It's amazing what you can do with a camera super-glued to your head: Russian 'first-person shooter' music video goes viral (and attracts attention of Hollywood)
- Song is Bad Motherf***er by Russian indie band Biting Elbows
- 'Hero' escapes dozens of goons by killing them with knife and guns - and a dog is thrown out a window
- Clip has gone viral with almost 16m hits on YouTube
By NICK ENOCH PUBLISHED: 00:15 GMT, 10 August 2013 | UPDATED: 00:21 GMT, 10 August 2013
A man goes on the rampage as he flees his captors in an office block - in what looks like a real-life version of a 'first-person shooter' video game.But this is not the start of Die Hard 6. It's a music video that has gone viral, with almost 16million hits on YouTube.What follows is precisely 4 minutes and 57 seconds of carnage, as seen from the point of view of our escaped 'hero': lots of bad guys are variously dispatched via pool ball, knife and guns; a dog is thrown out of a window; and, for good measure, there's some bikini cleavage.Created by Russian indie band Biting Elbows, the song is called Bad Motherf***er' - and it's proved so successful, it has attracted the attention of Hollywood agents.
Scroll down for videos x 2
Biting Elbows' music video Bad Motherf***er opens with a gun-toting bad guy pointing a gun at our 'hero' after removing his hood
A fellow hostage is then shot in the head in the ultra-violent clip
The goons set a dog on the man. The video has gone viral since its March release, with nearly 16m hits on YouTube
The man soon stops the dog ripping his arm off... by throwing the beast out of a window
It was directed by the band's frontman, 29-year-old Ilya Naishuller.Since its release in March, he has even received a congratulatory tweet from U.S. film director Darren Aronofsky, whose works include The Wrestler and Black Swan. Naishuller achieved the 'point-of-view' first-person effect by super-gluing a GoPro 'wearable' camera to a helmet. A crew of 40, including a team of stuntmen, helped to realise his cinematic project. And the CGI effects were so realistic that YouTube initially banned the video as it thought a dog was really thrown from a window. The company changed its mind when the director explained it was a toy dog stuffed with 12kg of bricks.
Biting Elbows - 'Bad Motherfucker' (Insane Office Escape 2)
<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ySoAaYPzIAQ?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe>
In conversation with bigthink.com, Naishuller refused to divulge the budget as it was covered by a sponsor. The narrative centres around the struggle for possession of a magic blue lightbulb that acts a teleportation device.We see this in action as our hero 'pings' mid-scuffle to a snowy landscape - and later, a child uses it and disappears.
As the unnamed man continues his escape, he leaves the building in which he was held captive, slotting dozens of goons in the process, commandeers a car, and flees across rooftops, parkour-style.At this point, he encounters ladies in bikinis.
The narrative concerns the struggle for possession of a magic blue lightbulb teleportation device. The film, also known as Insane Office Escape 2, is a sequel to the band's earlier video Stampede, aka Insane Office Escape. Above, a baddie is killed by being trodden on
A man goes on the rampage as he flees his captors in an office block - in what looks like a real-life version of a 'first-person shooter' video game.But this is not the start of Die Hard 6. It's a music video that has gone viral, with almost 16million hits on YouTube.What follows is precisely 4 minutes and 57 seconds of carnage, as seen from the point of view of our escaped 'hero': lots of bad guys are variously dispatched via pool ball, knife and guns; a dog is thrown out of a window; and, for good measure, there's some bikini cleavage.Created by Russian indie band Biting Elbows, the song is called Bad Motherf***er' - and it's proved so successful, it has attracted the attention of Hollywood agents.
Scroll down for videos x 2
Biting Elbows' music video Bad Motherf***er opens with a gun-toting bad guy pointing a gun at our 'hero' after removing his hood
A fellow hostage is then shot in the head in the ultra-violent clip
The goons set a dog on the man. The video has gone viral since its March release, with nearly 16m hits on YouTube
The man soon stops the dog ripping his arm off... by throwing the beast out of a window
It was directed by the band's frontman, 29-year-old Ilya Naishuller.Since its release in March, he has even received a congratulatory tweet from U.S. film director Darren Aronofsky, whose works include The Wrestler and Black Swan. Naishuller achieved the 'point-of-view' first-person effect by super-gluing a GoPro 'wearable' camera to a helmet. A crew of 40, including a team of stuntmen, helped to realise his cinematic project. And the CGI effects were so realistic that YouTube initially banned the video as it thought a dog was really thrown from a window. The company changed its mind when the director explained it was a toy dog stuffed with 12kg of bricks.
Biting Elbows - 'Bad Motherfucker' (Insane Office Escape 2)
<iframe src="//www.youtube.com/embed/ySoAaYPzIAQ?rel=0" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" width="560"></iframe>
In conversation with bigthink.com, Naishuller refused to divulge the budget as it was covered by a sponsor. The narrative centres around the struggle for possession of a magic blue lightbulb that acts a teleportation device.We see this in action as our hero 'pings' mid-scuffle to a snowy landscape - and later, a child uses it and disappears.
As the unnamed man continues his escape, he leaves the building in which he was held captive, slotting dozens of goons in the process, commandeers a car, and flees across rooftops, parkour-style.At this point, he encounters ladies in bikinis.
The narrative concerns the struggle for possession of a magic blue lightbulb teleportation device. The film, also known as Insane Office Escape 2, is a sequel to the band's earlier video Stampede, aka Insane Office Escape. Above, a baddie is killed by being trodden on
A bad guy meets his fate when a case is used to crush his windpipe
The action is broken up with a gratuitous bikini sequence
The Moscow band include a chase scene over fighter jets
The film is a sequel to 2011's The Stampede, also known as Insane Office Escape - in which a man goes on a killing spree to acquire the special device stored in an office vault. He is eventually caught, bringing us to his present predicament. Not surprisingly, the latest single also goes by the title Insane Office Escape 2.
- The uncensored version of the song can be found by clicking vimeo link below
http://vimeo.com/62092214
SING ALONG TO BAD MOTHERF***ER: A LYRICAL EXTRACT
Moscow band Biting Elbows. Frontman and director Ilya Naishuller is pictured far left
I am the son of rock 'n' roll
I got the masses under my control
I like to drink, I love the dope
I want your money and I want your hope
Your money and your hope
Your money and your hope
Your money and your hope
Vaguely epic are my lyrics
Jealous folks are the only critics
Top of the world and I know why
The world is a pigsty
Son of Rock 'n' Roll
Son of Rock 'n' Roll
Son of Rock 'n' Roll
Son of Rock 'n' Roll
I am a bad motherf***er
Live long and well thanks to suckers
Live long and well thanks to suckers
I am a bad motherf***er
Last edited:
