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Super fun game!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 21, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I don't know why this game isn't more popular - it's seriously a lot of fun and very playable. The graphics in many parts of the game are superb - awesome coastal / jungle chapter with fantastic water effects. You get to shoot from a chopper and can see the bullets splash in the water!!! The destructible environments are also very well done, you can shoot signs to fall on enemies, also the floor can be shot to pieces from under you so you actually fall through!

I really like some of the unique 'Tequila bomb' aspects of the game and the point system motivates you to improve your aim and style (shooting while in mid-air, etc). My only real complaint would be that it can easily be finished within about 8 hours, but since it's only 39 bucks - I still give it 5 stars :)

Flippin Sweet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Hard Boiled has been my favorite action movie for about 15 years now so naturally I had to check out this game. This game is like living the movie on the screen, if you like the movie you will like this game. The fact this game came with an HD version of the movie is just perfect, what is not to like about this collector's edition package. Great job Midway, I remember when you asked about including an HD version in a survey I did...I am glad to see you all responded :)

Not too deep but way too addictive

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

If you're looking for a complex storyline or 100 hours of gameplay, look elsewhere. But if you just want to work out some aggression by wasting hundreds of gun-toting gangsters, you could do a lot worse than Stranglehold. I sit down with this and I'm Chow Yun-Fat in a John Woo flick, sneering and cracking wise and diving and rolling and blasting and blasting and blasting some more. Destroying the environments in creative ways is a hoot, too. And the special moves are fun and very simple to use.

Aside from the boss battles, it's not a terribly hard game. And while it uses a checkpoint system instead of allowing you to save your progress, the checkpoints are pretty frequent, so that's not too annoying. I'm a fairly casual gamer (although I've been playing for over 30 years) and I'm cruising right along on the Normal difficulty level. I consider this a good thing, though -- I play video games to have fun, not to frustrate myself.

On the downside, hardcore gamers seem to get through this game in under 10 hours (I'm taking longer, but I like to take my time and enjoy the carnage). Also, every now and then after hitting a checkpoint, it crashes my system (a 60 GB PS3), requiring a hard reboot. It's not too frequent, though. And since it happens after hitting a checkpoint, I've never lost any progress because of it. On the other hand, I haven't had any real problems with slowdowns when a lot of action is happening. Finally, the bosses can be pretty frustrating. They seem to only take damage from a small percentage of hits. I have no idea why this is -- I shoot the guy, he flinches and grunts, and 9 out of 10 times his life bar doesn't go down at all. I'm not sure how it's supposed to work. The way to handle bosses seems to be judicious use of the special Barrage attack.

If a moderately challenging dose of Hong Kong ultraviolence sounds appealing, then check this game out. Note, however, that it's extremely bloody. If semi-realistic gore splattering everywhere disturbs you, then just move along to a different title. I absolutely do not play this game when my young son is around.

As for the included movie -- well, it's not so hot for a blu-ray, but it's OK. (I'm just referring to the A/V quality; the movie itself is classic!) It appears to be the same transfer used for the Dragon Dynasty DVD, with HD resolution, but they didn't include any of the extra features.

The original MSRP of this was a little crazy, but these days Stranglehold can be had for much less. It's definitely worth checking out.

Stranglehold is a Good First Person Game with a Movie Too.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The game came fast from amazon and you just could not beat the deal they were offering. The one I got was the special edition whioh included the movie Hard Boiled...a good shoot em up type of movie featuring cops and bad guys with lots of guns. Plus, some of the features in this first person shooter game are incredible. Especially, the one with sharp shoot effects...kinda like matrix style used to kill enemies at a distance. The ability to slide on stairways and still have the ability to shoot is another cool ability. The only problem I had was when I went online to do the multiplayer version of the game...just did not have anybody on to play against. Most likely this is due to the game being out a while and only a few people can participate in a multiplayer match. The graphicas are amazing showing hd type of game. The movie just seemed in to be in a standard format. Enjoy.

Good Deal

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

For the price you get a movie and a game so not a bad deal at all. The game itself is fun but the movie makes it worthwhile.

Just Fun!!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 06, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really just thought this game was a whole lot of fun. Yes the controls took a minute to figure out. But after the first few levels the game really takes off and is just a blast to play. I never did understand the story at all. For the price I highly recomend it. The movie which I have never seen before just like the game was very good, just alot of good old sensless violence.

so cool game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: December 26, 2007
Author: Amazon User

my opinion is to make agod discount or just a discount for the games because
is the games by the seller out side amazon can be sell it more cheaper plus the shipp charge when it well be add the price will be hight so please its will be kind from amazon tomak an offers by time to time for discount .
thank you
Tariq ALshatti

Over the top fun + movie for a great price.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: February 26, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I wouldn't call this game a great gaming experience in the next generation, but it is a lot of fun. The graphics are decent but have that glossed over look like a lot of other Unreal Engine 3 games (Rainbow 6 Vegas, Gears of War). What makes this game great, aside from having a full movie on it, is are ridiculous shooting sprees you get to go on. Insanely powerful slow-mo moves that show ridiculous death animations and killing about 200 guys a minute is not out of the question. Simple running and gunning fun -- nothing complex, unless you want to earn lots of stars by killing people while sliding down railways, swinging from lamp posts, or sliding on street carts (all of which you can do, while - you guessed it - shooting tons of baddies).

very well balanced game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 08, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I look at different stores for this game , some were asking 70.00 for this same title. If anyone is looking for games goto amazon for best pricing.

OH, HELL YEAH!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 22
Date: September 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Stranglehold game and HardBoil movie on the same Blu-ray disc equals perfection, can't wait for it.

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