, modern, real-life world. The setting and visual style resembles GTA III, not GTA 2. Also, Claude Speed in this film looks very much like GTA III's version of Claude Speed rather than the GTA 2 version. You can tell that DMA Design/Rockstar devs took a lot of inspiration from this GTA 2 promo film when making GTA III - especially designing Claude. GTA III Claude appears to be inspired by the actor in this film. Looks just like him.
Yes I couldn't agree more with your statement. The only graphical renders of GTA 2 Claude actually have him looking more like Niko Bellic from GTA4. This makes Niko's ability to unlock Claude's outfit even more interesting.
There are a few more renders of him that look a little more like how he looks here, with the longer hair, black boots, and dark pants (though you don't get a good look at his face). One where he's running from the cops, and one where's he's getting shot by an electrogun
Because they are "the same Claude", Rockstar just made a soft reboot for GTA III, but 2 is in 2013, if want to see it as a continuation, ok, if u want to see it as a alternative temporal line, it's correct too, there's no divergence with GTA III story, he was in LC being hated by everyone at the final, then u can make the speculation that he moved for Anywhere City to start a new criminal life.
It's wierd looking at this so many decades later and realising that the main game have nothing in common with this movie as it was set in retro futuristic 60s and it has amazing feel to it
Can't believe this was out only 2 years ago from 2002, the year I was born. The fact that it has been almost 25 years now puts me into some serious existential crisis. This video is a visual timecapsule
I wasn't even born when gta 2 dropped but something just keeps me coming back watch this video, i feel like there is something that 2d universe have that is absent in other gta games
Scott Maslen did a great job, here 👌🏼. If you're from the UK, you might be familiar with the character, Jack Branning, from the show, Eastenders; also played by Scott Maslen.
The video for this movie was awesome. I wish we had more videos like this for the game. I wish this game got a remake. Heck it doesn't even need to be HD it could be made similar to the same way GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas, Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories were made.
I was obsess with this game back then. I watch these videos a lot. I like the actor for Claude Speed. After all, I watch him in The Bill and EastEnders.
It's kinda sad that GTA 2 was the only game in the series that got it's own promotional movie. It also represents the era when Rockstar actually cared about games.
The two things I still don't understand 1. Why was this taking place in NYC while the rest of the game took place in a sci-fi city 2. wtf was in those bags and why is he eating it XD I still love this tho, really makes me wish we had a game that took place more realistic NYC/LC like in GTA 4, but bigger and in the 90s 💙
In the movie he looks like Claude from GTA 3 (that's very similar with Elvis Presley), in the concept arts he looks like Niko Bellic, in the gameplay he just looks like an biker gang member. Ps: I love Claude, I really like the 2D Universe, this mini movie is just a masterpiece, thank for ramastered.
At the time, Rockstar made a deal with a British record label to use songs from their artists for GTA 2 (including the songs used in this short film) and so this movie was included as a bonus feature on sample CDs from the record label. I think it was also available to download on Rockstar’s website at the time
I love when Claude is tweaking tf out in his car popping pills and fidgeting with the buttons and stuff 🤣
relatable
literally me
Ik so good gta needs a fucking movie bro like this and the main character as Claude tommy cj or niko some old school gta character
He was being paranoid. He kept looking up through the windshield and looking up through the sun roof because he was trying to make sure he wasn't being watched by helicopter. Since they were tracking the van he took before he grabbed that BMW.
I think that scene of him acting paranoid like that in the car was inspired by a similar scene from Goodfellas.
@@user-np9du4pg8q I don't want Niko.
Claude, Tommy or Carl Johnson (CJ) are the best.
Claude is my favorite
Damn the graphics in 1999 feels so real
i love 1999.
FR
Gangsters from the 99
Lol
XD
I remember as a kid I saw this and was blown away by it. I thought that this short film was actually a highlight reel for a GTA film and that the game was some kind of adaptation😆 I looked for that film for years until I learned I had it all wrong 😭
Yeah Claude looks like Claude from GTA 3 too!
@@ExtortedSins Eh idk Claude Speed and Claude look like completely different people to me only thing that looks the same is the clothes.
@@coltgun876Nah they really do look similar, not just their clothes but also their face and hairstyle
@@isatherebel1520 their faces look like two different people to me but the hairstyles are similar
@@coltgun876 Yeah true I guess, they're faces are not the same, pretty distinguishable but definitely similar hairstyle
I wish they would've kept on making these. They have the cash to do it.
they have 10 billion dollars
@@danny2621 oh ok
Nah. Apparently they complained about how much hassle it was to make this. Because they had no permit to film and they were getting kicked out of most places anyways making it a pain in the ass to film this. So they said they'd never so something like this again.
@@NumaanTahir Although by 2004 they actually produced a feature length film - Football Factory - so I think they could have done it
@@danny2621 thats not enough apparently
The GTA 2 main menu theme is an absolute tune god brings back memories
5:33 Niko belic
Gotta respect the Russian mob boss for coming out to do a hit personally
Yup
There was an Irish mob boss years ago who used to carry out gangland hits himself as boss: PJ "The Psycho" Judge.
Well known for how extremely volatile he was and for his ruthless control of the drug trade in Dublin for years. Buried one of his soldiers alive for skimming profits.
Killed by the IRA in the 1990s. Believed to have been planned by his protogé, Martin "Marlo" Hyland, who was killed in his bed in 2006.
@@ImplodingSubmarine You know you fucked up big time when IRA had to put you down.
Hotline miami 2 level 22
The person who plays Claude in this is Scott Maslen. He is known in the UK for being part of a long running soap called Eastenders. Known as ''Jack Branning''
and turns out he is a ex policeman
he nails claude tbh
@@DocSportello838 they literally made claude look like him, not the other way round
Thank you so much for this remaster. As a kid I was obsessed with the late 90 early 2000s vibes of this movie. You can even see the WTC in the early shots. The drum and bass is excellent, and that small film gave me a love for the E39 BMW 5 series. Just love this film.
Same story here :D
And the GTA 3 has suffering with the WTC atacks, ironic and sad at the same time.
WTC?
@@ChillHous1979 World Trade Center, the twin towers destroyed during 9/11
@@ChillHous1979World Trade Center. Twin towers. They're visible in the opening
I recently started playing this, and if you read the character bios, it makes this basically R*'s most psychologically messed up game next to Manhunt. Look up Trey Welsh's biography for example, and just the lengths these gangs will go to to attack each other: cloning, designer drugs running rampant, human sacrifice and cannibalism akin to Soylent Green, it's like a Philip K Dick novel. Truly dystopian. GTA has never been this dark since. They should make a GTA: Carcer City! With melee controls like The Warriors and tons of gangs.
True but the media would shit on it so hard
Yeah it was was darker actually than the ones that followed. If you notice in this movie, there's some dude who works as a janitor at the Zaibatsu corporation, but when they need an assassin, they activate the guy by whispering a trigger word to him, he's like a hypnotozed sleeper assassin. Mind control, MK ultra style. Probably believes he's just a janitor. That's pretty dark right there
@@taylorwhite254 nice catch dude 🧐 The thing that weirds me the most about Zaibatsu is its similarity to the tyrannical pharmaceutical and technocracy of today. They have a monopoly on everything, even human consciousness, it seems.
@@mikeydashank3897 yep, they have their fingers in every pie in every district. They're involved in some weird stuff. They influenced me for sure when I was a kid. I always wanted a fancy black car with the big Z on top. Still think it would be kinda cool. I figured z types would be like black BMW Z3's or something
So true. GTA 2 was pretty dark. Looking back now I agree. Sadly, I feel its dark edgy side went over alot of people heads since it was filled with alot of comedic elements even dark comedy. Don't forget the funny radio stations which were comedic gold! Plus, the game pretty much presented itself as something that couldn't take itself seriously. The darkest moment for me was when the Russia Mafia asks you (the player) to kidnap people and bring them to a factory to turn them into Hot Dogs so that their comrades can eat. Sick! I feel GTA 4 is the darkest of the series along with some moments of GTA Liberty City Stories. I wish there was a remake of GTA 2. It could be ALOT of fun.
2:26 Resident Evil 4's Village section be like
7:34 Dan Houser cameo at the bottom left corner😂
Really? Woah that's neat I love how scottmaslen pushes him lol
Man I really wish this was an actual movie
7:34 Dan Houser at bottom left
this movie shows how claude got his last name, speed.
Fun fact:
the song that starts at 3:36 is called Thunder, which is made by Dom and Rolland. It is also the same song that plays throughout the police chase
4:26 Dom & Roland's Thunder playing, there is car chase scene going on and then this person in long jacket walks to view like it was everyday thing. Thats a fucking iconic moment for me!
2:32 that's actually a much more realistic knockout than most movies, low budget sometimes does pay off lmao
I still remember the intro like it came out yesterday! I never had GTA2 but my cousin did and we used to live in the same building and we played it together.
I prefer the 3D GTA but the top down games of the series were fun too!
If you take a look, Claude actually starts to show concern as he looks up from inside of the car after consuming the meds. This is him realising we are seeing what he’s doing from above.
Good job rockstar 👍
@@agentburningbutters3655 he forgot with Girlfriend together in GTA 2 The Movie
@@ucoksubejo964 yep
@@agentburningbutters3655 yeah he poor don't have Girlfriend in GTA 2
they are sorta good but very primitive on the controls and viewpoint...However, let them be remade just like Chinatown wars and they are going to be amazing. i'm sure of it.
4:00 my fav scene!
Wait... how do you speak?
@@supgent well, he didn't say a word
Your pfp is Claude but your name is Claude Speed??
@@supgent he typed he didnt speqk
@@Volition_To_The_Max i think they're the same in different universes
This game was an integral part of my childhood. Thanks for this great remaster and brining back so much memories!
0:25 the fact that the Twin Towers were still around back then.
Even though this promotional film was made for GTA 2, it reminds me far more of GTA III. In my opinion, this should have been used for GTA III instead of GTA 2. This promotional film doesn't even match the visual theme or time period of GTA 2. GTA 2 has fictional, futuristic-looking cars and takes place in a dystopian future setting; while this promo film, on the other hand, appears to take place in our normal, modern, real-life world. The setting and visual style resembles GTA III, not GTA 2. Also, Claude Speed in this film looks very much like GTA III's version of Claude Speed rather than the GTA 2 version. You can tell that DMA Design/Rockstar devs took a lot of inspiration from this GTA 2 promo film when making GTA III - especially designing Claude. GTA III Claude appears to be inspired by the actor in this film. Looks just like him.
Yes I couldn't agree more with your statement. The only graphical renders of GTA 2 Claude actually have him looking more like Niko Bellic from GTA4. This makes Niko's ability to unlock Claude's outfit even more interesting.
Did you know GTA 2 takes place in 2013 which was the same year GTA V came out?
Not really, Claude wasn't inspired by anyone
There are a few more renders of him that look a little more like how he looks here, with the longer hair, black boots, and dark pants (though you don't get a good look at his face). One where he's running from the cops, and one where's he's getting shot by an electrogun
Because they are "the same Claude", Rockstar just made a soft reboot for GTA III, but 2 is in 2013, if want to see it as a continuation, ok, if u want to see it as a alternative temporal line, it's correct too, there's no divergence with GTA III story, he was in LC being hated by everyone at the final, then u can make the speculation that he moved for Anywhere City to start a new criminal life.
Bro was about to steal a "Comet" but instead met his fate.
It's wierd looking at this so many decades later and realising that the main game have nothing in common with this movie as it was set in retro futuristic 60s and it has amazing feel to it
This is where the REAL OGs are at 📼
Respect + for Scott Maslen
Thank you for increasing the quality, I was looking for this for a few months.
"increasing" the "quality"
@@absolute_blue ye
Can't believe this was out only 2 years ago from 2002, the year I was born. The fact that it has been almost 25 years now puts me into some serious existential crisis. This video is a visual timecapsule
3 years ago from 2002 to be correct
9:15 Dont worry guys . If Claude was in GTA 3 then he surely survived the assasination in GTA 2
Wait but GTA 2 year is set in 2013 :O
Nah he totally died. Different universes anyway. 2D vs 3D. This game’s set in 2013.
@@hatman3636 well shit i have to go to the gta timeline again since im dumb as shit
@@aleksasarmes8160 i'ts Sad Ending he is dead killed by Zaibatsu Assassin and where Girlfriend
Its gta he respawned at a hospital
Lesson here is don't steal from zaibatsu
But they have good cars and 10 bullet pistols!
and they look like Agents despite being a organized Gang
you wouldnt take a bag of Zoom Zoom? Zaibatzus best Drug?
lesson here: respect is everything
I wasn't even born when gta 2 dropped but something just keeps me coming back watch this video, i feel like there is something that 2d universe have that is absent in other gta games
wow Grand Theft Auto 6 look so badass!
GTA 1999 Grand theft in New York
That assassin is a hell of a janitor
It's Martin Pfefferkorn. Should ask him if he still works for the Zaibatsu
Respect for the hard job you make this videos are awesome and great in 4K you make the best movie ;)
That’s Dan houser on the bottom left 7:33
Thr former story-director of Rockstar's games. Good catch.
Cool cameo i gotta say
You cinematography is really well done that you can piece the story all on your own.
Great job dude!
Oh this is great, it used to be that you could only find really low quality versions of this. Very cool.
5:33 i got to admit it, this guy really looks like niko
Hallelujah! Another soul saved.
And remember respect is everything
-GTA 2
It's great! Thank you.)
it'd be great if it was actually the full film
This is the full film.
It is the full film. It was short and I think it was only to promote the game.
what are you talking about? this is the full film
@@Tengohueva88 what he means is he wish it was like a hour long movie
11:14 The announcer for the game makes it sound like its a sitcom
I'd watch the sh*t out of that sitcom
This is more realistic than modern games
@Privateer Assassins 🇮🇩 nope
this trailer was ahead of its time
Best movie ever
Damn, the AI was very high when making this interpolation
Legend!
2013 hit different
Nice job, respect
Scott Maslen did a great job, here 👌🏼. If you're from the UK, you might be familiar with the character, Jack Branning, from the show, Eastenders; also played by Scott Maslen.
Lock stock the TV series as well 👍
you seen the ugly artefacts compared to the smooth motions in the original? this iss not a Remaster, its an accident
Never knew it was a whole short movie, not just an intro. 25 years later I know. Cool!
And remember respect is everything
Ah yes what a memory
Wow. This guy is real life Claude.
The video for this movie was awesome. I wish we had more videos like this for the game. I wish this game got a remake. Heck it doesn't even need to be HD it could be made similar to the same way GTA 3, Vice City, San Andreas, Liberty City Stories and Vice City Stories were made.
@@geminilover1141 Yep. But the 3d graphics would just need to be a bit more crisp along with he gameplay. Besides, that it could work.
So nostalgic
I must say the 4K upscale on this is so weird but thanks for the upload
I still have Gta 1 and 2 for ps1 I grew up playing them
7:32 dan houser as one of the monks 😂
And later he would appear in 3,Vice City and San Andreas as Freddy needs a Nanny
7:33 Dan Houser
Lol claude pushed him
i never noticed he was there
never seen this footage before.
Good shot kid , you got him !
Yo the fact that thunder was in the GTA2 movie is fucking insane!
Legendary
I was obsess with this game back then. I watch these videos a lot. I like the actor for Claude Speed. After all, I watch him in The Bill and EastEnders.
It's kinda sad that GTA 2 was the only game in the series that got it's own promotional movie. It also represents the era when Rockstar actually cared about games.
GTA San Andreas got San Andreas: the Introduction
The two things I still don't understand
1. Why was this taking place in NYC while the rest of the game took place in a sci-fi city
2. wtf was in those bags and why is he eating it XD
I still love this tho, really makes me wish we had a game that took place more realistic NYC/LC like in GTA 4, but bigger and in the 90s 💙
In movie: some drug
IRl: strwbery bubble gum
@@tonie5657 idiot, its Zoom Zoom, a Drug produced by the Zaibatsu
1. probably because of costs as R* back in 1999 was a small company in NYC
2. Zaibatsu Drugs
red rock candy i suppose
1. idk
2. those were drugs made by the Zaibatsu
Love that Claude speed artwork lol
Drawn by Patrick Brown
@@50ksavagegoodsavage4 ohh I've seen him
We might never get stuff like this as promotional marerials for video games
"..."
- Speed Claude
Although This Was A Very Short Movie Is Better Than Any Other Movies Because Is Saves Time, It Almost Felt Like A Movie Trailer Than An Actual Movie.
Claude speed is badass
In the movie he looks like Claude from GTA 3 (that's very similar with Elvis Presley), in the concept arts he looks like Niko Bellic, in the gameplay he just looks like an biker gang member.
Ps: I love Claude, I really like the 2D Universe, this mini movie is just a masterpiece, thank for ramastered.
crazy how moving shadow stayed with rockstar after this and was even a dj on gta 3 and lcs stations
Still the only game series I play to this day.
crispy quality
Scott Maslen has a double, Kevin Pierra from G4TV 😉
One of the hardest films I’ve ever seen.
In my opionion ( I am 34 y old) this is the best from the best intro even made in game....
do you play GTA 2, when you where 13 years old, in 1999, or no?
too bad that this Remaster is more like a Downgrade, with all that interpreted frames inbetween real frames
8:59 here he looks exactly like the 3d claude
6:40 what is the brand of the boots?
This is more of an silent Guy Ritchie film.
Me trae muy divertidos recuerdos con el emulador.
Short but sweet
crime does not pay better title always watch ur back
The Most Amazing INTRO in the whole gta universe
5:30 niko belic
from the intro (as i was 8) 1:55 looking at the movie part of it. gets better. i first found it when i was in my 20's
Nostalgia
exactly how i remember the video
this is amazing..
i think its amazingly ugly, did you see al that artefacts in the video?
@@absolute_blue no why
@@omeletaterfysIsso é incrível tirando o fato que Claude morreu 😢
4K sure looked different back then
the extended scenes, i don't remember them, where they played when going through the game? i only remember the choppy intro
At the time, Rockstar made a deal with a British record label to use songs from their artists for GTA 2 (including the songs used in this short film) and so this movie was included as a bonus feature on sample CDs from the record label. I think it was also available to download on Rockstar’s website at the time
My first gta game
It's Jack from Eastenders hahaha
Man I wish the style would be like blade runner because the game is like data so the movie should be like that too
It’s so strange to see this knowing what GTA has become
“ hey, I’m walking here”