Exclusive: ‘Saints Row’ Movie Will Be Influenced by ‘The Warriors’ and ‘Escape From New York’, Says Writer

What if you took the open-world charms Grand Theft Auto, crossed it with the gonzo crime opera of Takashi Miike's Dead or Alive trilogy, and threw in the hyper-muscled power of an Infamous to boot? You'd have something like Saints Row, the video game franchise that began with your classic street gang open world narratives, but has since evolved into something weirder, wilder, and more purposefully hilarious. Like, "your character can become the President and also fight a bunch of aliens" hilarious.