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John Woo to turn Hard Boiled game spin-off into a movie
Posted: 10 Mar 2009, 13:48
by bradavon
http://www.homecinemachoice.com/blogs/t ... e+10+03+09
This could so go both ways, awful or excellent. I bet CYF wont' be involved.
Posted: 10 Mar 2009, 14:37
by Markgway
Woo's production company is currently developing a script for the movie, which is likely to return star Chow Yun-Fat to the role of Inspector Tequila.
Woo is not expected to direct.

Posted: 10 Mar 2009, 15:02
by Yi-Long
Not sure what think of it. Will it have awfull english dubbing, or will they just shoot this movie in HK with an all-chinese cast!?
Also, I much preferred Tony Leung's character in the original, over Tequila.
Posted: 10 Mar 2009, 20:24
by bradavon
Oops I somehow managed to miss those Mark. Without Woo, it will be shit. Why would it have English dubbing?
Posted: 10 Mar 2009, 20:26
by grim_tales
Tony gave an excellent performance too but they're both great, Yi

Posted: 12 Mar 2009, 14:05
by EvaUnit02
If Woo isn't directing, then I don't really care - you're basically left with another Replacement Killers. (A film which Woo was originally going to direct, but didn't and the film's quality suffered greatly because of it.)
Yi-Long wrote:Will it have awfull english dubbing,
Why would this be an issue? It's been an industry standard to shoot films with sync sound in HK since at least the late 1990's.
Posted: 17 Mar 2009, 07:15
by EvaUnit02
Stranglehold Movie won't star CYF
Also the director is Stephen Fung, director of House of Fury, Jesus Christ.
Posted: 17 Mar 2009, 10:59
by bradavon
I cannot say I'm surprised to hear this. The chance of CYF starring was low. It's also saying something, that it's not called Hard boiled 2.
Posted: 17 Mar 2009, 15:25
by Markgway
My interest has dropped like the proverbial hot potato.
Stephen Fung is a competant director but hardly in Woo's class.
And who can replace Chow?
My money's on Nicholas Tse for the lead.
Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 07:04
by EvaUnit02
I bought the Stranglehold game for very cheap the other week, that actually features Chow likeness and vocal talent. I'll just play that, fuck Terence Chang and this film.
Actually, it's highly likely that the game's cutscenes are on Youtube. So there ya go.
EDIT: A playthrough of the game (PC version).
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p ... 7B51DE6866
Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 12:17
by grim_tales
The Last Blood had the AKA Hard Boiled 2 I think.
Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 15:44
by Markgway
The Last Blood was made in 1990/1 before Hard-Boiled.
The re-title was a lame Eastern Heroes marketing gimmick.
Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 16:04
by grim_tales
Ah, I didn't know that

Thanks

Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 17:48
by IronMonkey
EvaUnit02 wrote:I bought the Stranglehold game for very cheap the other week, that actually features Chow likeness and vocal talent.
Is it any good? I played the demo on PC & 360, but couldn't decide if it was worth getting or not. At the time it came out a lot of people said it was too short, but it can be found for around £5 to £8 now which is not a lot.
Have you played through the whole thing now? I like challenging games (completed Ninja Gaiden Black & Ninja Gaiden II on MAster Ninja) so I don't mind if it has tough difficulty levels.
Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 18:44
by HungFist
Markgway wrote:The Last Blood was made in 1990/1 before Hard-Boiled.
The re-title was a lame Eastern Heroes marketing gimmick.
That's a pretty good film, btw.
Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 19:05
by Markgway
Pretty average I thought.
Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 19:52
by bradavon
HungFist wrote:That's a pretty good film, btw.
If Hung likes it, boy it must be utter rubbish

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Posted: 18 Mar 2009, 23:19
by Markgway
It's not rubbish, but has many of the usual drawbacks of a Wong Jing film.
Posted: 23 Mar 2009, 12:27
by EvaUnit02
IronMonkey wrote:Is it any good? I played the demo on PC & 360, but couldn't decide if it was worth getting or not. At the time it came out a lot of people said it was too short, but it can be found for around £5 to £8 now which is not a lot.
I haven't even installed it yet, I'm focusing on finishing Dead Space, in-between extended Fallout 3 sessions.
I'd imagine that if you had a good time with the gameplay of Max Payne 1 & 2, you'd probably enjoy this game too. I'd bet that it's easily worth £5-8.