Do you feel like taking a break from the toils of your day to watch an action-packed blockbuster, but don't really feel like dedicating ninety minutes to watching a film? There's an easy solution to that: check out YouTube user Kitty0706's "The Jacknife Chronicles," a twelve-minute, remarkably violent revenge story created entirely within Garry's Mod for Half-Life 2. We anticipate that it will it satisfy your action cravings in a fairly efficient manner.
The short film, which borrows more than a few locales and soundtrack clips from Mirror's Edge and Portal, can be found in its entirety after the jump. It's a little NSFW -- especially if you happen to work as a security guard in a high-tech compound.
Reader Comments (13)
Posted: Aug 24th 2010 6:09PM AFinalUltimatum said
One of the best.... er its the only... but still the best use of Mirror's edge in a machinima ever. Not to mention this video is just awesome.
Posted: Aug 24th 2010 6:10PM DireWolf2000 said
I wasn't expecting this to make it to Joystiq. It is really impressive, though.
Joystiq may want to feature some more of his work. He has made a few other high quality first person vids.
Joystiq may want to feature some more of his work. He has made a few other high quality first person vids.
Posted: Aug 24th 2010 6:13PM (Unverified) said
The last thing i've seen with this much cinematic value was Heavy Rain
Posted: Aug 24th 2010 6:19PM Burnflare said
That was intense.
Posted: Aug 24th 2010 6:39PM YimYimYimi said
Now, this would be amazing if released as a game. However, it would be nearly impossible to incorporate the complex motions seen in the video using a controller. Although, depending on how well Brink's SMART system performs, we could see parkour games rise in popularity.
Posted: Aug 24th 2010 6:57PM Special Agent Steve said
Hey, I helped make this.
That feels like forever ago.
That feels like forever ago.
Posted: Aug 24th 2010 7:10PM Yuccadude said
Posted: Aug 24th 2010 7:22PM edoglost said
This sort of looks like what, "The Crossing" could have been.
Other good machinima.
http://www.moddb.com/engines/source/news/the-monad-hl2source-machinima
Other good machinima.
http://www.moddb.com/engines/source/news/the-monad-hl2source-machinima
Posted: Aug 24th 2010 8:17PM PunchInTheJunk said
This had me at the DJ Shadow Intro - Building Steam with a Grain of Salt.
Posted: Aug 24th 2010 10:03PM Grey said
It's been a long time since I've seen a video at this level of badassery. Well done.
Posted: Aug 25th 2010 1:40AM ouenwoof said
Heh, wow. This got posted here? While you're there, definitely check out the creator's other videos; he made another first-person action machinima like this one, as well as a Gmod comedy series called "Moments With the Heavy" that's among some of the funniest stuff out there, the likes of Gmod Idiot Box.




