Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG)

User Rating:

9.4/10   

Director:

Navid Khonsari

Writers:

Dan Houser (written by) &
James Worrall (written by) ...
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Release Date:

8 November 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

Welcome to Vice City. Welcome to the 80s.

Plot:

After being released from jail, Tommy Vercetti left Liberty City for Vice City--a city overrun by the mob. Now, Tommy is out to make the Vice City his home.

Plot Keywords:

Mafia | Drugs | Police | Corruption | Criminal

Awards:

6 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Ray Liotta	...	Tommy Vercetti (voice)
William Fichtner	...	Ken Rosenberg (voice) (as Bill Fichtner)
Tom Sizemore	...	Sonny Forelli (voice)
Dennis Hopper	...	Steve Scott (voice)
Burt Reynolds	...	Avery Carrington (voice)
Luis Guzmán	...	Ricardo Diaz (voice)
Philip Michael Thomas	...	Lance Vance (voice)
Robert Davi	...	Colonel Juan Garcia Cortez (voice)
Danny Trejo	...	Umberto Robina (voice)
Gary Busey	...	Phil Cassidy (voice)
Lee Majors	...	'Big' Mitch Baker (voice)
Fairuza Balk	...	Mercedes Cortez (voice)
Danny Dyer	...	'Kent' Paul (voice)
Kevin McKidd	...	Jezz Torrent (voice)
Deborah Harry	...	Delores (voice)
Jenna Jameson	...	Candy Suxxx (voice)
Lawrence Taylor	...	BJ Smith (voice)
Youree Dell Harris	...	Auntie Poulet (voice)
Armando Riesco	...	Supplier (voice)
Blayne Perry	...	Cougar (voice)
Charles Tucker	...	Hilary King (voice)
Christopher Lucas	...	Congressman Alex Shrub (voice)
George DiCenzo	...	Earnest Kelly (voice)
Gregory Sims	...	Cam Jones (voice)
Hunter Platin	...	Psycho (voice)
Jane Gennaro	...	Maude Hanson (voice)
John Zurhellen	...	Jethro (voice)
Jorge Pupo	...	Gonzales (voice)
Navid Khonsari	...	Dwayne (voice)
Peter McKay	...	Dick (voice)
Robert Cihra	...	Mike The Goon / Porn Guy (voice)
Russell Foreman	...	Percy (voice)
Will Morton	...	Stalker (voice)
Maria Chambers	...	Toni (voice)
Justin T. Milner	...	Patrick
Jeff Berlin	...	Imaging Voice (Flash FM) / Commercials (voice)
Lazlow Jones	...	Himself (voice)
Joe Kelly	...	Imaging Voice (VRock) (voice)
Jamie Canfield	...	Adam First (voice)
Jen Sweeney	...	Imaging Voice (Emotion 98.3 & Wave 103) (voice)
Julius Dyson	...	Oliver 'Ladykiller' Biscuit (voice)
Ed McMann	...	Male Imaging Voice (Fever 105) / Commercial Voice (voice)
Shawnee Smith	...	Female Imaging Voice (Fever 105) (voice)
Frank Chavez	...	Fernando Martinez (voice)
Tony Chilrodes	...	Pepe (voice)
Mister Magic	...	Himself (voice)
Frank Silvestro	...	Imaging Voice (Wildstyle) (voice)
Leyna Weber	...	Amy Sheckenhausen (voice)
Colleen Corbett	...	Mandy (voice)
Mary Birdsong	...	Michaela Carapadis / Jenny Louise Crab (voice)
Carl Dowling	...	Pat 'Mr.Zoo' Flanerdy (voice)
Lynn Lipton	...	Gethsemanee (voice)
John Mauceri	...	Claude Maginot (voice)
Frank Fava	...	Thor (voice)
Couzin Ed	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Josh Clark	...	Radio Caller / Commercial Voice (voice)
Jason Buhrmester	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Juan Aller	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Wayne Oliver	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Susan Lewis	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Gillian Telling	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Tom Murray	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Mike Ferrante Sr.	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Emmanuel Goldstein	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Dan Houser	...	Radio Caller / Commercial Voice (voice)
Nick Mandelos	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Gerry Cosgrove	...	Morgan Merryweather (voice)
Michael Palermo	...	Radio Caller (voice) (as Mike Palermo)
Porkchop	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Keith Broadus	...	Radio Caller (voice)
Philip Anthony-Rodriguez	...	Maurice Chavez (voice)
Pat Olsen	...	Jonathan Freeloader (voice) (as Patrick Olsen)
Kelly Guest	...	Michelle Montanius (voice)
Sean Modica	...	Callum Crayshaw (voice)
L.J. Gansen	...	John Florida Hickory (voice)
David Green	...	Pastor Richards (voice)
Maureen Silliman	...	Jan Brown (voice)
Renaud Sebbane	...	Barry Stark (voice)
Konstantinos	...	Konstantinos Smith (voice) (as Konstantinos.com)
Peter Silvestro	...	Jeremy Robard (voice)
Adam Davidson	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Alex Anthony	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Alice B. Saltzman	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Amy Saltzman	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Kate Dukich	...	Commercial Voice / Pedestrian (voice)
Aron Ronicle	...	Commercial Singer (voice)
Barb Jones	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Ben Krech	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Brian Thomas	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Brock Yoder	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Chris Ferrante	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Craig Conner	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Dave Ryan	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Doris Woo	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Douglas Harrison	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Gene Hilgreen	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Greg Schweizer	...	Commercial Voice / Pedestrian (voice)
James Ferrante	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Jeff Rosa	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Julie Wemyss	...	Commercial Singer (voice)
Kevin Straley	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Kim Gurney	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Lance Williams	...	Commercial Voices (voice)
Laura Paterson	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Lisa Ortiz	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Lorna Jordan	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Lucien Jones	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Mike Ferranti Jr.	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Pete Gustin	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Raff Crolla	...	Commercial Singer (voice)
Randy Johnson	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Richard Krüger	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Ron Reeve	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Shelley Miller	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Sky	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
T.J. Allard	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Silva Solas	...	Police Controller (voice)
Robert De Negro	...	Beatbox (voice) (as Robbott De Negro)
Adam Watkins	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Alejandro K. Brown	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Alex Anthony Sioukas	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Alex Garcia	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Alison Cihra	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Amy Salima	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Andrea Videla	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Anthony Atti	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Anthony Rivera	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Bijan Shams	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Brett Bisogno	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Breye Mata	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Brian Panen	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Carey Bertini	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Charisse Lambert	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Chris Difate	...	Pedestrian (voice) (as Chris DiFat)
Chris Reisenberger	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Christopher Broday	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Christopher Carro	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Cynthia Greene	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Damaries Lopez	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Dan Lee	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Dan Schneider	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Dan Toyama	...	Pedestrian (voice)
David Chatfield	...	Pedestrian (voice)
David Harrison	...	Pedestrian (voice)
David Wiley	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Deborah Collins	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Debranda Chaney-Giles	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Demetra Koukoulas	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Denise Rosado	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Devin Bennett	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Devin Winterbottom	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Duncan Coutts	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Dupe Ajayi	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Edwin Avellaneda	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Elizabeth Howell	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Elizabeth Satterwhite	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Eric Nagle	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Esteban Karplus	...	Pedestrian (voice)
F. Font	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Futaba Hayashi	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Gerard Luna	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Gregg Carlucci	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Gregory Clervoix Jr.	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Hadley Tomicki	...	Pedestrian (voice)
J. Rossett	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Jameel Vega	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Jason Jones	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Jennifer Jemison	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Jeremy Taggert	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Jessica Rider	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Joseph Greene	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Joseph Howell	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Kel O'Neill	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Kevin Hopkins	...	Pedestrian (voice)
LaDawn James	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Laura Maxwell	...	Pedestrian (voice) (as Laura Bubbles)
Lee Cummings	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Leticia L. Young	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Lindsay Kennedy	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Lucio Amadio	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Marco Fernandez	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Mariko Tanaka	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Marion Matthews	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Mary Telling	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Masayoshi Mitsuyama	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Matthew Chung	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Max Allstadt	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Max Bogdanov	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Melissa Alvarez	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Michael May	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Michael Rothstein	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Miguel Vidal	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Mike Federline	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Natalie Descalzo	...	Pedestrian (voice)
N'Gai Members	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Nicolas Mallo	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Noelle Sadler	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Norbert Morivan	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Oswald Greene Jr.	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Peter Appel	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Preston Savarese	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Rafael Gonzales	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Rey Concepion	...	Shipping Captain / Pedestrian (voice)
Rob Tibbs	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Robert Jackson	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Robert Schuler	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Ross A. McIntyre	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Ruth Nuñez	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Salvadore Suazo	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Sam White	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Santos Gonzalez	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Scott Smith	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Seymour Frailman	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Spelman Brauman	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Stephanie Telling	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Steve Knezevich	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Steve Michael Robert	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Sumiko Yasuda	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Sylvia Colacios	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Tomoko Miyazaki	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Tron	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Verdel Hale	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Yves Mondesir	...	Pedestrian (voice)
Zeno Leinfelder	...	Pedestrian (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jon Michael Davis	...	Commercial Voice (voice) (as Jon Davis)
Mark Hanlon	...	Willy (voice)
Jonathan Hanst	...	Commercial Voice (voice)
Paul Mackie	...	Percy (voice)
Gareth Murfin	...	Pedestrian (voice) (scenes deleted)
Randy Pearlstein	...	Jack Howitzer
Jason Shigemori	...	Pedestrian

Directed by
Navid Khonsari

Writing credits
Dan Houser		(written by) &
James Worrall		(written by)
Dan Houser		(pedestrian dialogue) &
Marco Fernandez		(pedestrian dialogue) (as Marc Fernandez) &
Gillian Telling		(pedestrian dialogue) &
Navid Khonsari		(pedestrian dialogue) &
Jeremy Pope		(pedestrian dialogue) &
Lance Williams		(pedestrian dialogue) &
Jenny Jemison		(pedestrian dialogue)
Dan Houser		(DJ banter and imaging) &
Lazlow Jones		(DJ banter and imaging) (as Lazlow)

Produced by
Leslie Benzies	....	producer
Dan Houser	....	producer
Sam Houser	....	executive producer
Jamie King	....	producer: cinematics
Jeremy Pope	....	associate producer
Renaud Sebbane	....	producer: motion capture

Casting by
Judy Henderson

Art Direction by
Aaron Garbut

Art Department
Keiran Baillie	....	map designer (also as Kieran Baillie)
Adam Cochrane	....	map designer
Campbell J. Dick	....	map designer
Alan Duncan	....	vehicle designer
Paul Kurowski	....	lead vehicle designer
Gary McAdam	....	map designer
Craig Moore	....	additional art
Steven Mulholland	....	map designer
Jolyon Orme	....	vehicle designer
Stuart Petri	....	graphic designer
Tony Porter	....	additional art
Andrew Soosay	....	map designer
Wayland Standing	....	map designer
Nik Taylor	....	map designer
Alisdair Wood	....	map designer

Sound Department
John Bowen	....	additional sound designer
Craig Conner	....	audio designer
Will Morton	....	audio designer
Stuart Ross	....	audio designer
Greg Schweizer	....	audio production mixer
Raymond Usher	....	audio programmer
Paul Vasquez	....	sound recordist
Allan Walker	....	audio designer

Animation Department
Gus Braid	....	animator
Alan Davidson	....	character designer
Alex Horton	....	lead animator
Ian McQue	....	lead character designer
Lee Montgomery	....	animator
Tara Radcliffe	....	in-game character model
Duncan Shields	....	animator
Toks Solarin	....	character designer

Music Department
Terry Donovan	....	soundtrack coordinator
Heinz Henn	....	music consultant

Other crew
Craig Arbuthnott	....	quality assurance manager
Tim Bates	....	lead quality assurance
Leslie Benzies	....	development director
Jeff Berlin	....	imaging production: Flash FM
Alan Campbell	....	programmer
Christine Chalmers	....	technical supporter
Barane Chan	....	programmer
Neil Corbette	....	lead quality assurance (as Neil Corbett)
Adam Davidson	....	lead quality assurance
Andrew Duthie	....	mission designer
Craig Filshie	....	mission designer
Gary Foreman	....	chief technology officer: Rockstar New York
Adam Fowler	....	technical director
Kim Gurney	....	office support
John Haime	....	mission designer
Mark Hanlon	....	programmer
Richard Huie	....	lead quality assurance
Navid Khonsari	....	director: voice-over
Jamie King	....	vice president of development: Rockstar New York
Mark Lloyd	....	quality assurance manager
Andrzej Madajczyk	....	programmer
Eddie Marrero	....	motion capture performer: Mitch Baker/Umberto Robino
William Mills	....	mission designer
Cassie Oliver	....	office support
Derek Payne	....	programmer
Jorge Pupo	....	motion capture actor
Alexander Roger	....	lead programmer
Jeff Rosa	....	director of quality assurance
Chris Rothwell	....	mission designer
Lorraine Roy	....	lead technical support
Imran Sarwar	....	mission designer
Andrew Semple	....	studio director
Michael D. Thomson	....	production team (as David Thomson)
Obbe Vermeij	....	technical director
Graeme Williiamson	....	programmer (as Graeme Williamson)
Kevin Wong	....	lead quality assurance
James Worrall	....	mission designer
Gordon Yeoman	....	programmer

Thanks
Jordan Liles	....	special thanks
Casey Mongillo	....	special thanks
Kyle Papke	....	special thanks
Tank	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Rockstar North
• Rockstar Games
• Rockstar Vienna (Xbox version)

Distributors

• Rockstar Games (2002) (worldwide) (all media)
• Capcom Company (2004) (Japan) (all media) (PlayStation 2)
• KE Media (2002) (Sweden) (TV)

Other Companies

• Epic Records  soundtrack

Also Known As:

Grand Theft Auto IV (USA) (working title)
Grand Theft Auto: Miami (USA) (working title)
Vice City (USA) (short title)

Country:

USA | UK

Language:

English | Spanish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Australia:MA | Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | Germany:16 | Ireland:18 | New Zealand:R18 | Sweden:18 | UK:18 | USA:M

Filming Locations:

Miami, Florida, USA

Company:

Rockstar North

Trivia:

This game became the fastest selling UK game ever, with over 250,000 sales in the first weekend alone.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: There is a loading screen depicting Auntie Poulet in front of a sign reading "Havana". Since Auntie Poulet is the leader of the Haitian gang, the sign should read "Haiti".

Quotes:

Michelle Montanius: If you're listening to this station and you haven't made a donation, then you are a thief.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (2005-11-16)" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Magic's Wand

My first foray into GTA and I love it.

I never bought GTA3, which dominated the sales charts for a long time (and still does). I felt it wasn't my kind of game. The off-shoot of GTA3, GTA:Vice City was announced and the millions who bought GTA3 were counting the days for its arrival.

As a frequent visitor to IGN.com, all the posters could talk about was this game. I originally planned to buy GTA3 as soon as I finished one of my other games, but after seeing the track listing of licensed songs for Vice City, the 80's theme, and reading a million posts about it, I pre-ordered it and got it on its first day of sale. Although I won't call it the best game I've ever played, it's in my Top 10. Vice City is an outstanding game.

Vice City is about Tommy Vercetti (voiced by Ray Liotta) who has been released from jail after doing 15 years. He is sent by Sonny Forelli to work in 1986 Vice City (Miami). You'll be doing all sorts of illegal activities, such as murder, stealing military equipment and microchips, drug dealing, sniping, and robbery. You'll even blow up buildings for other bosses. Eventually, you too can make Tommy a boss. It's just like The Sopranos. You can even do non-illegal things like drive people around in taxis, save hurt people with an ambulance, and deliver pizza. There's "Fast And The Furious" street racing, dirt bike racing, helicopters, boats, you name it, it can be driven.

You'll meet up with tons of characters who'll pay for your successful missions. which helps you buy property that will allow you to get rich. The game is totally non-linear, so if you don't feel like doing a mission, you could be a taxi driver or just cruise the well-done and huge city that looks just like Miami (I've been there, it's eerily similar). There's so much stuff to do, even doing crazy jumps, rampages (where you do some mass murdering of thugs), or the fabled hidden packages.

The graphics do the job, but the gameplay is what counts. It has a few niggles but doesn't detract. Even if you fail, you'll want to keep trying a mission until you succeed; that's why this game is so good, sooner or later, you'll win the mission. The sound is the best I've ever heard. You'll hear tons of voice clips just by bumping into the denizens of Vice City. The voice acting done by the likes of Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Luis Guzman, William Fichtner, and Dennis Hopper is excellent. The real gem is all the licensed 80's music. There are several radio stations that play all sorts of different hit songs from the era, so you'll get to hear some of your all-time favorites (all listed in the manual). Don't forget the talk radio (I just love DJ Amy). All in all, it delivers a great idea of what people in 2002 think what 1986 was like.

Yes, the game is controversial in nature so it's not for kids, but for adults or teens who do have responsible parents who love and teach their children right and wrong and are active in their lives, this game is indeed the PlayStation 2's defining moment, as Todd Zuniga put it. I'm sure both GTA3 and Vice City are great, but VC is the one to get. The 80's still rule!