news culture GTA: This film is the origin of the best mission in the saga and is available on Amazon Prime Video
Those familiar with this anecdote will be pleased to learn that one of Michael Mann’s masterpieces is coming to the Amazon Prime Video catalogue. This time, Jeff Bezos’ video service is pulling up old Netflix content, not the other way around! From now on, you can enrich your cinematic culture by discovering the feature film that brought GTA IV’s Three Leaf Clover mission to life.
Netflix loses this cinematic masterpiece, Prime Video takes it back!
The SVOD platform war is raging between Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. On the one hand, Netflix is gradually regaining the subscribers it has lost in recent months and the trust of users, even if it means alienating the giant from its most loyal customers of a colossal bug associated with one of its new features. At the neighbor, Amazon Prime Video, we move quietly, taking advantage of the nice word of mouth that sometimes comes with some of its programs (The young, The last of us, LOL Whoever laughs comes out…) and the launch of Warner Pass thanks to the collaboration with broadcaster HBO. If each of the platforms is committed to its original content, the entries and exits within the catalogs are a bit like ping-pong.
Not so long ago is the film Ad Astra who have left the Amazon Prime Video platform to settle comfortably in the Netflix catalogue. The same applies to the film of the day ! A few months ago, Netflix subscribers could enjoy it heat, Michael Mann’s masterpiece. Unfortunately, the exploitation rights of the film expired, like that of a movie package ! Despite everything, we can console ourselves at Netflix with other marvels of the 7th art, such as: The Godfather, scarface or pulp Fiction keep in remembrance. But for heat with Al Pacino, Val Kilmer and Robert de Niro, among others, it continues on the Amazon Prime Video page. By the way, did you know that this movie is one of the greatest inspirations of the creators of Grand Theft Auto, so much so that they re-adapted a sequence to turn it into an original mission GTAIV ?
Heat, a great film that inspired a Grand Theft Auto IV mission
In 1995 Michael gave birth to Mann heat, turn the world of cinema completely upside down and much more. Indeed, for many creative people, The film is considered a monument to which the developers of Grand Theft Auto IV paid tribute, notably in the mission “Three Leaf Clover”.. After demonstrating his talent on the field, Niko Bellic is given a highly dangerous mission that can nonetheless pay off: rob the Liberty City gang as Patrick McReary wants. With a plan in mind and a shock team consisting of Saint Michael, Packie and Derrick, the thugs hit the jackpot before realizing a battle-ready Welcome Committee awaits them outside. For Grand Theft Auto fans, this is one of the best missions of the license: you can thank the genius of Michael Mann!
By recovering heat, Amazon Prime Video is doing well and making its catalog more and more attractive. If you are fascinated by the feature film, we still advise you to plan your moment or your evening well Michael Mann’s film is still 2h50. Aside from the cult sequence we mentioned above, The film benefits from strong staging and a five star cast, composed of emblematic figures of cinema, including Dennis Haysbert (Lucifer) and especially Tom Sizemore (We need to save Soldier Ryan), who recently left us in March 2023, in mourning for the entire GTA community, who will be remembered forever his vocal rendition of Sonny Forelli in the episode Vice City.
