John Woo presents Stranglehold

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John Woo presents Stranglehold is a third person action adventure game which is the sequel of the movie Hard Boiled. Chow Yun Fat reprises his role as Inspector Tequila.

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John Woo Presents Stranglehold is a third person action adventure developed by Midway Chicago and published by Midway Games.  The game was released on September 7, September 18 and October 29,2007 for the 360, PC and the PS3 respectively. As the title suggests John Woo, the well known Chinese film director and producer is also part of the development team of the game. The game makes use of the Unreal Engine 3 and it is the first time that Midway has used this technology in any of their games. The game emulates the intense gun battle often related to John Woo films like The Killer and Hard Boiled.  The game has been compared a lot to the famous Max Payne series, especially the concept of Bullet time in Max Payne with that of Tequila Time in Stranglehold. Bullet time, or in case of Stranglehold Tequila Time lets the players to slow down time significantly and this provides the player to have an easy kill opportunity when surrounded by hordes of enemies. Stranglehold includes both single player as well as multiplayer features.

Tequila Time

Tequila Time will slow down time and lets you pick your enemies, one at a time.
Stranglehold includes something called "Tequila Time". During play, you can jump in any direction and interact with any object while aiming at an opponent to trigger Tequila Time. Tequila Time is managed through a meter which drains and regenerates in time.

Special Abilities

Throughout the game you will earn a number of special abilities, one ability when activated, slows down time and zooms into first person where you get to precisely aim your gunshot; which usually ends in an instant death for regular enemies.  Another ability gives you unlimited ammunition for your weapons and near-invincible health for a short amount of time.

Story

The game starts off in Hong Kong and shifts to Chicago during gameplay. In the thick of things one of the police officer goes missing, kidnapped actually. Later on, the police officers receive a call where they are asked for a ransom in return of the kidnapped officer. Tequila, the game's protagonist volunteers to rescue the officer, and during this journey the player will get a chance to kill, not just kill but brutally kill hordes of enemies. After a while Tequila finds out that the officer has been murdered and the thirst to find the killers leads Tequila to Wong, Head of Dragon Claw group. In the course of time Tequila also finds out that his ex-wife is the daughter of Wong, and is currently kept hostage by Zakarov, a Russian Mob Group in Chicago. All leading Tequila into Chicago where Tequila will have to save his family.

Collector's Edition

A Collector's Edition of Stranglehold was also released along side of the Regular Edition. The Xbox 360 Collector's Edition includes numerous "making-of" featurettes, extended cinematic cut scenes and a concept art gallery. The PS3 Collector's Edition includes additional extras and game features but also featured a high-definition version of the movie Hard Boiled, which the game was inspired from, all in one Blu-ray disc.

Xbox 360 Game Installation

John Woo Presents Stranglehold requires 6.7GB of space to install on an Xbox 360 HDD.

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Original US Release Sept. 5, 2007
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OFLC: MA15+
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BBFC: 18
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Inspector Tequila, the protagonist of "John Woo presents Stranglehold", is modeled after which Hong Kong action movie star?
  • Jet Li
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  • Jackie Chan

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