A video turned up on YouTube today saying it was behind-the-scenes footage of a Deus Ex “Live Action Short Film”. And it looks way too slick/expensive to be a fan film.
The credits at the end list it as being the work of Enso Productions, a professional “Action Design Team”. Which basically means people who design and then act out fight scenes in movies. While as a group they’ve done amateur/homage work before, the rigs and studios (not to mention presence of expensive-looking motion capture equipment) glimpsed in the above clip look a little out of the league of your average fan flick.
But then, it’s 2012. Fan films are getting better by the day, and while my first hunch is that this is for some kind of web series or marketing short, my second hunch is that this could just be the slickest amateur video game movie we’ve ever seen.
We’ve contacted the relevant parties to find out just what the hell this is, and will update if we hear back.
Crypted
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 4:41 PMOh damn.
That looks awesome ಠ_ಠ
alex effing
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 4:42 PMfirst and link plz
alex effing
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 4:42 PMwhoops – meant second
Crypted
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:15 PMOnly by a minute did i win my good sir (y)
Zeruel
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 4:47 PMAdam Jensen would’ve asked for this.
(sorry)
SRG
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 4:51 PMNot a single candybar to be seen.
Lucas
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 4:51 PMGuess you haven’t seen Freddie Wong’s or Corridor Digital’s behind the scenes lately – they have A LOT of people on set and have access to stunt teams etc, this could easily have been behind the scenes footage of a team operating at a similar calibre.
Christopher
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:04 PMYeah this exactly.
I’d say fan film/short.
Jake
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:06 PMThose were my thoughts.
Nuddy
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 4:51 PMI didnt ask for this…
Chazz
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:06 PMWhere did all the crazy kick flips martial arts stuff come from?
Cap'n Crunch
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:17 PMthey spelt Deus Ex wrong
Evan
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 10:15 PM+1 Noticed that too. Perhaps it’s to avoid being sued??
Badger
Friday, January 20, 2012 at 9:08 AMMaybe they just feel that they’re Due a little Sex…
Yeah, OK. That was pretty bad.
blaja
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:23 PMgame-to-movie always fail.
Chazz
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:27 PMBullshit.
Double Dragon, Mortal Kombat 2, Street Fighter are absolute classics. They put tripe like “Indie Film w/big name star #312″ to shame.
Chazz
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:32 PMI also left out other classics like House of the Dead, Bloodrayne, Super Mario Brothers, Alone in the Dark, Dead or Alive, Dungeon Siege, Doom, Tekken, Max Payne.
All excellent films that are totally loyal to the source material, have perfectly crafted scripts and wonderful casting.
Chris Wolfe
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:39 PMCan i have what you were on when you were watching these films?
Out of the list the remotely ok film was Dead or Alive. Street Fighter the Animated Movie was pretty cool tho.
yrrnn
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:55 PMSuper Mario Brothers was totally loyal to the source material?
Jacka
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 6:07 PMI believe there may be some satire going on here.
Reign
Friday, January 20, 2012 at 9:34 AMI actually fucking love watching the live action Street Fighter with Kylie.
Arata
Friday, January 20, 2012 at 4:02 PMThere’s no way this can be worse than the game. So, good luck to them.
Raf
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:38 PMI would love it if this is the start of some marketing hype for new Deus Ex DLC. Sadly probably not the case.
Dashiv
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:48 PMIf Hollywood ever did attempt a Deus Ex: HR movie, they’d better have Robert Downey Jr. Playing Adam.
whatever3003
Friday, January 20, 2012 at 12:55 PMor Woody Harrelson… Robert Downy Jr would only be good if he could limit those rare moments of ego to small bursts.
yrrnn
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 5:54 PMConsidering they’re using RED cameras, this must have a pretty big budget.
All of that amazing stunt work looks way too cheesy and over the top for a feature quality film though. So maybe a company with plenty of money but no taste. We’ll soon find out I guess.
Tyris
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 8:17 PMThis… RED cameras are not cheap.
otoha
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 6:23 PMHopefully they make 3films, the shooter, the stealth and the hacker versions
quicktooth
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 7:40 PMBRILLIANT IDEA. Studios- you know where to send the royalties…
meh
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 8:30 PMI hate to say it, but if these guys were ‘originators and risk-takers’ they’d have created their own IP rather than rip off someone else’s.
RED’s aren’t that expensive to rent these days. It almost looks like a student production.
Chazz
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 11:02 PMYou know a lot of average joe’s that are trained in martial arts, parkour, fight choreography, weapons handling and “gun fu” with knowledge of set and costume design that are also into film making?
Chazz
Friday, January 20, 2012 at 1:04 AMMeant as a reply to “meh”
I do love it when people use random names instead of their regular ones. The cowardice is always amusing.
whatever3003
Friday, January 20, 2012 at 12:57 PManonymity is not cowardice you big brave man.
Chazz
Saturday, January 21, 2012 at 2:47 AMI wasn’t clear in what I meant. My fault. I meant that I think a lot of the remarks courtesy of people like “meh” are posted by regulars who have a gravatar and all but use random names to post stuff that’s harsh or stupid or whatever.
a guy
Thursday, January 19, 2012 at 11:48 PMThese Enso productions fellows
http://www.ensoproductions.com/Ensoproductions.com/Short_Films.html
have done a few short films.
Kelroz
Friday, January 20, 2012 at 10:37 AMI’m thinking that if they want to do the Deus Ex: HR story line properly, they would need more then a short film. Maybe it’s going to be a web series? Just my thoughts anyway
DanMazkin
Friday, January 20, 2012 at 1:24 PMDoesn’t this look like the best god damn job in the world?
red t-rex
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 5:04 PMTimothy Olyphant is the only one in my mind who could pull off Adam Jensen. He sure as hell has the voice and the toughness for it.