Inclubabu
Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.
MonsterPerfect
Good idea lost in the noise
Stephan Hammond
It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
Lucia Ayala
It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
RoboRabbit89
Well, this was convenient, a sequel to the original; that I at least,
heard is not related. But I would say for the sake of argument
it's a stand alone follow-up.I recently watched this a couple of days ago, because I had ordered it from my
library, and at best, found it enjoyably bad.
And comparing it to the first, it's just as good, having said that, let's get to it.This story is about a secret syndicate organization called "Tower of Death",
since the story starts off with Bruce Lee, I'll start here, Bruce Lee makes an
extended cameo appearance as Billy Lo, at the start of the story where he is asked to attend a funeral of a respected martial arts master, and then,(killed of, yet again)!
But this time for "real,"(kinda silly I know) at least in the movie, So his brother Bobby Lo must go to the tower of death, take revenge and find out the truth.I would say this was at least as good as the first, maybe not in story,
but more so for the action scenes which are done very well.
But as far as the story, it makes no sense at all, truthfully I would say
the story is incoherent manly because the filmmakers I think wanted this
one to be just a fun no-brainer type of film.For the beginning, the same techniques were used for Bruce Lee,
using stand-ins and archive footage but this time the effects used
are much better and they don't stand out badly like the first, which is good.This film as a whole was bad but enjoyably bad, Bobby Lo also fights a lion
at one point, even though it's a man in a suit LOL. I mean this movie is bonkers,
then at the end the movie completely shifts into science fiction territory,
but trust me it was cool. I found myself just loving this, even though this movie
is so cheesy and the acting is bad, but It strangely all comes together and it's
brilliant. I give this a 4/10. To me the first is still better, as for the sequel it's
as good but better with the action and truthfully, I like both.If you don't mind a corny martial arts movie like this, see it.
But you must to have a sense of humor about it or you won't enjoy it.
Highly recommended.
Thomas Daniel Hansen
A mish-mash of archive footage from older Bruce Lee movies, which actually only gives us one original and previous unseen Bruce Lee fight scene. And that is not enough to make it watchable, as the incredible archive fight scenes did it in his other posthumous movie, Game of Death, 1978.The lack of unseen material with Bruce Lee is affecting the plot to focus on Lee's characters brother, Bobby Lo, played by Tae-jeong Kim, who also was stand-in for Lee in Game of Death. The top billing for Lee, and the stylization as a sequel to Game of Death is a misnomer. (Lee's character being named Billy Lo as the only real reference in the movie). Even though it is a production by Hong Kong producer Raymond Chow, who was the producer of Lee's previous Hong Kong movies and co-directed by former Lee accomplished Sammo Hung. It even has Roy Chiao playing a similar character to the one he played in Lee's Enter the Dragon, 1973. And the plot is derived from a original script by Lee. But in fact it unintentionally ends up more as a parody to the genre instead of a tribute. (Jang Lee Hwang and Roy Horan's characters are almost ridiculous cliché) And in that way it should be watched. Which is a shame for Lee's legacy.
lost-in-limbo
"Game of Death" was a mess of a feature and this follow-up (which supposedly took three years to complete) is no different, but I did find the sequel more fun. Again we get the tag of Bruce Lee starring, but stock-footage and look-a-likes of Lee are cobbled together with short- fused live-action. It could have stand alone as it's not much of a sequel, other than having the Billy Lo character returning, but only for the first half-hour when suddenly he's killed off and his rebellious younger brother Bobby Lo (played by Tong Lang) takes centre stage. Billy Lo is in Japan after the death of a good friend (the skillful Korean Tae- Kwon-do master Hwang Jang Lee), but in trying to investigate how he died he bites the dust. So his brother Bobby Lo heads to Japan looking for vengeance thinking that he knows who did it, but he discovers there's more to it with the answers lying in the mysterious tower of death where no-one has ever returned alive. Rather low-budget martial arts junk which feels cramped, but when the martial arts choreography shows up it is swift and fierce (which is quoted in film) in its execution flair thanks to being orchestrated by legendary action director Yuen Woo-Ping. The plot is silly and questionable, eventually ending up like a James Bond adventure where the expansive finale is an exciting barrage of masterful hand-on-hand combat in a picturesque lair. The mystery surrounding the circumstances of Billy Lo's friend's death is predictable and uninspired, but still outrageous that it's hard not to see what's about to unravel. It's the phenomenally slick action, fluid camera-work and exotic locations when it's not using obvious sets that engage. Although the muddled dramatics are campy and there are some hilarious sequences too, like Roy Horan's character taking about his peacocks, eating raw meat and drinking deer blood for breakfast or when Bobby Lo takes on a lion
or was it supposes to be someone in a costume??? Hard to tell. "Game of Death 2" is colourful in parts, but mostly an average martial arts thriller. "You're lucky I'm a fair man, otherwise you'd be dead. Beat it!"
Joseph P. Ulibas
The Game of Death II (1981) "stars" Bruce Lee, Lee stumbles onto something big, real big! After a meeting with his spiritual adviser and staving off a couple of assaults, the dragon learns that his best friend is dead. With the help of plenty of stock footage and a couple of doubles (Biao Yuen being the lead faux Bruce) Bruce Lee once again graces the silver screen.Sadly once the last of the footage runs out so does his life, Bruce is dead!! Oh no! Just like real life! All this happens in the first 20 or so minutes into the movie. It's up to little brother to find out what big brother stumbled onto (It's real big I tell ya!!) What happens next is like nothing you could ever imagine. Krazy kung-fu action (directed by Yuen Woo-ping), copious amounts of blood letting and vengeance abound! Is it bad, hell yes! Is it worth watching? You bet your sweet bippy!Strongly recommended for fans of cheesy action films. This was the last official Bruce Lee movie. What a way to go out, as a pile of stock footage in a B-movie.