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John Woo Presents Stranglehold

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Game Details

  • Number of Players 1
  • Online Players 6
  • Online Enabled Yes

Blood, Drug Reference, Intense Violence

Game Description

Legendary action-movie director John Woo brings his talents to this revolutionary action game that puts you inside one of his blockbusters. Stranglehold piggybacks the story begun in Woo's Hard Boiled, with star Chow Yun Fat returning as Inspector Tequila. When Tequila's wife is kidnapped by Russian mobsters, he has to balance his duty to follow the law with his desperate need to rescue his wife. Woo's patented slo-mo action comes to life with the Tequila Time aim-and-fire mechanism as you move through a cinematic storyline. It's cooked up by A-list Hollywood talent using "Rock n' Roll Physics," which means everything's destructible. Seriously, does it get any better than that?

Critic Reviews

IGN Review (8.1 out of 10)

Stranglehold is John Woo's first foray into videogames. Whether Woo was intimately involved in guiding Stranglehold or more of a watchful father, his influence can be felt in every frame. Midway has managed to capture the essence of a Woo film -- in some ways more than Woo has over the past decade. ...more

User Reviews

Average Member Rating: 6.8 out of 10

Awesome game, with only a few control issues.... (8 out of 10)

posted by BaRkMaRkET (WILMINGTON, DE) on Sep 11, 2007
Member since May 2007
33 out of 35 gamers (94%) found this review helpful
Bottom line is: this game is absolutely perfect for action fans. Lots of shooting, varying stages, and cool standoffs as a minigame. Fans of the Max Payne series will be happy to feel a very similar control scheme. Great graphics (though not quite top-notch), excellent environment interaction, fanta...more

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Specs & Requirements

Memory 3 MB

Audio/Video HDTV 720p, HDTV 1080p, HDTV 1080i

Modes Story, Full Mission Single-Player

Online Features Online Multiplayer, Voice, Content Download, Leaderboards, Achievements

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