Metal Gear Solid: Philantrophy Review

Searching for any movie or animated film about the Metal Gear game series, I stumbled upon a trailer for non-profit, fan-made film titled Metal Gear Solid: Philantrophy.

MGS: Philantrophy is created by Hive Division, a team of Italian students and filmmakers. It is written, directed, and edited by Giacomo Talamini, an Italian student filmmaker who also stars as Solid Snake in the movie.

Philantrophy is intended to have three parts. The movie that's out so far is the first one, subtitled "Part One: The Overnight Nation".


Summary:

The Overnight Nation follows Solid Snake as he teams up with the organization called Philantrophy. Their aim is to stop the Metal Gears around the world. Snake (Giacomo Talamini) teams up with Elizabeth Laeken (Patrizia Liccardi) and Pierre Leclerc (Nicola Cecconi) as they go on a mission to rescue Senator Abraham Bishop and to attempt to find out what is really going on in the so called "Overnight Nation".


Overall:

To sum it all up, MGS: Philantrophy is an AWESOME WORK. The action scenes, special effects, locations and the CGI shows how much effort is exerted for this fan made film. Giacomo Talamini looked a lot like "the" Solid Snake that we see on the MGS Games, Harrison somehow resembles Otacon, Elizabeth is the sexy, mysterious but deadly soldier and Pierre serves as the, somewhat, comic relief to the team. This is a good example of what movies adapted or based from video games should be like. Now, that's a product made by a group of talented, dedicated fans to you. Even Mr. Hideo Kojima, creator of the Metal Gear series, loved this movie.

There's still no word about the making of the second and the third part yet but still, Kudos to Talamini and the rest of the Hive Division team for a job well done.

Here's more screenshots from the movie:



Links:
MGS: Philantrophy Official Page