![]() ![]() It doesn’t hurt that Stranglehold leans heavily on Woo’s trademark style either – shots of doves, plenty of dual-wielding, slow motion and scenery destroying gunfights. That said, there were a number of genius moves involved here the masterstroke was to enlist Chow Yun-Fat, star of Woo’s biggest Hong Kong movies, to star in the game – a sequel to Hard Boiled, arguably Woo’s finest hour as an action movie director (The Killer probably being in competition for that honour too). ![]() So, despite a reputation as a superb action director at least in his early career, by the time the Midway Games title Stranglehold – which Woo was heavily involved in, and is credited as a producer of – was released, Woo’s name wasn’t the guaranteed seal of quality it once was. ![]()
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