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Movie quality a HUGE disappointment!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 15 / 22
Date: November 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This review is only for the movie that's included on the game disc.

I mainly purchased this title for the "Hard Boiled" movie included on the Blu-Ray disc. The movie is a classic, but I am sad to say that I am very disappointed in it's quality...given it's on Blu-Ray HD. Not what I expected at all! The picture quality (sharpness and detail) is pretty good for a 15 year-old movie, but the color definitely needs to be enhanced. The soundtrack is a joke! It comes through my receiver as Dolby Digital 5.1, but it is only in stereo. My center channel and rear surround speakers never came on. All dialog are through the front surrounds. Some have claimed the picture was chopped to fit widescreens. I cannot confirm this as I do not have the DVD copy, but it does not look chopped to me. In short, this movie was not remastered at all for the Blu-Ray transfer as advertised. Hands down the worst Blu-Ray movie quality I've seen! If you're getting this title for the movie, you will definitely be disappointed.

for super Chow Yun-Fat fans only!!

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: December 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

PROS: chow yun-fat voice acting, Hong Kong and Chicago background, Hard Broiled movie included, shooting up the environment is fun.

CONS: Using the analog stick to aim is so frustrating. no manual save. if you screw up, you have to restart from the checkpoint. this is so ridiculous. no map and it's very easy to get lost. the Hard Broiled movie is not in HD. the color quality is poor. it's better than VCD quality but not as good as DVD. It is so disappointing to watch a movie this quality in a blu-ray disc.

I like Chow Yun-fat, but not enough to recommend this to anyone. the game play really gets me so frustrating.

Get this only if you are super crazy about Chow.

stranglehold-hd?

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 7
Date: November 25, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This is a very good action shooter. There are lots of scenes with a ridiculous amount of stuff exploding and debris flying around. Very exciting.

This title was a big reason I bought my PS3. Unfortunately the game is only broadcast at 720p. It had been advertised as 1080p. I am still not very impressed with older movies that are converted to high def. I did enjoy the movie though (I had never seen it before).

So So

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: December 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is pretty fun, it looks good for the most part, some character model variation would've been nice, overall fine though. Unfortunately there are too many really good games that outclass this one. So I'll have to come back to it after I get my fix of COD 4, AC, Uncharted, Unreal 3, etc...

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.

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.

Hard Boiled movie not in HD quality.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 21 / 26
Date: November 02, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I bought the PS3 Stranglehold Collector's Edition because it includes one of my favorite movie Hard Boiled in Blu-ray. The movie is a classic for action lover. I was very disappointed that the movie is only not in HD quality but it look worse than the Dragon Dynasty DVD version. Shame on Sony and Midway.

The game otherwise is a lot of fun to play. 9/10

Off the chain

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: December 27, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Wish I'd waited for this nice Amazon price drop, because the game's pretty short, but this is one of those games that's so fun, I gotta come back for more. And the Hard Boiled movie, whether it's HD quality or not, is one of the greatest action films ever. This game does that movie justice, so much insane killing going on it's just ridiculous. I always discover more, increasingly innovative ways to destroy everyone on screen.

Amazon's deal for this game right now makes it completely worth it.

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).

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