Game of Death II
Encyclopedia
Game of Death II is a 1981
Hong Kong
martial arts film
directed by Ng See-yuen
, starring Tong Lung, Huong Cheng Li
, Roy Horan
, To Wai Wo and Lee Hoi San. This film was marketed as a sequel to Bruce Lee
's last and partially completed film Game of Death
. Bruce Lee had died years prior to the production of Tower of Death and most of his scenes are taken from Lee's older films; mostly from Enter the Dragon
. Aside from the English dub giving the "Bruce Lee" character the name "Billy Lo," this movie would seem to have no connection with Robert Clouse's film.
). Though it is said that he died of illness, many suspect foul play- and these suspicions prove to be true after a gang attempts to steal Ku's coffin. When Billy goes to japan to investigate, he confronts Chin Ku's Daughter who sings for a living. She gives billy a tape and then a gang of assassins comes in and try's to kill billy but billy manages to take them down. billy then escapes and runs into the high streets where he is in a mall he is then ambushed by a second group of assassins he takes them down as well. The next day billy and a friend of his turns up to the funeral. Movements later and a helicopter appears and attempts to steal Ku's coffin. When billy runs and ends up hanging on the helicopter he in turn is killed. When Bobby Lo (Tong Lung), Billy's younger brother, hears of the happenings torn by grief he decides to investigate and leaves his Buddhist teacher. Soon, he arrives in Japan at the Palace of Death where he gains an unlikely friendship with a cruel and merciless Martial Arts expert by the name of Lewis (Roy Horan). Lewis is a sadistic killer yet charismatic and honourable. He and Bobby have many adventures together but unbeknown to Bobby there is more to the Palace of Death than what appears apparent. Soon, the master is brutally murdered leaving Bobby to face the most dangerous fight of his life in "The Tower of Death".
action directed by Sammo Hung
intended for his Asian audience. Because the action standards are higher in Asia, he would replace the action scene in the opera house for the glasshouse at night with Casanova Wong in his karate clothes. The fight scene has the Bruce Lee look alike between Kim Tai Chung and Yuen Biao
for the flips. For the international version for this movie, it has been dubbed into English referring to this movie that is added to this original version. This deleted scene can be seen in both movies available on DVD as a special feature in Hong Kong Legends
.
Fortune Star - Bruce Lee Ultimate DVD Collection (Hong Kong)
Fox (America)
Fox - Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection (America)
Hong Kong Legends (United Kingdom)
Hong Kong films of 1981
A list of films produced in Hong Kong in 1981:.-1981:-External links:* * Hong Kong films of 1981 at...
Hong Kong
Cinema of Hong Kong
The cinema of Hong Kong is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese language cinema, alongside the cinema of China, and the cinema of Taiwan...
martial arts film
Martial arts film
Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...
directed by Ng See-yuen
Ng See-Yuen
Ng See-yuen, born 1944 in Shanghai is a Chinese director of independent film companies in Hong Kong. He has worked in the Hong Kong film industry since 1970, particularly in Hong Kong action cinema, with roles including film director, producer and screenwriter.Ng is the chairman of the Federation...
, starring Tong Lung, Huong Cheng Li
Hwang Jang Lee
Hwang Jang Lee is a Korean martial artist and actor. Hwang is perhaps best known as Sheng Kuan in 1978 film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Wong Chin in 1981 film Hitman in the Hand of Buddha. Variations of his name are often written as Wong Cheng Lee or Wong Cheng Li, in their Cantonese-Chinese...
, Roy Horan
Roy Horan
Roy Horan is a martial artist and actor. Horan is perhaps best known for his role as Lewis in 1981 martial arts film Game of Death II and Priest Russian in 1978 martial arts film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.-Family:...
, To Wai Wo and Lee Hoi San. This film was marketed as a sequel to Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
's last and partially completed film Game of Death
Game of Death
The Game of Death is a 1972 film starring Bruce Lee. It was almost the last film Bruce Lee had planned to be the demonstration piece of his martial art Jeet Kune Do. Over 100 minutes of footage was shot before his death, some of which was later misplaced in the Golden Harvest archives...
. Bruce Lee had died years prior to the production of Tower of Death and most of his scenes are taken from Lee's older films; mostly from Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by Robert Clouse; starring Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973...
. Aside from the English dub giving the "Bruce Lee" character the name "Billy Lo," this movie would seem to have no connection with Robert Clouse's film.
Plot
Billy Lo returns to discover the truth behind the death of his friend Chin Ku (Huong Cheng LiHwang Jang Lee
Hwang Jang Lee is a Korean martial artist and actor. Hwang is perhaps best known as Sheng Kuan in 1978 film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Wong Chin in 1981 film Hitman in the Hand of Buddha. Variations of his name are often written as Wong Cheng Lee or Wong Cheng Li, in their Cantonese-Chinese...
). Though it is said that he died of illness, many suspect foul play- and these suspicions prove to be true after a gang attempts to steal Ku's coffin. When Billy goes to japan to investigate, he confronts Chin Ku's Daughter who sings for a living. She gives billy a tape and then a gang of assassins comes in and try's to kill billy but billy manages to take them down. billy then escapes and runs into the high streets where he is in a mall he is then ambushed by a second group of assassins he takes them down as well. The next day billy and a friend of his turns up to the funeral. Movements later and a helicopter appears and attempts to steal Ku's coffin. When billy runs and ends up hanging on the helicopter he in turn is killed. When Bobby Lo (Tong Lung), Billy's younger brother, hears of the happenings torn by grief he decides to investigate and leaves his Buddhist teacher. Soon, he arrives in Japan at the Palace of Death where he gains an unlikely friendship with a cruel and merciless Martial Arts expert by the name of Lewis (Roy Horan). Lewis is a sadistic killer yet charismatic and honourable. He and Bobby have many adventures together but unbeknown to Bobby there is more to the Palace of Death than what appears apparent. Soon, the master is brutally murdered leaving Bobby to face the most dangerous fight of his life in "The Tower of Death".
Deleted scene
There is a scene in the Chinese version of Game of DeathGame of Death
The Game of Death is a 1972 film starring Bruce Lee. It was almost the last film Bruce Lee had planned to be the demonstration piece of his martial art Jeet Kune Do. Over 100 minutes of footage was shot before his death, some of which was later misplaced in the Golden Harvest archives...
action directed by Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung
Sammo Hung is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist, film producer and director, known for his work in many martial arts films and Hong Kong action cinema...
intended for his Asian audience. Because the action standards are higher in Asia, he would replace the action scene in the opera house for the glasshouse at night with Casanova Wong in his karate clothes. The fight scene has the Bruce Lee look alike between Kim Tai Chung and Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao
Yuen Biao is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer...
for the flips. For the international version for this movie, it has been dubbed into English referring to this movie that is added to this original version. This deleted scene can be seen in both movies available on DVD as a special feature in Hong Kong Legends
Hong Kong Legends
Hong Kong Legends was a United Kingdom DVD distribution company, based in Hertfordshire and operating from the UK and Australia between 1999 and 2007...
.
Cast
- Bruce LeeBruce LeeBruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
as Lee Chun Keung (李振強 Lǐ Zhèn-Qiáng) (Billy Lo in US version) (Stock footageStock footageStock footage, and similarly, archive footage, library pictures and file footage are film or video footage that may or may not be custom shot for use in a specific film or television program. Stock footage is of beneficial use to filmmakers as it is sometimes less expensive than shooting new...
) - Tong Lung as Lee Chun Kwok (李振國 Lǐ Zhèn Guó) (as Bobby Lo in US Version) and doubling for Bruce Lee
- Huong Cheng LiHwang Jang LeeHwang Jang Lee is a Korean martial artist and actor. Hwang is perhaps best known as Sheng Kuan in 1978 film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow and Wong Chin in 1981 film Hitman in the Hand of Buddha. Variations of his name are often written as Wong Cheng Lee or Wong Cheng Li, in their Cantonese-Chinese...
as Chin Ku - Roy HoranRoy HoranRoy Horan is a martial artist and actor. Horan is perhaps best known for his role as Lewis in 1981 martial arts film Game of Death II and Priest Russian in 1978 martial arts film Snake in the Eagle's Shadow.-Family:...
as Lewis - Roy ChiaoRoy ChiaoRoy Chiao was a Chinese actor most famous for playing the minor villain Lao Che in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Other English speaking film appearances of his included roles in the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme film Bloodsport, the 1973 Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon and the...
as The Abbot - Ho Lee Yan as Old Man
- Casanova WongCasanova WongCasanova Wong, also known as Ka Sat Fat , is a Korean martial arts actor born in 1945 as Yong-ho Kim in Gimje, South Korea. An expert in tae kwon do, he is a renowned leg-fighter, and is well known for his spin kicks and was nicknamed "The Human Tornado" in the Korean Army...
as the Korean Martial Artist - MarsMars (actor)Mars , born Cheung Wing Fat is a Hong Kong actor, action director, stuntman and martial artist. He is one of Jackie Chan's best friends.-Early life:...
as guard in the cave - To Wai Wo as Lewis' Servant
- Lee Hoi San as Bald monk
- Yuen BiaoYuen BiaoYuen Biao is a Hong Kong actor, martial artist. He specialises in acrobatics and Chinese martial arts and has worked on over 80 films as actor, stuntman and action choreographer...
as Kim Tai Chung's body double for acrobatic flips
DVD releases
Universe (Hong Kong)- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (2:35:1) letterboxed
- Sound: Cantonese (Dolby Digital 5.1), Mandarin (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Subtitles: Traditional, Simplified Chinese, English, Japanese, Indonesian, Malaysian, Thai, Korean, Vietnamese
- Supplements: Stars' files, Trailer, Trailers for The Big BossThe Big BossThe Big Boss, previously known by its U.S. title Fists Of Fury is a 1971 Hong Kong martial arts action crime thriller film. The Big Boss was Bruce Lee's first major film. It was written to star James Tien; however, Lee's strong performance relegated Tien, already a star in Hong Kong, to second...
, Enter the DragonEnter the DragonEnter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by Robert Clouse; starring Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973...
, Game of DeathGame of DeathThe Game of Death is a 1972 film starring Bruce Lee. It was almost the last film Bruce Lee had planned to be the demonstration piece of his martial art Jeet Kune Do. Over 100 minutes of footage was shot before his death, some of which was later misplaced in the Golden Harvest archives...
and Legacy of RageLegacy of RageLegacy of Rage is a 1986 Hong Kong action film starring Brandon Lee in his film debut, Michael Wong, Regina Kent, Chung Lam and a cameo appearance by Bolo Yeung who had appeared in Lee's father Bruce Lee's last film Enter the Dragon. It was directed by Ronny Yu and made in Cantonese... - All regions, NTSC
Fortune Star - Bruce Lee Ultimate DVD Collection (Hong Kong)
- Released: April 29, 2004
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (2:35:1) anamorphic
- Sound: English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (2.0 Mono)
- Subtitles: Traditional, Simplified Chinese, English
- Supplements: Original trailer, New trailer, Celebrity interviews, Still photos, Slideshow of photos, Game of DeathGame of DeathThe Game of Death is a 1972 film starring Bruce Lee. It was almost the last film Bruce Lee had planned to be the demonstration piece of his martial art Jeet Kune Do. Over 100 minutes of footage was shot before his death, some of which was later misplaced in the Golden Harvest archives...
outtakes, Unseen footage, Enter the DragonEnter the DragonEnter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by Robert Clouse; starring Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973...
alternate opening credits, 32-page booklet - Region 3, NTSC
Fox (America)
- Released: May 25, 2005
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (2:35:1) anamorphic
- Sound: English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Subtitles: English
- Supplements: Original trailer, New trailer, Bonus trailers
- Region 1, NTSC
Fox - Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection (America)
- Released: October 18, 2005
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (2:35:1) anamorphic
- Sound: English (DTS 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Subtitles: English
- Supplements: Original trailer, New trailer, Game of DeathGame of DeathThe Game of Death is a 1972 film starring Bruce Lee. It was almost the last film Bruce Lee had planned to be the demonstration piece of his martial art Jeet Kune Do. Over 100 minutes of footage was shot before his death, some of which was later misplaced in the Golden Harvest archives...
outtakes, Bonus trailers, Still photos, Slideshow of photos - Region 1, NTSC
Hong Kong Legends (United Kingdom)
- Released: November 5, 2001
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen (2:35:1) anamorphic
- Sound: Cantonese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
- Subtitles: English, Dutch
- Supplements: Commentary by Bey Logan and Roy Horan, Original trailer, HKL promo trailer, Biography showcases, Bonus trailers, Interviews with actors Casanova Wong and Roy Horan, Deleted scenes (in English)
- Regions 2/4, PAL