Game of Death II (1981)

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

"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!"

Although this is probably the best of the imitation-movies of Bruce Lee, it is still not very good. I'm a big Bruce Lee fan, and this particular movie is very funny and quite stylish but it is not a Bruce Lee movie. Scenes like the lion-puppet thrown in through the window is funny, and the movie changes character towards the end in the computer game-like tower. Thus the final half hour is much better than the beginning of the movie. The Bruce Lee aspects of this movie makes no sense. Showing images of his childhood-movies is just not a good idea. Anyway, there's some pretty good martial arts in this movie and it is recommended, actually, to Bruce Lee fans and historians, just to see how his legacy was exploited by people who wanted to make money.

You know, i'm a Bruce lee fan, but this movie is cold as hell.Of course they did it after Bruce died because i really doubt the real Bruce would like to do that film been alive.It's not like the seventies movies you know, it was different, the movie was not good, the plot has not sense at all, the villains are really dumb, some good fights but nothing special in the other Bruce's films we can see better fights.So for me, well i haven't see fist of fear and fury of the dragon, but Including big boss, fist of fury,return of the dragon, enter the dragon and game of death this one is the worst.I'll give it 6/10 and only because i fell respect for Bruce Lee.

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.