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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

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.

Buy this game! It's amazing.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 19
Date: September 11, 2007
Author: Amazon User

So, I downloaded the demo from the Playstation network yesterday. The download took all night. I thought, what the heck, I might as well try it during breakfast, for just a few minutes. I had so much fun, I ended up being late for work! It was so worth it.
This is a pretty incredible game. The graphics are amazing. The cut scenes look the most natural of any that I have seen, and the game play is stellar. You can slow the action down using Tequila time (this is the same as Max Payne -- everything goes Sepia, and things slow waaaay down. It runs out fast, though so you have to be careful.)
Pretty much everything is breakable and the physics are stellar. It is a lot of fun sliding across tables holding items such as apples and seeing each of the individual apples fly out of the basket and everything come crashing to the ground, for example. Everything is breakable, too, from the signs hanging above doors to gas cans in the market.

John Woo was involved with this game, and you can tell. If you have ever seen one of his movies, you'll recognize his touch.

This isn't a game for the kids. There is a LOT of blood and guts. Head shots splatter, for example.

If you aren't a kid, but are a fan of hardcore and thrilling action, this game is definitely for you! I'd suggest the Collector's Edition. For a few bucks more you get the Blu-ray version of Hard Boiled, John Woo's last movie in Hong Kong.

What I'd pay: Full Price. As soon as possible.

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.

A great deal on two very good items in one!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: December 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

People were saying that Hard Boiled wasn't actually a blu ray film...that it was a dvd 480i rip and thats simply not true. You get the original film in all of its glory plus the sequel game. The film is old...its from the early 90s...and it wasn't shot with a hollywood budget to begin with. Translation? This 1080p release isn't going to look great...as I only noticed the splash of colors on a few scenes myself.

As for the game its an instant classic! I wish more classic films allowed their stories to be told this way...although with that being said I'd still LOVE to see this translate back into the film genre real soon.

For 70.00 bucks you can't beat one of the better PS3 releases and a throw-in blu ray classic!

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).

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.

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...

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.

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.

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