Not many amongst you will argue (blinkered movie videogame freaks aside) that summer 2007 has been pretty damn dire in terms of quality gaming releases. However, 2K Games and Irrational Games underwater adventure, BioShock, will hit on Friday August 21… and mark the real influx of this year’s quality titles.

Seriously, GamerSquad can’t think of a final few months in any year that can match the plethora of seriously impressive and genuinely ‘anticipated’ games that are inbound before the close of 2007 – and that’s even after various top-tier entries were delayed into 2008.

If you’ve the cash and the platforms then before this month ends you can pick up BioShock, Medal of Honor: Airborne, Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, and John Woo’s Stranglehold… to name but a few.

Here we’re going to focus on the massive blood rush that is Stranglehold. While its August 28 release date may see it somewhat eclipsed amid BioShock fallout fever and the fact that Metroid Prime 3 is set to arrive that week too, Midway’s Max Payne/Dead to Rights action hybrid looks to bring one singular facet of worth to the gaming table: destructive fun.

Many of us complain that first and third-person shooters simply don’t provide enough full-on physical destruction – especially when subjecting the in-game environments to high explosives and massively powerful weaponry. EA’s woefully underrated Black went some way to delivering a game world open to destruction and player influence, but Stranglehold takes the idea to a whole new level.

In this latest edition of Trailer Park, we’re going to hit you upside the head (repeatedly) with a selection of true action-packed trailers that – excessive gore notwithstanding – exude pulsating gameplay and the thrill of pure unadulterated destruction as Inspector Tequila unleashes acrobatic slow-mo fury on everyone… and everything. Fun: one core quality that the majority of games seem to lack these days.

Moreover, the "Guns Blazing" Stranglehold trailer after the jump might just rank as the most action-packed 3 minutes of promotional material we’ve ever witnessed.

As a result, Midway’s latest just shot up our ‘must have’ list.

Footage provided by GameTrailers.com.