Si wang ta (1981)

Director:

See-Yuen Ng

Release Date:

21 March 1981 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Mystery

Tagline:

Carrying on the legend.

Plot:

Billy Lo, famed martial arts star is murdered. His brother, Bobby goes to Korea, and in an underground...

Plot Keywords:

Brother | Underground | Martial Arts | Korea | Revenge

Cast

Bruce Lee	...	Billy Lo / Lee Chen-Chiang
Tai Chung Kim	...	Bobby Lo / Lee Chen-Kuo (as Tong Lung)
Jang Lee Hwang	...	Chin Ku
Roy Horan	...	Lewis
Roy Chiao	...	Abbot
Casanova Wong	...	Korean Fighter
Hoi Sang Lee	...	Monk Fighter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Miranda Austin	...	Angel
Han-yuan Ma
Graham Ravey	...	Unnamed guy who gets beaten up
Dan Schwarz

Also Known As:

Game of Death 2 (Australia)
Game of Death II (USA)
Sei miu taap (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
The New Game of Death (USA)
Tower of Death

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence and nudity.

Runtime:

Hong Kong:86 min

Country:

Hong Kong

Language:

Cantonese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | Iceland:16 | Singapore:M18 | UK:18 | Finland:K-16 (cut: 1994) | Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) | Norway:18 (video premiere) | USA:R | Hong Kong:IIA | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Filming Locations:

Hong Kong, China

Company:

Seasonal Film Corporation

Trivia:

Bruce Lee's final feature film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The wire to pull the monk in mid-air (after being thrown by Bobby Lo) is a little too late, he ends up being pulled along the ground instead.

Quotes:

Lewis: Kung-fu fighters should be fierce like a lion and swift like a peacock so I study their styles.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

Soundtrack:

Dancer

Er......fancy seeing a movie with a lot of Kung Fu?

STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs ..........well,if you come across this movie in the video shop or on TV,please don't miss it.There's not just lots and lots of it,but it's also incredibly entertaining ,especially the end showdown,which does however get a bit tiresome as it stretches out a fair bit.Also,this is the most convincing attempt at dubbing in a Lee movie,with you being practically unable to notice that the words aren't coming out the character's mouths properly as they speak.If only similar praise could be given to the plot and the acting which are,unfortunately,exceptionally bad in this film.Still,if you were expecting it to win a 1981 Academy Award (R) for either of these things,you don't really know your martial arts action films that well.***