.hack//Salvation

.hack//Salvation is a live-action Japanese sci-fi/action/thriller film and the first live-action film in the .hack franchise (third overall). It is intended to be the first installment of a trilogy of films depicting the fall of the MMORPG The World during the Project .hack phase.

Plot
The story revolves around a Japanese police officer whose partner fell into a coma while observing the multiple comas of multiple players during The World. The officer enters the game in the hopes of solving the mystery of his partner's coma, but as he goes deeper, he begins to uncover a prophesized incident that may lead to The World 's eventual termination.

Characters
Hide: A Heavy Axeman who is a police officer in real life. He enters The World to uncover the mystery behind his partner's coma. (He is named after the late hide, the former lead guitarist of X Japan.)