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Looking to equal gun-fu classics

FORMAT PS5 / ETA TBC / PUB NEKKI DEV NEKKI, BANZAI GAMES / PLAYERS 1 “NEKKI IS DEVELOPING A GAME THAT IS AN ODE TO MOVIES LIKE HARD BOILED.” Few movie fans remember science-fiction actioner Equilibrium – in part because it’s best watched intoxicated. Starring Christian Bale right before he donned Batman’s cowl, it’s ultimately not a good flick. It is, however, something of a cultural landmark, leaving behind the idea of an elite police force trained in ‘gunkata’, where handguns join swords in close-quarters combat. Gun-fu existed for decades before this mediocre Hollywood action movie, emerging in Hong Kong action films such as A Better Tomorrow. These ‘heroic bloodshed’ movies were pioneered by John Woo and his favourite leading man Chow Yun-fat. As gaming aficionados, we naturally think about these over-the-top, highly…

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