Metal Gear Solid
A helicopter lands on a snow covered helipad in the middle of the Arctic. A military officer, Colonel Roy Campbell steps out of the chopper and approaches an old wooden shack. He opens the door and is greeted by a knife which narrowly misses him. A man sits in a chair, waiting. This is Solid Snake. He is the greatest special ops agent in the world.
Snake, who had gone into early retirement due to the loss of his eye in an earlier mission, has gone into hiding. He is displeased Campbell has obviously tracked him down and is prepared to kill him, but Campbell wants to tell him something: they need his help. Snake ignores his plea, until he hears one name: Big Boss.
Snake is taken by Campbell to the CIA headquarters, where he is briefed on the situation. FOXHOUND, the elite special forces unit Snake once led, has gone rogue. They have kidnapped a scientist, Dr. Hal Emmerich. They have already sent an agent, Gray Fox, to retrieve the scientist, but it appears he has been captured.
Snake is told that FOXHOUND are holding the scientist and Gray Fox at Shadow Moses, a remote isle believed to have been found by a legendary mercenary.
Snake is specified on the 7 current FOXHOUND members. These include: Liquid Snake, Ocelot, Wolf, Raven, Mantis and Octopus. Snake asks who the 7th member is. Campbell regretfully tells Snake that it is Campbell's niece, Meryl.
Snake's mission is to sneak onto the island, retrieve the scientist and Gray Fox, take out as many FOXHOUND members as possible, and destroy the weapon that FOXHOUND are forcing the scientist to make. He will be assisted on his mission by Naomi Hunter, who provides medical advice; Nastasha Romanenko, who provides weapons advice, and; Mei Ling, who provides details on the facility.
Snake is dropped onto the island in a crate, and is told he has 24 hours to complete the mission.
He approaches the facility silently, but with cigarette in mouth. His mechanical eye scans the above area. He notices Vulcan, chain gun in hand, aim. He fires, and Snake runs, dodging the bullets, pulls out his handgun and blasts him. He falls to his death.
He enters a sewer entrance and begins to wade through the sewage. An insane shriek echoes throughout the tunnel. A man in a gas mask, wielding a katana approaches: Mantis. Mantis charges forward, swinging the katana in the confined space. Snake shoves his knife into the wall and leaps over the sword, kicking Mantis in the face. He pulls the knife out of the wall and shoves it into Mantis's chest. Mantis screams, and then Snake snaps his neck.
He emerges in an open field and realizes he is surrounded on all sides. He is hit by a bullet. He notices Wolf, armed with sniper rifle, near him. Realizing he is losing consciousness, he fires off a couple of quick shots and manages to hit her. She dies… and he falls.
Snake wakes up tied to a chair. Gray Fox, Emmerich and Meryl are all tied to chairs near him. Ocelot stands over him. He pulls out a small piece of bamboo, shoves it under Snake's fingernails, and begins to torture him. He does not want any information; he is just doing this for fun. A man enters the room, but Snake cannot make out who it is…he passes out again.
This time, he wakes up in the middle of a mine field. Liquid Snake, the current leader of FOXHOUND faces him. Solid realizes how similar the two are… and then Liquid explains why. They are the same person. Cloned from the legendary mercenary himself… to be the best in the world. Only Liquid can't allow that. He wants to be the only one.
They begin to fight, carefully avoiding the mines. Solid eventually grabs Liquid's arm, and breaks it. He pushes Liquid to the ground, explaining that Liquid is now lying on a mine and if he moves, it will go off. Liquid complains that he knows he is inferior now, and Solid sarcastically replies that he will definitely be if he moves. He then jumps on Liquid's arm, forcing it down on the mine, and then leaps out of the mine field. He lands on safe ground, just as the mine explodes, taking Liquid's arm with it. Solid looks at his watch and realizes there's only an hour left to get off the island…
He breaks into the room where the hostages are being held and frees them. He is distrustful of Meryl, but Gray Fox says she's safe… but he isn't. He then reveals himself to be Octopus, disguised as Fox, and that the real Fox is dead. Snake is not worried about this, and simply shoots Octopus in the head. Snake grabs the other two and they run out of the room.
They find a car in the lower levels of the facility. Alarms go off, and soldiers begin to fire. Snake avoids them, and escapes the building. A helicopter is in pursuit, and flies in front of them, revealing Ocelot inside. He begins to fire on the car, using his revolvers, but Snake breaks and turns a corner. He tells Meryl to take the wheel and finds a missile launcher in the back of the car. He waits to Ocelot's helicopter to reappear and then fires. Ocelot jumps out of the chopper just in time before it explodes.
It appears that they're safe… until the weapon is activated. Emmerich reveals that the weapon has already been built… and that it's unstoppable. The Metal Gear is unleashed, resembling a tank on legs, and begins to chase the car. An epic chase begins upon the ruined bridge, Snake narrowly avoiding the bullets and missiles that the Metal Gear fires at him. He notices that they're approaching the end of the bridge. He tells them to hold on, and leaps out of the car just as it flies off the edge. Snake tells the people on his radio to catch and the car lands on the already prepared carrier ship. However, Snake is not safe yet…
The Metal Gear pauses, eying the injured Snake up. Snake has one grenade, a couple of bullets and his knife left. It charges, and Snake fires his remaining bullets at it, and then slips under it. He uses his knife to cut a hole in it and shoves the grenade in it. It turns around, crushing Snake to the ground. A small explosion erupts from within it and it is destroyed.
Cheers are heard over his radio and Campbell tells Snake his mission is complete. But Snake needs to know something… Liquid mentioned they were both cloned from the same source… he needs to know who it is. He turns his radio off and proceeds to enter the facility.
He searches through the facility, but everything is either missing or destroyed. The whole place has been deserted. Snake is interrupted by a gruff voice… Big Boss.
Big Boss explains everything, how he is the legendary mercenary who founded this island, how Solid and Liquid are both clones of him and how he backed FOXHOUND in order to design the greatest weapon the world has ever seen. Big Boss is impressed that Snake was able to succeed in his mission, but he is not surprised. After all, that is why he told Campbell to pick Snake. Snake is the best, and the Metal Gear has to be able to destroy the best.
Big Boss then sets off the self destruct sequence and calmly tells Snake he's going to kill him now. The two fight as the facility falls apart around them. Snake is younger and quicker, but Boss is stronger and has more experience. It is an equal fight… until a piece of shrapnel goes through Boss's heart. Snake wants answers, but it appears he's not going to get anymore today… Big Boss is dead and the facility is about to explode.
As he exits the island, he notices Ocelot escape in a helicopter, Metal Gear plans in hand. Snake realizes his job isn't done yet…
I may come up with a cast later on, but I don't really have a concrete one yet. I read somewhere that the creator wants Christian Bale as Solid, Brad Pitt as Liquid and Hugo Weaving as Ocelot, and those are pretty good... but yeah, I'm tired now and my back hurts.
This is one movie, though I could easily see a trilogy. I want Raiden, Ocelot and the new Liquid in the second one, possibly introducing the third clone... and maybe even the Patriots in the third installment.