Watch Dogs inspired Parkour
Enthusiasts of the highly popular new video game Watch Dogs will be exceptional excited about a real life portray of the tech savvy main character with a parkour twist. Those unfamiliar with the game should only note that Watch Dogs is a game about a guy who has access to the entire computational grid in his city. This means he can hack into anything with just his self phone. Anything from city lights to computers can be hacked into and in this video you get to see a movie like rendition of Watch Dogs. Anyone who has ever wished they could hack into a red traffic light will enjoy this video.
Chris Romrell and Robert Bennett take to the streets and preform parkour to the theme of the video game Watch Dogs. Watch as they scale buildings and run through alley ways demonstrating amazing flips and stunts you would see in a parkour video, but more unique than most other videos in the hobby. The two put on a showcase of fantastic dives, flips, and somersaults known in the sport of parkour but themed after the video game Watch Dogs created and distributed by Ubisoft in Montreal. The two put on the costumes and put on a spectacle like you have never seen before.
- + Who
The video is posted and produced by Youtube user devinsupertramp. This guy is known for all kinds of extreme sports and artistic videos. This makes a perfect match for Ubisoft who has sponsored the efforts for this Watch Dog parkour video. They use highly trained professional parkour athletes to create a scene depicting a chase between a criminal and the main character who appears to be a vigilante similar to Batman with a different attire. By the time the video is done you want a movie version of Watch Dogs. With athletes Chris Romrell and Robert Bennett and comedian Wheezy Waiter as the cop, this video will get plenty of repeat views.
Chris Romrell and Robert Bennett, two friends who have joined together in the sport of parkour, put on costumes and take to the streets dressed like characters from the new hit video game Watch Dogs. They have had their youtube channel up for some time that shows they are no stranger to the sport of parkour. They are produced by Jacob Shwarz and David Thorpe, two people who have spent many years making short films. The costumes are done by cos-play costume designer Allison Dredge and the music is preformed by Stephen Anderson.
- + Where
Shot in parts of Chicago, this video feels like they shot in the middle of New York and had traffic stopped so they could do production. Some of their scenes take place in the same locations as the movie The Dark Knight where the truck flips over itself. The rooftop scenes were scouted out by the director to try to find the coolest places. They did not want to have a dull chasing scene so they made sure everything was exceptional.
- + What
At the beginning is the introduction to the main character. You can see him watching the news intently while not trying to be noticed. At 0:21 he leaves the bar in pursuit of the criminal. For most of the video after this is the chase. At 0:24 you get to see him stop the traffic light and the suspect has to get out of the car. At 0:30 he is confronted by the police but makes a run for it. The hero takes on after him at a leisurely pace. At 1:00 you see the suspect has lost his breath but he notices someone following him. Then the pace picks up as you see both men doing parkour throughout the video. At 2:10 you see the here hacks into something that resembles a roof air-condition vent to create an explosion which hurts the suspect. More parkour ensues until at 2:26 the hero kicks the suspect down a ladder and the cop catches up with them. Then the hero hacks the cop car just so he can dim the lighting long enough to get away while the mob suspect is in custody.
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