Legendary Hollywood action film maker John Woo just announced and released a game. Trailer and impressions on the jump.
Zach writes: When people ask me to name some of my favourite action movies, John Woo’s Hard Boiled is usually one of the first titles out of my mouth following the initial spew of all things Van Damme.
Legendary director John Woo is a bit of a jack-of-all-trades. In addition to being an acclaimed director and major influence on the action genre, he has also dipped his hand in other media, most notably videogames. It’s been about 7 years since John Woo’s underrated Stranglehold hit consoles, and now, the director has lent his name to Bloodstroke, an action shoot-em-up game with lots of style, but not much substance.
Mobile game publishers Chillingo have roped in Hollywood director John Woo to help build their gorgeous new isometric on-rails slasher/shooter. Continue Play's Richard Moran has a full review.
This has a style that reminds me a bit of a top down Madworld. I was quite a fan of Stranglehold, too (camera aside). Hope this is a success.
Which director would you like to make a game? I'd like to see more from Peter Jackson. King Kong was good and even TinTin was fun.
Needs more doves.
John who?
I re-watched Face/Off last night for the first time in over 10 years. Made me want to watch The Killer and A Better Tomorrow again. John Woo was a absolutely brilliant director at one time.