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Games/John Woo Presents Stranglehold/Reviews
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John Woo Presents Stranglehold
Return to the roots of filmmaker John Woo's "heroic bloodshed" films of the early 90s with the video game sequel to one of Woo's most notable films.
A relic stuck between generations
I recently purchased and played two movie games from gog.com, Midway’s Stranglehold and Westwood’s Blade Runner. I would have loved to call them a “Good Old Double Feature”, but this first half is not… Read more
A Love Letter to Real Action Fans
“Stranglehold” was released back in 2007 and after all these years it still absolutely and totally rocks. The game has not aged a bit and I would dare to say that it was even ahead of its time in its… Read more
If this game is not expansive then its worth it!
Game-play: I really liked the way this game was based on an actual movie called Hard Boiled and the missions in Stranglehold are varied and highly fun, It reminds me of the Matrix game because in… Read more
Good overlooked game. Tech is especially impressive
It has been a long time since Max Payne 2, and Max Payne 3 is still a while away. In the meantime, we have Stranglehold, a fine action game that matches and in some ways, exceeds the cinematic carnage… Read more
Tequila Shooter
Hard Boiled John Woo and Chow Yun Fat bring you back into the world of the hard-boiled Officer "Tequila" Yuen . The combination of a good-looking shooter with driven story works well, and takes you ba… Read more
John Woo presents Stranglehold
John Woo presents Stranglehold is a weird game. It is supposed to be the spiritual successor of the infamous Hard Boiled, and in some strange way it manages to do that. The story is pretty simple, jus… Read more
John Woo Presents: Repetition
I first played this game around its PS3 release on the PS3 at a friend's house. I had never played the PS3 and this game blew my mind. In December 2009 I began playing it again and I had a far less "O… Read more
Wow,a max payne clone.
John Woo's Stranglehold was not very enjoyable.Its an HUGE ripoff of max payne,i mean the moves and all is just Max payne....MAX FUCKING PAYNE! STORY: The story is about a guy named Tequila,a chin… Read more
An OK attempt at bringing Blockbuster action to our fingertips
Games and movies in general seem to be getting closer and closer every year with intially starting at distant cousins to sex-crazy lovers. Games being made too movies movies being made too games, it n… Read more
A fun but unremarkable Max Payne clone
Stranglehold (or John Woo Presents Stranglehold , to give it its unwieldy full title) is a quite unremarkable third-person shooter which is mostly fun, sometimes frustrating and always tongue-in-cheek… Read more
Bargain Bin Review: Stranglehold.
Taking heavy inspiration from the Max Payne franchise, and a sequel to john Woo's "Hardboiled" (not to mention he also collaborated on the game), you'd think you could take one glance at Stranglehold,… Read more
Stranglehold
Stranglehold runs on every possible video game cliché that exists. Ok, maybe not every possible one but it comes very close. Stranglehold's storyline revolves around the theme of rescuing the damsel i… Read more
Fun is number 1 priority in this game.
I just beat John Woo presents: Stranglehold about 15 minutes ago, this games alot of fun I would have preferred to play it with a controller if mine hadn’t broken I would have but the mouse and keyboa… Read more
this what you play to vent, after watching face off
Stranglehold isn't innovative by many standards at all. Let's get that out of the way. It's a 3rd person shooter 'bout a cop in Hong Kong takin out oodles and oodles of baddies. Original? Not so much.… Read more
Stranglehold is a third person shooter
Stranglehold attempts to remove itself from the pack as a new original ip in the world of 3rd person shooters. The game is directed by John Woo and includes such talents as Chow Yun-Fat. Even with the… Read more
Stranglehold Not Worth Your Time
I didn't finish Stranglehold . There are games that I never finish because I didn't find the time, but I always think, "I should go back and finally finish that one." Stranglehold isn't one of those g… Read more
A solid Max Payne-esque shooter with stylized action.
So pretty much, I summarized this game in the headline. Take the wealth of bullets, blood, and shooting third-person action of Max Payne and you can imagine what Stranglehold is like. It basically rev… Read more
It's short, but it is fun.
This game is not perfect. It is short, sometimes very repetitive, and the multiplayer is not that good. But it IS fun. Through the approximate six to eight hours you can stretch this game out to, you… Read more
It's fun while it lasts.
Theres not much to say about this game, really. It's nothing especially new or special, but thats not to say it isn't fun - while it lasts anyway. It won't take you too long to plow through. Levels ba… Read more
Shoot, Slow Down, Break Stuff, Shoot
Positive : Cinematic, over-the-top action, wonderful environment destructibility, solid voice acting, and great sound effects. Negative : Single-player portion of the game is very short, multiplayer i… Read more
The Same Old Gun and Dance
If your looking for a repetitive, bland storied shooter then boy is this the game for you! While the game does have it's ups (shooting a sniper in the junk from 100 meters back anyone) while the actio… Read more