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

Directors:

Dan Houser
Navid Khonsari

Writers:

Dan Houser (written by) &
James Worrall (written by) ...

Genre:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Plot:

A family tragedy prompts a man to return home, only to find it overrun by crime and corruption, which he must regain control of the streets before it gets even worse.

Plot Keywords:

Corruption | Drug Dealer | Leg Ripped Off | Black Suit Clad Killer | Corpse

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Young Maylay	...	Carl 'C.J.' Johnson (voice)
Faizon Love	...	Sean 'Sweet' Johnson (voice)
Yolanda Whittaker	...	Kendl Johnson (voice) (as Yo Yo)
Clifton Powell	...	Melvin 'Big Smoke' Harris (voice)
MC Eiht	...	Lance 'Ryder' Wilson (voice)
Jas Anderson	...	Jeffrey 'OG Loc' Cross (voice) (as Jonathan Anderson)
The Game	...	Mark 'B-Dup' Wayne (voice)
Big Boy	...	Barry 'Big Bear' Thorne (voice)
Eugene Jeter Jr.	...	Emmet (voice)
Ice-T	...	Madd Dogg (voice)
Clifton Collins Jr.	...	Cesar Vialpando (voice)
Samuel L. Jackson	...	Officer Frank Tenpenny (voice)
Chris Penn	...	Officer Eddie Pulaski (voice)
Armando Riesco	...	Officer Hernandez / Pedestrian (voice)
Cynthia Farrell	...	Catalina (voice)

Also Known As:

GTA 5 (UK) (working title)
GTA: San Andreas (International: English title) (short title)
Grand Theft Auto 5 (UK) (working title)
San Andreas (International: English title) (short title)

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor) | Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:AO (re-rating) (2005) | USA:M (original rating) (revoked: 2005) | Finland:K-18 | Australia:MA (edited version: 2005) | Ireland:18 | USA:M (revised version) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Sweden:18 (PEGI) | Australia:MA (original rating: uncut) | Singapore:M18 | Germany:16 (censored) | New Zealand:R18 | Norway:18 (self applied) | Poland:18 (PlayStation 2 version) | UK:18 | Australia:(Banned) (re-rating: 2005)

Company:

Rockstar North

Trivia:

The music you hear when doing the "Car Bounce Challenge" with Caesar is actually from an episode of the television show "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" (1979). The episode, 'Space Rockers', first aired on February 21, 1980 and featured a futuristic band called Andromeda playing this song with outlandish instruments. The song is actually called "Odyssey" and was written by Johnny Harris. It appears on the San Andreas soundtrack.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: On the back of the Ambulance, The part "Ambu" is always missing.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Carl Johnson: [voiceover] After five years on the East Coast, it was time to go home
[a previous phone call is heard]
Carl Johnson: 'Sup?
Sweet Johnson: Carl, it's Sweet.
Carl Johnson: Whassup, Sweet, what you want?
Sweet Johnson: It's Moms... She's dead, bro.

Movie Connections:

References Farewell, My Lovely (1975)

Soundtrack:

Killing In The Name

THE BEST PS2 GAME EVER!!!!

And the best of the GTA series by far. It just has so much more to do than Vice City and GTA3. In fact, there is so much to do, it's impossible to everything I think! I think it has a better story than the other GTA games, and of course there is just so much more you can do like to your character.

The first time I got this game, I didn't think it was anything special, not at all. The missions got me cursing at the PS2 and had in a fit of rage because of how frustrating they were. But now I'm really enjoying the missions and everything else about the game.

I have been playing on this everyday since I first got it, and will likely being doing so throughout the year 2005.

Rating: 10/10