AKA: Hard Boiled II Hard Boiled was John Woos love letter to men leaping over objects in slow motion with a gun in each hand, and it was a beautiful letter. It cemented Woos rep as the king of action, and its only become more iconic with the passing of time. Woos exodus to Hollywood ruled out a direct sequel, but since gamers also love shooting things in slo-mo a marriage between his movies and games was predestined. Hence Strangehold, a 2007 effort developed by Woo and featuring his favourite leading man Chow Yun-fat, reprising the role of Inspector Tequila. The flimsy plot has Tequila tracking down the daughter he never knew he had, while causing untold millions in property damage with a fully destructible environment. The game did a great job of capturing Woos stylised action and set-pieces, and its probably the closest well ever get to him directing another Heroic Bloodshed movie. On a side note the game also spawned a sequel called Gun Runner, which would have teamed Tequila with Vin Diesel for a co-op shooter, but Midways bankruptcy killed that potential franchise before it even got started.
