Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (Video Game 2009)

Johnny Klebitz, Vice President of a gang of outlaw bikers called The Lost Motorcycle Club, has been keeping the brotherhood afloat while its President, Billy Grey, is in court-ordered rehab... See full summary »

Directors:

Rod Edge, John Zurhellen

Writers:

Dan Houser, Rupert Humphries,

Stars:

Scott Hill, Chris McKinney, Lou Sumrall

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Hill	...	Johnny Klebitz (voice)
Chris McKinney	...	Jim Fitzgerald (voice)
Lou Sumrall	...	Billy Grey (voice)
Adrian Martinez	...	Brian Jeremy (voice)
Joshua Burrow	...	Terry Thorpe (voice)
Keith Randolph Smith	...	Clay Simons (voice)
Traci Godfrey	...	Ashley Butler (voice)
Jay Patterson	...	David 'Dave' Grossman (voice)
José Ramón Rosario	...	Mr. Roncero (voice)
Brian Tarantina	...	Angus Martin (voice)
Charleigh E. Parker	...	Elizabeta Torres (voice) (as Charlie Parker)
Santos	...	Andreas (voice)
Joseph Barbara	...	Ray Boccino (voice)
Honey Rockwell	...	Marta (voice)
Walter Mudu	...	Malc (voice)

Storyline

Johnny Klebitz, Vice President of a gang of outlaw bikers called The Lost Motorcycle Club, has been keeping the brotherhood afloat while its President, Billy Grey, is in court-ordered rehab. When Billy is released, he immediately goes on the warpath, endangering the numerous truces that Johnny had established, especially with their rival gang, The Angels of Death Motorcycle Club. Johnny finds himself forced to choose between his common sense and his loyalty to Billy. Taking place at the same time as Niko Bellic's journey in Liberty City in Grand Theft Auto IV, the plot interweaves with Niko's story at various points.

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Plot Keywords:

grand theft auto | city | blood splatter | machine gun | pistol | 

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Genres:

Crime

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

UK USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 February 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Rockstar North

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The mission 'Politics' marks the first time a penis is seen in a Grand Theft Auto game.

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Goofs

In the opening cutscene Niko Bellic can be seen walking down a street as Johnny Klebitz and The Lost ride through Alderney City. In Grand Theft Auto IV, Alderney would have been blocked off at this point in the timeline, so there is no way Niko could have been there as he would have been in Broker at this time.

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Quotes

Congressman Thomas Stubbs III: [Revealing he's completely naked] Thomas Stubbs. How are you?
Johnny Klebitz: Well... now that you mention it, I'm feeling a bit queasy.

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Crazy Credits

Key moments from both GTAIV and The Lost And Damned appear as cutscenes during the "game complete" credits.

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Connections

References Road Rash (1991)

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Soundtracks

"Inner Sanctum"
Produced and Performed by 'Celtic Frost'
Written by 'Thomas Gabriel Warrior' and 'Martin Eric Ain'
Published by Maldoror Musikverlag, GmbH
Courtesy of Noise Records

User Reviews

The Loved and Damned

Being one of those unfortunate Playstation owners who had to wait for the much anticipated slice of Grand Theft Auto's DLC I can certainly say it was worth the delay; delivering a fantastic story that links into to the original instalment as well as a new protagonist, new weapons and pretty much everything a faithful DLC is made up of.

Johnny Klebitz is a member of the ugliest biker gang in Liberty City - The Lost (There is yet to be a playable character of the series that doesn't look like a shaven monkey - Sorry Rockstar). He has to, as expected; deal with all sort of shenanigans set to come his way within the course of roughly six to eight hours of story gameplay.

Now if you haven't already played the marvellous Grand Theft Auto 4(though you probably have, if you didn't purchase Episodes From Liberty City), then it is strongly recommended to play through Niko Bellic's story since plot details, characters and the ashamed knowledge that you know Liberty City better than your own city will all be very important to helping you appreciate the finer details of this DLC. If you do the unthinkable habit of skipping cut scenes then this obviously wont matter too much, but will help never the less.

The gameplay is the exactly the same as before so players who haven't used their dusty console in a long time shouldn't have too much trouble remembering the basics. The Lost and Damned adds plenty of fun elements to the sterling gameplay though - such as whacking people in the face with a baseball bat while racing and a Grenade Launcher that makes the old RPG look like an antique. Helpfully there are also some more useful elements such as checkpoints in long missions meaning no huge back tracking that was seen in the end of Grand Theft Auto 4.

The story ties up some unanswered loose ends of GTA 4, and creates new ones which The Ballad of Gay Tony will inevitably finish off. Also the plot despite using similar ideas seen in the previous game displays them in a different context and scenarios throughout, which does justice to the gritty tale of GTA 4 and makes the shoot-outs and killings feel more significant and varied because of this strong sense of story.

Rockstar have made a DLC worthy of any gamer's attention and made it in keeping with the tone, realism and depth fans received when they first stepped into Liberty City.