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Stranglehold

  • Video Game
  • 2007
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IMDb RATING
7.9/10
1.9K
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Stranglehold (2007)
John Woo Presents Stranglehold
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A third-person video game set in Hong Kong and Chicago where a tough cop battles the mob.A third-person video game set in Hong Kong and Chicago where a tough cop battles the mob.A third-person video game set in Hong Kong and Chicago where a tough cop battles the mob.

  • Directors
    • Brian Eddy
    • John Woo
    • Martin Stoltz
  • Writer
    • John Jarrell
  • Stars
    • Chow Yun-Fat
    • Rio Ahn
    • Henry Milton Chu
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.9/10
    1.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Brian Eddy
      • John Woo
      • Martin Stoltz
    • Writer
      • John Jarrell
    • Stars
      • Chow Yun-Fat
      • Rio Ahn
      • Henry Milton Chu
    • 5User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    John Woo Presents Stranglehold
    Trailer 1:34
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    Chow Yun-Fat
    Chow Yun-Fat
    • Inspector 'Tequila' Yuen
    • (voice)
    Rio Ahn
      Henry Milton Chu
        Jeremy Dunn
        Jeremy Dunn
          Grant George
          Grant George
          • Jerry Ying
          • (voice)
          Theophilus Jamal
            Neil Kaplan
            Neil Kaplan
            • Ty Lok
            • (voice)
            • …
            Randall Duk Kim
            Randall Duk Kim
            • James Wong
            • (voice)
            David Lodge
            David Lodge
            • Vlad Zakarov
            • (voice)
            • …
            Lydia Look
            Lydia Look
            • Billie Wong
            • (voice)
            Stephanie Sheh
            Stephanie Sheh
            • Teko
            • (voice)
            Michael Sorich
            Michael Sorich
            • Captain Ed Lee
            • (voice)
            Arnold Vosloo
            Arnold Vosloo
            • Damon Zakarov
            • (voice)
            Russell Wong
            Russell Wong
            • Yung Gi
            • (voice)
            John Woo
            John Woo
            • Mr. Woo
            • (voice)
            Jerry Ying
            Jerry Ying
              • Directors
                • Brian Eddy
                • John Woo
                • Martin Stoltz(cinematic director)
              • Writer
                • John Jarrell(uncredited)
              • All cast & crew
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              • Trivia
                Just as in many of his movies, John Woo appear in the game as a bartender (the same from Hard Boiled (1992)). He is also the proprietor of the game's Unlock Shop and available as a multiplayer character.
              • Quotes

                Captain Ed Lee: I told you not to go in alone!

                Inspector 'Tequila' Yuen: I didn't.

                [takes out his dual handguns]

                Inspector 'Tequila' Yuen: Brought my two friends.

              • Connections
                Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #38.4 (2007)

              User reviews5

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              10/10
              More tequila, more bullets and more jazz
              The story follows Inspector "Tequila" (Chow Yun-Fat) from the 1992 film "Hard Boiled" directed also by John Woo. In this story "Tequila" must deal with Wong who is the father of his ex-wife and with the Russian mob, first in Hong Kong and later in Chicago. The game is not a sequel of the film because the story is not the continuation and is more like another chapter in the life of "Tequila". The story is simple but good, and the game play is amazing just as the graphics. I love all the different places for every chapter, specially the first one in Hong Kong and is just amazing all the objects that "Tequila" can use and how he can make the environment as an allied. The action is amazing, and to play as "Tequila" is more exiting than watching the film so for me "Tequila" is back and is better. And well the unique bad aspect of the game is that there are no repetition, imagine if they put something like in Halo 3. A total John Woo cinematic experience. Also i found the story a little short but anyway i love this game and i love more and more the character of Chow Yun-Fat.

              Xbox live: i have the game for Xbox 360 and to play in multi player is just fun. Is great that you can choose between more than 15 characters including John Woo (who also appears in the bar where you buy the bonus material) and also that you can play in teams. The environments are the same of the story and the game play is good, a little difficult to can kill the enemies because sometimes there are some strange movements.

              Conclusion: this game is amazing, the best work of John Woo in the West and one of my favourite games of 2007, along with Halo 3, Bioshock and some others. Full of beautiful action sequences and well "Tequila" is older but better. 10 out of 10
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              • Jan 20, 2008

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              • Release date
                • August 6, 2007 (United States)
              • Country of origin
                • United States
              • Official site
                • Official site (United States)
              • Language
                • English
              • Also known as
                • John Woo Presents Stranglehold
              • Production companies
                • Midway Amusement Games LLC
                • Tiger Hill Entertainment
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