Lindsay Hoyle, of Chorley, has condemned the release of the game Reservoir Dogs.

In the game, players can use extreme violence against hostages, torturing them in similar ways to the characters in the cult film by Quentin Tarantino.

Mr Hoyle has signed a House of Commons motion calling for the British Board of Classification to refuse it a certificate and ban it in the UK.

The motion "condemns the release of the forthcoming video game Reservoir Dogs which allows players to pistol whip and kill hostages and which promotes and supports the infliction of extreme violence and cruelty".

It "recognises with concern the link between video games and violence made in a study by the University of California, San Francisco".

The MPs say the game "has already been banned in New Zealand and Australia due to the extreme levels of violence involved and calls on the British Board for Classification to ban it from being sold in the United Kingdom".

In the video game, players can control police by taking members of the public and police officers hostage.

They pistol whip hostages and repeatedly smash their heads on nearby walls.

They can also choose to set the hostage free, execute the hostage with a single shot to the head, or kill the hostage using a "signature move".

These moves include the ability to burn hostages' eyes out with a cigar, chop off their fingers with a cigar cutter, and hack off their ears using a scalpel.