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John Woo: Stranglehold movie still coming, another game less likely

by Randy Nelson on Dec 8th 2009 11:00PM

Legendary action film director John Woo hasn't given up on a movie adaptation of Stranglehold, the game he made with Midway as a sequel to his Hong Kong bullet ballet classic Hard Boiled. In an interview with Cinematical, Woo was quick to note, "We are going to make that into a movie" when the topic of the game came up.

When the topic of making another, different game was broached, Woo -- whose latest film, Red Cliff, saw theatrical release Stateside November 22 -- said that he doesn't currently have any plans to, for obvious reasons. "I don't have that much time, even though I want to make one again," he said, "But for the moment, I also am producing two movies. One is shooting in Taiwan. One is shooting in Shanghai. So I am quite busy these days."

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Tags: john-woo, movie, stranglehold, tiger-hill

Reader Comments (33)

for some reason i don't see this ending well.

There you have it... woo.

Very underrated and extremely fun (albeit shallow as hell) game.

i have it for pc.

after the 10th "special" move it gets old.

No you must be thinking ofd something else... Stranglehold the game sucked massive quantities of donkey wiener.

Agree completely. Very fun game for what it was. Being a Woo fan helps, but it's still fun. zenaxe is wrong, IMO.

So, its a game based off a movie that's being made into a different movie?
Whaaa?

It's like 2001 / 2010. The novel sequel to the film ended up becoming a film itself.

This game had probably one of the best demos ever, but holy shit the actual game was terrible. Could make for an interesting action movie I guess, but I wouldn't count on it.

The best part of the demo was going into the slow mo aim mode and shooting the enemies in the crotch and watch the utter pain on their face lol

Not terrible at all. One of the most fun games of the "max payne" genre. Enjoyed it immensely. Nothing like rolling through hallways on my stomach on a service cart while ringing up headshot after headshot in a museum.

The game was awesome but repetitive.
Just add more level diversity and more weapons and you're good.

"Just add more level diversity and more weapons and you're good."
They're making a movie, not another game. More weapons are always welcome though.

As long as there are plenty of watermellons to slide through dramatically, I'm set.

I still say the game was rather enjoyable.
it was nothing but running around shooting badguys in action movie inspired ways.
It was very simple but really fun if you enjoy that kind of thing.
I got all the achievements in bit besides the one from the overpriced map pack that no one plays.

If you enjoyed wet and haven't played stranglehold I suggest you track that title down you can find it for 10 easily online now.

Anyways I would be very interested in playing a sequel as well as seeing the movie

Agreed. Bring forth the Stranglehold sequel NAO!!!!

I'll say that the game was a hell of a lot of fun!

Anything with Chow Yun Fat is win if you ask me.

I agree, maybe it's because he's from my country.

No, you're from HIS country!

Hardboiled sequel? Yes, please. Stranglehold was pretty fun anyway.

i loved Hard Boiled! man he needs to make action movies back up to that standard

I don't give a shit what general consensus was, I had a blast playing that game, even if it was a shallow game that was originally going to be a follow up to Psi-Ops. I love it. Everyone is allowed a "REALLY?! THAT GAME?!" kind of game. I got the PS3 special version, and having a game and movie on the same disc should be common place.

i can't speak for the game because i've never played it but i do not like midway at all these days in my life.

The Max Payne movie was terrible; I haven't seen it.

How do I know?

I know.

Because it's got Marky Mark as Max?

I guess he'd also like to waste some shelf space. Stranglehold was a terrible game.

I remember this game being released around the same time as Halo 3. Halo completely killed it.

Huh? How does this comment make any sense? The two had nothing to do with each other. lol

Besides, we all know if you put the word "Halo" on a crumpled up piece of paper, it'll sell.

I Loved This Game, It Just Needs to Fix the Multiplayer a Bit and Add More Moves and Challenges within the Game.

I'd like to see a new Stranglehold game, myself...

The first one had a lot going for it, but it had some poor controls compared to titles like Max Payne.

In the meanwhile, how about a new "Rise to Honor" game while we're at it?

I played more Stranglehold multiplayer online than Halo 3. I LOVED the game.

Woah woah woah. The game was great...but the multiplayer? Really?

That was one of the most miserable experiences of my life.

Also, Hard Boiled is my favorite action movie ever. Hands down. Sequel would be the best idea ever. Glad it's still 'in the works'.

i have the game just because i bought it with hardboiled on it . did notice the psn store has an upgraded map for 14$ has anyone bought it ? was it worth it ?

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