It appears someone has sneaked a free movie onto the PlayStation Store.
Armored, which is still playing in theaters right now, can be downloaded to your PS3/PSP with a minimal amount of cleverness. Go to the PlayStation Video Store and click the "Search" icon at the top right. Search for "Armored" and you'll find a free download of the movie, compatible with both the PSP and PS3.
If the price of entry (free) isn't incentive enough, consider this: the cast features Matt Dillon, Jean Reno and Laurence Fishburne. That's gotta count for something, right? See the trailer after the break.
[Thanks, Ryan!]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
SaMav @ Dec 30th 2009 5:07PM
Downloading right now! Thanks for the Heads up Joystiq!
Chillski @ Dec 31st 2009 9:15AM
giving away a movie thats still in in theaters sounds like an awfully big mistake to me... i'd love to hear some details on this story, maybe u can email sony and ask them whats up?
mannydixon @ Dec 30th 2009 6:05PM
i getting it
shtfilter @ Dec 30th 2009 5:12PM
Me too. Thanks.
jnco821 @ Dec 30th 2009 5:13PM
Kinda makes you wonder if any other movies are up?
Also, does anybody know of any other free promos, codes, or downloads?
THANKS JOYSTIQ!
Brzoza @ Dec 30th 2009 5:13PM
Damn, I can't access this from Poland :(
thearon89 @ Dec 30th 2009 5:17PM
Awesome, thanks for the heads up!
Fade2blac @ Dec 30th 2009 5:22PM
I'm downloading the PSP version, is that compatible with the PS3 as well? There was no other option to download.
Andrew Yoon @ Dec 30th 2009 6:07PM
The PSP file will also work on your PS3. It will be in standard definition, though.
biggrapp @ Dec 30th 2009 6:55PM
thanks, brotha yoon!
H4X21 @ Dec 30th 2009 5:23PM
Not working in UK, guessing its like this in all of Europe. Probably just US which has access to this.
bizdady @ Dec 30th 2009 5:34PM
Does it have to be download from PSP or can you dload from PS3?
iPunch @ Dec 30th 2009 5:39PM
You can d/l from the PS3, I'm doing it right now.
bizdady @ Dec 30th 2009 5:40PM
Nvm Found it on PS3 and getting. Now wondering If I can watch from ps3 instead of psp though.
BuddyChrist37 @ Dec 30th 2009 5:48PM
Yes, you can watch it from the PS3
keffkelly @ Dec 30th 2009 5:48PM
you can download and watch from your PS3.... it's pretty sweet... wow, nice free movie... LoL
I'm loving it.. :)
iPunch @ Dec 30th 2009 5:38PM
Sweet! I love mah 'stiq...
Jason Spencer @ Dec 30th 2009 7:01PM
sweeet, getting it right now. nice find. This is too own too.
KyleC @ Dec 30th 2009 6:23PM
Downloading now...great tip! :)
Yingerman @ Dec 30th 2009 6:24PM
THANKS JOYSTIQ!
ChaseHammerJ @ Dec 30th 2009 6:38PM
its in DL now. Too bad once someone "up stairs" catches on they will delete it from our download/transaction lists. But for the mean time its awesome to watch.
iPunch @ Dec 30th 2009 7:17PM
Probably not. Remember when they accidentally leaked the full Undead Knights game and labeled it as the demo? I believe they ended up putting the game on the download lists of the people who got it for free.
Xeones25 @ Dec 30th 2009 10:43PM
I can confirm that. I "bought" the Undead Knights demo during the mistake but couldn't download it because I didn't have my PSP with me (getting Media Go on a school computer was quite the challenge). Once the full game was released on the PSN I noticed that it said that I had already purchased it.
The movie has very nice picture quality but the movie isn't very good. I'm glad I didn't pay to see it in theaters (actually, I hadn't heard of it until today).
il_duce620 @ Dec 30th 2009 6:41PM
Too bad it's got a 47% on Rotten Tomatoes...
Don't get me wrong, I'm downloading it anyway. Has anyone seen it? Is it any good?
devrinh28 @ Dec 30th 2009 6:57PM
Man someone is getting sued!
Downloading now!
McKeyDee @ Dec 30th 2009 9:40PM
Why would Sony Pictures sue themselves?
biggrapp @ Dec 30th 2009 6:57PM
testing one... two...
ChaseHammerJ @ Dec 30th 2009 7:06PM
watched about 30 minutes of it. its ok so far. has a ton of big faces in it so its promising.
Dan Davis @ Dec 30th 2009 7:14PM
Standard Def? (Cues the Price is Right losing horns)
Oh well, free is free. I guess I'll watch it on my PSP, as intended.
flarkle @ Dec 30th 2009 7:28PM
You managed to take the ability to watch a movie that is still in theaters in your home for free and make it sound like you're humoring it. Way to go.
Dan Davis @ Dec 30th 2009 7:46PM
Yeah, but I had no intention of seeing it in theaters, therefore this is the only way I would ever watch this movie. To me, it's no big deal if this movie is currently in theaters or it's been on Spike for 10 years...
And I have to admit, it doesn't look half bad on my 52" Bravia. I'm sorry, Morpheus!
eli314 @ Dec 30th 2009 7:43PM
Thanks for the post!!
...and [Thanks, Ryan!]
MrXile @ Dec 30th 2009 7:44PM
It's not there anymore ; just the TRAILER.
Damn it.
Nick (PSN: rattlehead91) @ Dec 30th 2009 7:46PM
I only see the theatrical trailer...
eat my face [ jumping back into the ps3 scene ] @ Dec 30th 2009 7:56PM
goddammit i just missed it
iPunch @ Dec 30th 2009 8:01PM
aaand it's not there anymore.
mza49311 @ Dec 30th 2009 8:20PM
i missed it too :(
tox8ik @ Dec 30th 2009 8:24PM
can someone that got it plz post it somewhere
eat my face [ jumping back into the ps3 scene ] @ Dec 30th 2009 8:31PM
good try but thats ill..... wait... is it illegal? cuz technically they were giving it away
Darknovaxp @ Dec 31st 2009 4:59PM
To some extent it is. It depends on how you look at it. It's free so it's not illegal, yet that was a mistake so it is?
ChaseHammerJ @ Dec 30th 2009 8:48PM
no its not illegal because they distributed it but it was a error.
update: Its now removed from the store and its deleted off my download list.
Veign06 @ Dec 30th 2009 9:58PM
If you checked before, it was never actually listed in any download list. I downloaded it way before Joystiq posted it and knew it obviously had to be a screw up...checked my download list and it was not on there lol. First thing I have ever downloaded from the video side of PSN and my list was completely empty lol. Plays fine on my PS3 and PSP still tho...big oops on Sony's part I guess, seeing how it is still in some theaters lol.
jezer2979 @ Dec 30th 2009 10:30PM
yea it's not avail any more damn. But for you guys saying that it's not in ur DL anymore. Everything you buy from the PSN store from the movie side is never stored in ur DL list. I guess the don't want to go crazy with that or something but I've noticed that from the jump when the opened the video store *smh*
jjmaster420 @ Dec 30th 2009 8:53PM
it's not there anymore jst a trailer
TCJJ @ Dec 30th 2009 9:30PM
I think someone should upload it. I can't even get the trailer here in New Zealand, so I doubt I would have been able to get it at all, but since they put it out for free, I wouldn't call it illegal. Technically, it should be, but someone screwed up (or perhaps did it out of spite, who knows?), so it's fine to upload it, I'd say. I'm sure many others including myself who missed out would appreciate someone uploading this free movie.
I'd love to hear what Sony would say if someone (namely Joystiq) emailed them, asking about this. It could be rather funny, catching them presumably off-guard like that. The funniest bit would be if they didn't want to comment, because then they're admitting they know they stuffed up big time. I still can't believe that it got released for free when it's still in the movies. I mean, released for free by accident (maybe it wasn't, we don't know), is one thing, but that it shouldn't even be available at a price yet is crazy.
By the way, what about that Undead Knights game? To be honest, I've never heard of it, but I'm guessing the full game got pulled because of an error, just like this video?
asdf @ Dec 31st 2009 10:21AM
I downloaded the full movie but i got an error message right before it finished. It now says that copyright information is invalid. It wont play!!!! Did anyone else get that error? Is it possible to get around it?
Spikejx @ Dec 30th 2009 10:20PM
I think they took it down
bladeap @ Dec 30th 2009 10:20PM
DAMN, i missed this!!!!
vask @ Dec 30th 2009 10:29PM
damn! just got home and read this article
i did the search and only found the theatrical trailer....
i missed out >.< guess im too late
hylianpsy @ Dec 31st 2009 12:14AM
Due to a physical problem with my line that causes the Internet to only work every 10 minutes or so, I've been downloading this movie pretty much since this post was made. I just turned on the TV to check it and it's right at 50%. During the time it took me to type this it finally downloaded a few more MB. So apparently even though it's been removed from the store, it's still on the server. Not that surprising, I guess.