Stranglehold (PS3)

• Gamers experience real Hong Kong style action - Running up railings, swinging on chandeliers and leaping onto moving objects -- all without interrupting intense gun battles
• Starring Chow Yun-Fat as Inspector Tequila, plus other A-list Hollywood talent Features the cinematic flair of acclaimed action director John Woo - His direction on storyline, camera placement and cutscenes
• Explore two huge areas in Chicago and Hong Kong, with infinite interactions & massive amounts of destructibility
• Inventive combat camera and Tequila Time slow-motion system allow players to aim and shoot at a target while driving, for robust gunplay between vehicles
• The highly modified Unreal 3.0 engine breathes new life into game environments and characters with stunning graphics & an ever-changing battleground
  
  

Of course video games have been ripping off John Woo for years, particularly his trademark slow motion shots of two-handed pistol action. As a result this initially seems dangerously similar to Max Payne et al., but the graphical power of the next generation consoles and PC ensures that this is a far more dynamic and interactive affair. Not only can you make use of a bullet time effect (call "Tequila time" here) to slow down time around you but almost all of the scenery can be used too, from sliding down banisters guns firing to scooting across the room on top of a waiter’s trolley. The damage done as you go is truly impressive, with tiles shattering off the walls, chandeliers impaling bad guys as they fall and electric wires and water mains unhinging themselves everywhere. Making a mess has never been so much fun.
HARRISON DENT