
To the boss' approval, the deal is sealed. As the Russian mob boss is about to turn him away, Claude produces two packets of the Zaibatsu drugs to the boss. This allows him to slip through police detection, and continue to go about his business.Ĭlaude arrives at a hideout for a group of Russians at a harbor, demanding that they help him kill a member of the Rednecks. After the police car spins out of control, allowing Claude to escape, Claude seeks refuge in a paint shop, where his car is resprayed with a white body color. Meanwhile, Claude discovers a police car tailing him, resulting in a chase that lasts for a period of time. The Zaibatsu Corporation promptly obtains a record of Claude, and dispatches an assassin (who doubles as a janitor in the company) to kill Claude.
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However, Claude's act has been reported by the driver of the van to the Zaibatsu, and an informant depicted as a homeless person updates the Zaibatsu on Claude's whereabouts and change of vehicle. With his newly discovered loot, Claude stops to break into a black sedan, load a few of the boxes into its trunk, and takes off in the stolen car, abandoning the van. While in the van, Claude, to his joy, discovers boxes of Zaibatsu Corporation drug shipments inside.


Looking to escape, Claude carjacks a parked van, throwing its occupant out and driving the vehicle away, shaking off his pursuers. It then cuts to Claude Speed striding on the streets, only to be chased by a group of armed gang members (implied to be Rednecks, based on their choice of baseball caps and plaid shirts one of them is wielding a chainsaw). The film opens with overhead scenes of a city as police chatter is heard, revealing a criminal has evaded them. The game's opening cutscene, which features portions of the film in superior quality, is available in the game's folder in the form of a Bink (.bik) file. The film has since been made available to the public and is downloadable from Rockstar's website in the form of 8-part Quicktime files or a single RealVideo file. Some of the film's scenes are also integrated into the game's menus. It also implies the game's playable protagonist, thought to be depicted in the film, to be named Claude Speed. The film is notable for being the only official material by DMA Design (now Rockstar North) to be shot entirely in live-action, but lacks any form of dialog between characters.

The cutscene was pieced together using footage taken from an eight-minute, unnamed short film (henceforth referred unofficially as GTA 2: The Movie) created for the purpose of advertising the game. When released in 1999, Grand Theft Auto 2 featured an opening cutscene with various life-action scenes intended to illustrate the nature of the game. Scott Maslen stars as Claude Speed, the lead character of the live-action film.
