Before the collapse of publisher Midway, the company had a sequel to John Woo's Stranglehold in development titled Gunrunner, according to a pre-production video posted by a former visual effects developer.
The video, spotted by Superannuation, shows a game very early in development, focusing on environmental destruction elements. Character models that appear similar to Chow Yun-Fat's character in Stranglehold, Tequila Yuen, and Vin Diesel, the star of Midway's Wheelman, are featured, although they may be placeholder.
Developer Sean Lantis writes that the Gunrunner was "basically" a sequel to Stranglehold — which was itself a sequel to Woo's Hard Boiled — but was "fully rebranded to appeal to a wider audience." The game never made it to production, Lantis says.
Stranglehold was released in fall 2009 for PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Windows PC.
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