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 mission "Saint Mark's Bistro" has CJ travel to Liberty City to deal with the Forellis at the restaurant of the same name. The restaurant exterior is faithfully remodeled from Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG).

Goofs:

Factual errors: The name of the Turismo sports car is misspelled on the packing for the miniature version of the car in Zero's RC Shop.

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:

Referenced in Bubble (2005/I)

Soundtrack:

Amos Moses

Grand Hood

Another successful GTA game is here and it's great. What more can I say? From the Liberty City to the streets of Los Santos San Andreas, CJ must find out his mother's killer at the same time, bring the gang back together and bring the streets back to the Grove. Wow, they depicted California and the West Coast in the early 90s, and it was cool, no to mention the city that is supposed to be Las Vegas. Speaking of which, I was one of those who believed that this game was to be in las Vegas. Those old rumors regarding 'Sin City', hence the name, and it would mostly include gambling. But those rumors were just rumors. But hey, this game is just so hard boiled and great. There are new features, an eating system, where you have to keep your energy up, and at the same time making him full, and an exercise system, where you have to keep him buff, so he will develop strength, and so you can give people a hard punch. And now, you can develop driving skills too, and the weapons you use, the skill will also be upgraded too. And everything else from the previous GTA games are in it, the gameplay, the driving, it's here. Great. Marvelous. Keep it up Rockstar. Recommended for the fans of the games.