Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (2001)

Plot: Two years after the death of Solid Snake, a rookie FOX-HOUND agent, on his first mission, infiltrates an offshore decontamination facility to rescue the President.

Original Title: Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty

Director: Hideo Kojima

Writer: Tomokazu Fukushima , Hideo Kojima

Producer: Motoyuki Yoshioka , Hideo Kojima

Type: video game

Year: 2001

Genres: Action, Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Cast: Scott Dolph , Christopher Randolph , Tetsu Inada , Shigeo Okajima , Yuki Makishima , Hirofumi Tanaka , Naoki Imamura , Jin Domon , Osamu Ryutani , Munehiro Tokita , Yasuhiko Tokuyama , Yuko Morooka , Takehiko Watanabe , David Hayter , Quinton Flynn , Lara Cody , Vanessa Marshall , Paul Eiding , John Cygan , Maura Gale , Phil LaMarr , Barry Dennen , Greg Eagles , Jennifer Hale , Patric Zimmerman , Cam Clarke , Earl Boen , Kevin Michael Richardson , Peter Renaday , Paul Lukather , Kim Mai Guest , Nancy Linari , Neil Ross , Dee Bradley Baker , Dean Scofield , Jeff Doucette , Dominic Armato , Michael Bell , Richard Gilbert-Hill , Roger Rose , Michael Gough , William Morgan Sheppard , Akio Ôtsuka , Ken'yû Horiuchi , Hideyuki Tanaka , Kikuko Inoue , Takeshi Aono , Yumi Tôma , Ryôtarô Okiayu , Kôzô Shioya , Shôzô Îzuka , Maria Yamamoto , Kôji Totani , Banjô Ginga , Osamu Saka , Daisuke Gôri , Kyôko Terase , Masaharu Satô , Yuzuru Fujimoto , Houko Kuwashima , Kaneto Shiozawa , Takayuki Inoue , Shinobu Satouchi , Hiroyuki Satô , Peter Lurie

Countries: Japan , United States

Languages: English , Japanese

Color Info: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1 (film sequences)

Sound Mix: Dolby Digital::(cutscenes) , Dolby::(gameplay scenes)

Original Air Date: 14 Nov 2001 (Canada)

Rating: 9.0

Votes: 8934

Year: 2001

Akas: Metal Gear Solid 2 (United States) , Metaru gia soriddo tsû: Sanzu obu ribati , MGS2

Production Companies: Konami Computer Entertainment

Distributors: Konami Marketing (Asia) Ltd. , Konami , Konami , Konami of Europe

Synopsis: Two years have passed since the Shadow Moses incident, and Revolver Ocelot has leaked the blueprints for Metal Gear REX to the black market. Since then, militaries throughout the world have their own REX for their own military needs. Solid Snake, and now partner and close friend Otacon have founded 'Philanthropy' an organisation based solely on destroying every last Metal Gear REX on Earth. Some time later, Otacon recieves information that a new Metal Gear is being developed, under the codename 'Metal Gear RAY' and is being hidden and transported onboard the tanker 'Discovery'. In turn, Solid Snake, albeit with a mission that involves taking photographic evidence of the new Metal Gear so that Philanthropy can expose it to the world, lands on the tanker via bungie jumping off the Hudson River. Otacon reminds Snake to not kill any personel as the people onboard are "Nice, upstanding Marines, not terrorists". He also tells Snake that the Metal Gear "Should be somewhere down in the cargo holds". Shortly after, he witnesses the takeover of the tanker by Russian Special Forces lead by 'Colonel Gurlukovich'. After finding out where the ship is heading (the middle of the Atlantic), Solid Snake meets and fights 'Olga Gurlukovich' (daughter of the Russian Special Forces leader), rendering her unconscious with a round from his tranquilizer gun.Before he continues to the location of RAY, Snake spots a hovering photographic device looking at him, taking a picture and flying off. He proceeds down to the cargo hold where the prototype RAY is supposedly being held. Solid Snake sneaks into the holds while a Commander 'Dolph Jackson' ( with the RAY right behind him) gives out a speech to a huge assembly of Marines about how the Marine Corps will lead the world with the RAY, how it will be mass produced and that it is amphibious - able to move on land AND in water, making it more than a match to any REXs that would be used against it. Solid Snake manages to take crucial photographs of RAY that would reveal its existence to the public, and uploads them to Otacon via a computer. Otacon then tells Snake to flee the holds and get off the tanker, just when the speach is wound up. The Marines then salute the commander, but the silence is broken by the sound of clapping. The sound came from a figure which steps out from behind the RAY, and it reveals itself as Revolver Ocelot (his missing right arm now replaced). Gurlukovich's forces then stomr the holds and point their weapons at the surprised Marines, who point their weapons at the Russians. Revolver Ocelot tells the commander that he has come to take back the RAY to 'The Patriots' - its true owners, according to Revolver Ocelot. Out of nowhere, Colonel Gurlukovich grabs hold of commander Dolph Jackson and puts a gun to his head. He claims that "Russia will rise again" and that "Even the technology that gave birth to these weapons is Russian". Revolver Ocelot then announces that Semtex (an explosive) has been placed in the tanker's key structural points and with a touch of the detonators' button in his hand, he will blow the tanker out of the water. All seems under control until Revolver Ocelot reveals that he has no intention of selling Metal Gear RAY to Colonel Gurlukovich, as he has stated to commander Dolph Jackson that he has come to "Take it back". Colonel Gurlukovich then asks "Have you sold us out?" and whether Revolver Ocelot is still in league with 'Solidus', to which Revolver Ocelot replies "No hard feelings Colonel, but Mother Russia can rot for all I care.

Producer: Motoyuki Yoshioka , Hideo Kojima

Art Direction: Yoji Shinkawa

Box Office: $10,000,000 (estimated)

Certificates: Australia:MA::(ACB) , Brazil:14 , France:16::(SELL) , Germany:16::(USK) , Ireland:15::(IFCO) , New Zealand:M , South Korea:18::(KMRB) , United Kingdom:15::(BBFC) , United States:M::(ESRB)

Composer: Norihiko Hibino , Harry Gregson-Williams

Editor: Hideo Kojima

Editorial Department: Carsten Becker

Sound Crew: Kazuki Muraoka , Ryoji Makimura , Maki Kirioka , Akihiro Teruta , Akihiro Honda , Shuichi Kobori , Devon Bowman , Sotaro Tojima , Masashi Watanabe , Tak Ogawa , Keisuke Shibutani

Visual Effects: Takashi Mizutani , Tornado Yoshida

Music Department: Norihiko Hibino , Emil Richards , Justin Caine Burnett , Steve Jablonsky

Miscellaneous Crew: Tomokazu Fukushima , Yoshikazu Matsuhana , Takashi Mizutani , Motosada Mori , So Toyota , Kazunobu Uehara , Scott Dolph , Yuji Korekado , Hideaki Mori , Shigeo Okajima , Sanae Shintani , Kunio Takabe , Hiroaki Yoshiike , Joachim Amman , Hans Kohrs , Shuyo Murata , Shiro Mukaide , Shinji Yamashita , Ryosaku Ueno , Ellerey Gave , Kenichiro Kano , Shinta Nojiri , Satoshi Hirano , Keiko Ono , Sadaaki Kaneyoshi , Kenichiro Shigeno , Agness Kaku , Mitsuo Abe , Kimberly Cooper , Kyle Cooper , Seth Kleinberg , Phyllis Weisband , Kris Zimmerman

Thanks: Toby Chu

Other Companies: ABC News Video Source , Attractive Action Club (AAC) , FHM Magazine , INTAC Co. Ltd. , Imagica , Imaginary Forces , Links Digiworks , Salami Studios

Animation Department: Yoji Shinkawa , Hironobu Matsui , Ikuya Nakamura , Ikki Sakakibara , Tsubasa Masao , Nobuyoshi Nishimura , Hideki Sasaki

Assistant Director: Yoshikazu Matsuhana

Art Department: Takashi Mizutani , Yoji Shinkawa , Juntaro Saito , Mineshi Kimura , Yutaka Negishi , Noriyoshi Ohrai , Hideki Sasaki

Videos: Video 1

Script Department: Yoshikazu Matsuhana

Seasons: Yumi Takada