Game of Death II (1981)
"Si wang ta" (original title)

Billy Lo, famed martial arts star is murdered. His brother, Bobby goes to Korea, and in an underground pagoda finds his brother's killers and exacts revenge.

Director:

See-Yuen Ng

Writers:

Tin Shing Hoh, Chuo-lun Ting

Stars:

Bruce Lee, Tai Chung Kim, Jang Lee Hwang

Cast

Cast overview:
Bruce Lee	...	Billy Lo / Lee Chen-Chiang (archive footage)
Tai Chung Kim	...	Bobby Lo / Lee Chen-Kuo (as Tong Lung)
Jang Lee Hwang	...	Chin Ku (as Huong Cheng-Li)
Roy Horan	...	Lewis (as Roy Haron)
Roy Chiao	...	Abbot
Hoi Sang Lee	...	Monk
Cheng-Wu Yang	...	Wildman
Hou Li-Jen	...	Billy's Father
Miranda Austin	...	Angel

Storyline

Billy Lo, famed martial arts star is murdered. His brother, Bobby goes to Korea, and in an underground pagoda finds his brother's killers and exacts revenge.

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Plot Keywords:

brother | underground | korea | revenge | martial arts | 

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Taglines:

Carrying on the legend.

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Genres:

Action | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence and nudity

Details

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Release Date:

21 March 1981 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Game of Death II

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company Credits

Production Co:

Seasonal Film Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Both the English dubbed and original Chinese versions (not the version on the Hong Kong Universe DVD) feature music scores from other films. The English dubbed versions feature a large number of Denny Zeitlin's music cues from the 1978 version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, while the original Chinese versions features a large number of Les Baxter's music cues from The Dunwich Horror.

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Goofs

Bobby Lo somersaults forward over Chin Ku in mid-air, however he's finishes it backwards in the next take.

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Quotes

Chin Ku: You're lucky I'm a fair man, otherwise you'd be dead. Beat it!

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Connections

Features The Game of Death (1978)

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Soundtracks

"Dancer"
Performed by Gino Soccio
(Only in Cantonese/Mandarin versions)

User Reviews

A solid martial arts film from the early 80s...

...just forget about it being a Bruce Lee film! Honestly, it's pretty good. I don't know why people slate this film, it's no better or worse than something like Shaolin Iron Claws (also starring Hwang Jang Lee), or many other martial arts films from the late 70a and early 80s.

Unfortunately, as this was planned as a 'tribute to' (read 'another way to get money out of the image of') Bruce Lee, it's what it's mainly remembered as. I would argue that there are some rather good sequences in this film - Roy Haron's fight scenes, for example, or the end sequence (which is pretty enjoyable in a James Bond type of way).

And, to be honest, the footage is interpolated a HELL of a lot better than that P.O.S. 'Game Of Death' film that came first, which is just laughable. Damn, that film was bad. This film, in comparison, is reasonably good natured, and at least moves on from the Bruce Lee footage (none of which features any original Bruce Lee fighting at all!) quite early, leaving the audience to get on with a 'proper film', rather than playing spot the edits with the original Bruce Lee footage and the stand in.

I must apologise for all the 'inverted commas' in this review! Anyway, it's better than the first Game Of Death, Hwang Jang Lee is well worth watching (as always) and Roy Haron is wicked.