Hi Stripey, I have a fondness for all the old 70s Kung Fu films. My brother is 11 years older than me and he watched them all on Oxford Road studios in Manchester in the 70s. King Boxer and all the others. Lucky sod!😅 The Cavern sets in GOD 11. I swear they were the original sets from Enter as they looked so alike. Another thing. Bruce's monk scene in this film. The very first part when he comes on with Roy Chaio
Sorry about my comment here Stripey. I accidentally sent it to you without finishing it off!😳 As I mentioned, the Roy Chiao scene. I've noticed the navy blue suit Bruce wears is really clear colour wise. I've seen the 4K print of Enter and it's no way as clear as this in regards to the colour sharpness of his suit. Why do you think this is? Is it because it's the chinese print of this film? I've seen the TV print and even that colour is better than the 4K print, in my opinion anyway. Many thanks and looking forward to seeing you next month in Leeds. Warmest wishes! Tony and Kim 👍
Great review, Stripey. I didn't mind Game Of Death 2 originally for the Bruce footage. However, this is one of the better Bruceploitation films, and Hwang Jang-Lee is always great value. Thanks Stripey...
I've never watched GoD 2, basically due to the Bruce Lee name being used to promote the movie, but now you've reviewed it and explained all the fighters involved in the movie ect, then I'm definitely going to have to give it a watch. Thanks Mr Rambles.
Most Bruce Lee fans are martial arts movies fans because Bruce Lee put them on the market of the west....... i love them. Greetings from the Netherlands 🥋 OSU 🥋
Cool vid mate G.O.D 2 or Tower of Death is a guilty pleasure for me I first heard of it at the 2nd Bruce convention (KFM) 1980 we saw the first trailer for it as a special surprise they screened it twice .the fights are well done but it a bit bat shit crazy at times which to the fun of it .all the best Pete
Thanks Pal. I can imagine seeing the trailer back then was something special. It is batshit bonkers, but one of the best, if not the best Bruceploitation movies. Cheers, mate 👍
I preferred GOD 2 over the 1978 version we got. Take out the Bruce Lee clips . This is a stand alone good movie. It should have been called Tower of death and been a credited as a stand alone. Kim tai-Chung is a great fighter in his own right and this movie is a good movie when you remove all the Bruce references. I watched Korean version many years ago and preferred that cut.Great review stripey.
Game Of Death 2 is great. Some good fight scenes. I've loved the Micheal Worth and the other guys commentry on the film. I also watched the Way Of The Dragon commentary with Michael Worth, brilliant. He's done some good martial art films. He was on the Bruce Willow Podcast on TH-cam a while bk, i need to watch it again sometime. I started watching a bit of the korean version. I love Kim Tai-Chung. Its a pity he wasn't in more martial art films as No Retreat No Surrender and the 1978 Game Of Death version were great. My favourite fight scene in Game Of Death is when he fights Bob Wall in the locker room. Also the music playing while he fights the guards after he's tryed to strangle Dean Jagger the tempo and flow of the fight and time is just spot on, love it.
Nice review mate. Obviously im a huge Bruce fan but I'm also a massive Hong Kong Cinema enthusiast and I love Game Of Death 2. International version with the dub is my favourite. Its a guilty pleasure and has some great fight scenes. If you haven't already heard it, I highly recommend you listen to the audio commentary with Roy Horan and Bey Logan (HKL DVD), some great stories about Hwang Jang Lee. Also its worth buying the Snake In The Eagles Shadow blu ray from 88 Films, it contains Roy Horan's last amazing interview in which he discusses a proposed death match with him and HJL and describes how HJL killed two people in real life. Keep up the great work mate, cheers.
Cheers, mate. I have listened to the Roy Horan and Bey Logan audio commentary & heard Hwang Jang Lee killed 2 guys. I own the 88 Films Snake in Eagles Shadow but not listened to the commentary yet (I'll make a point of doing this) Thanks again, bud 👍
Great vlog Stripey and as always, you give a respectful overview and that in my opinion is what people should do, Constructive criticism. I for one are not a fan of GOD 2 but if it appeals to those, then fantastic. Snake in Eagles shadow + Drunken Master, Great Movies that you mentioned in your vlog. We have seen some really good to great martial art movies since Bruce, I wont name all the actors and all the movies but - Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Jean Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Chuck Norris and Scott Adkins to name a few but non will be as memorable as the Bruce Lee movies, you have got to ask yourself why? Choreography / Martial arts skills that look real and not staged / Story line / Soundtrack / Memorable Bad Person or persons / Acting / good ensemble cast...put these together and you have a Win, but seldom do in my opinion, certainly in the past few years, but there are standout movies that have succeeded in the past from all the above people mentioned and certainly in my collection. I just feel when you look at a new Steven Seagal, Van Damme, Jackie, Donnie, Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins etc movies coming out, you look at the trailer and see what I feel is a generic movie that I just don't' care about, Gun's, infiltrate, Blah, Blah, few action fight scenes and then 1.5 hours of time wasted. These movies need characters we care and invest in, strip back all the gun's and get back to basics, showcase the talents of these martial arts, that makes us go WOW, well that's my opinion of what I would like to see in martial arts movies today, sometimes less is more, I'm sure most of them want to give a great performance but are given the material they are given and so the pursuit goes on...Keep up the Great work, it is very much appreciated....👍
there was a very rare trailer provided by Andrew Stanton , GOD 2 provides some unused footage at the time and had some great fights, Kim tai Chung did a great job !, Hwang Jeng Lee's kicking as always is amazing ,the transfer is the best I've seen , I always remember seeing Kim tai Chung in No Retreat No Surrender as Bruce ! When I revisited the film I really enjoyed it ,but, the best Bruce expoitation film is Bruce Lee The Man the myth uncut Wide Screen print :) for me which is long over due a Blu ray release !!
There is a German release of the man the myth. Pretty good quality and they include the extra scenes from the Chinese release. Maybe we will get it in the UK at some point.
@@30plusfitnesstv yes , I’ve had that DVD for years now on German hardbox .. I’m hoping for a new transfer on Bluray :) The German dvd was a cropped along the bottom to remove Japanese subtitles aswell …
@@stevenmorris4482the media book I bought was from three years ago. It looked pretty good. Not sure if it is the same release as the one you own. Maybe Michael Worth can get it on the second boxset. I’m not even sure if Ng See-Yuen knows the location of the negatives for these films. Would love secret rivals to get the Blu-ray / 4K treatment also. HKL teased it decades ago but they never released it.
I like this movie more than GoD 1 (not counting the pagoda scene, of course). Then again, the battle cry of the guy dubbing bruce while using the nunchakus annoys the hell out of me..... ADA ADA ADA ADA ADA ADA ADA AAAAAUUUUUUUUU
Hwang jung Lee's entry into the hong kong film industry was a challenge match to the dea** he was taking on all challengers especially kungfu stylists. Cheng ky ying, a kungfu champion was selected for the match to be held at golden harvest studios as a martial arts practice session as a cover. Cheng ky ying became aware of Hwang's reputation to deal out dea** The match ended up being cancelled, but Hwang met up with Cheng ky ying in the new territories where the end fight scene of drunken master was shot and easily dispatched Cheng.
Great Video Stripey. I have never watched GOD2 at all. After I had the misfortune of watching 'The legend of Bruce lee' (AKA Goodbye Bruce Lee') back in the early 80's, I was put off Bruce lee clones forever. Having said that... maybe I'll give it a whirl if I get a boring rainy night with nothing to do, and my sock draw does not need re-arranging. lol
Hi Stripey, glad to see your thoughts on GoD2 - Personally, I think it's far better than the original ' 78 version. Once you get past the bonkers plot and obvious twist, its a great action film with some superb fight scenes.
I'd never watched GOD 2 until I saw it mentioned on your channel a few months ago. I still haven't watched it, but I have fast forwarded it to where all the Bruce scenes are and watched them. I don't think I'll be watching it any time soon, but maybe one day. By the way, I loved your use of the smiling Clone at the appropriate moment in your presentation 😂
Hi Stripey, great video as always. I have to admit I haven't seen Game of Death 2, it was on Sky recently, recorded it though☺️ If I'm going to watch any 'Kung Fu' films that aren't Bruce Lee I tend to prefer Jackie Chan or Jet Li, not a fan of GOD though I did watch it a couple of weeks ago for Bruce at the end. May have to give GOD 2 a go. Have a great week Stripey 👍
Thank you. It is well worth checking out (it's bonkers but fun) I would be interested in hearing what you thought of it 😉 You, too, have a great week 👍
GOD is a utter crap flim ,but you have to watch it ,,just for the bruce lee fight sceans ,,the funeral footage is utter disgusting ,and to use it in this flim is sick ,what was Robert clouse thinking off 😢
Hi Stripey. A nice open minded review mate. I did rent it on VHS from the local blockbusters back in the 80's and only for the ETD outtakes. Although the fight choreography is very well done it doesn't flow realistically like a Bruce Lee fight scene does. Its sort of one step punch, two steps back and kick and then back again .Kind of like the sword fights in old hollywood pictures. I think it would be difficult for me to watch again. So for now it will stay inside the Arrow box set. I do agree with you that the 1978 GOD is far more exploitive than GOD2 though. All the best.
hi im fairly new to your channel and have been watching some of your older videos and really enjoying them and loving the way you break down each item, i really enjoy game of death 2 and yes prefer it over the first, i think the bruce footage is incerted better and like the fact that the focus changes from bruce to his on screen brother, the whole bond type lair and that really long lift ride makes me smile, but the fight scences are top drawn, love it glad to have found your channel cheers
Hello Stripey. I've been watching your Bruce Lee content for some time now and it's been one of the most informative next only to the Kung Fu Genius Podcast. For the Game of Death 2, I saw it many years ago and the only thing I remember was how bizarre and weird it was. The lion suit still resonates in my mind to this day. Topic suggestion: You already made a video ranking your favorite nunchaku scenes and another ranking your favorite kick scenes. I figure it's time for a ranking of your favorite Bruce Lee punching scenes (For added bonus have a special category for the groin punches)
Great video Stripey I love the guilty please of Game of Death 2. Watched it so many times. The Arrow release versions are great, so definitive. Think they tried a touching tribute to Bruce in the middle, with that music it gets me End sequence / finale of the film is great.
@@Partoftheratpack Thanks, mate. I've watched it quite a lot recently & it's batsh*t bonkers & loads of fun. I know what you mean about the middle with that music. The final fight is awesome 👌 Cheers pal 👍
I was expecting you to tear this movie to shreds but now I'm going to have to give it a watch. Personally my favorite Brucespoitation film is Bruce Li in New Guinea
I really love this movie, prefer it to game of death. Haven’t checked out all the different versions yet but I will. It’s full of top fighters. The sad music does make it feel like we are saying farewell to Bruce. Another great review thank you stripey
It was on one of the sky channels recently, can't remember which. So I decided to watch it and got to say I actually enjoyed it. I didn't look at it as a Bruce Lee film just a kung fu movie and I never watch a kung fu movie for its plot or acting ability, I watch for the fights and there were some really good ones in this movie
Good Review Stripey.. I might give it another look, ( saw bits of it from time to time) but I would never have watched this in a cinema, or got it from a video shop back in the 80's.. But because its in the Arrow box set anyway.. I'll give it look. again, great video - Shane.
Great show stripey,,PS can you tell me if theres any new bruce lee documentarys comeing out on blu ray or on the tv 📺,,thanks stripey,, love all yr bruce lee shows ,,you should get a bruce lee magazine out with yr name on it lol 😆
Always good to hear your perspective. Personally, I have never been able to get past the first 15 minutes. As the years have passed, and now, in my old age, my affinity, (what little there ever was) for "Bruceploitation" is nonexistent. Back in '73-'75 going to an ancient, decaying old movie palace to see Bruce Li, or Bruce Le was sort of fun. As we obviously weren't ever going to get any more "real" Bruce Lee films, we were forced to make do with an endless river of "schlock" and our imaginations. In some ways I feel that these "films" get more credit now than they deserve, considering the motivation behind them was shameless grave-robbing and money-grabbing from a less than informed international audience starving for anything that would remind them of their fallen idol. For collectors and "completists," I can certainly understand the appeal, but for me, I will make do with either a 300th plus viewing of Enter the Dragon, or the recent "Mandarin cut" of The Big Boss. Keep up the great work. I appreciate your channel very much.
Hi Stripey, another great video mate! I've not watched Game Of Death 2 in years, last time was on VHS so that'll give you some idea of just how long ago it was. I found it to be barely watchable tbh, what with the bonkers plot & terrible acting. However....Now that I have the Arrow box set I'll give it another go, be interesting to see the alternate versions of the movie. Always thought that Kim Tae Chung was the best of the Bruce clones, and like you said an awesome martial artist. Have a great weekend!
Great video review stripey i first seen this on the old vhs back in the day rented it expecting real bruce lee was disappointed at the time dont forget this was late 80s i didn't have a clue like we know everything with internet etc, but yes its a guilty pleasure a bloody great martial arts film in its own right and of course its features monk scene which we had never seen up untill they reinstated it and the other scenes also were awesome to see so overall a great film cheers stripey 👍👍
What I really like about game of death 2 is the variety in the fight scenes, a strong Tarzan like guy, a shaolin monk, a one armed man with a huge fist, a group of men with harpoons and a sword fight.
A great review. How about a review on ‘snake in the eagles shadow’ ‘Drunken Master’ and perhaps other similar films like ‘Crystal fist’. I remember a ‘Billy Chong’ craze in the early 80s.
My first viewing of GoD2 wasn't positive. I was expecting a 'Bruce Lee' film and while I appreciated the extra Enter the Dragon footage, it wasn't action. From then on, repeat viewings led to a better appreciation and eventually a love. I love Hwang Jang Lee and Yuen Woo Ping and the film brings a huge amount of action from them. The film is very silly and the English dub is absolutely hilarious. Arrow really did an incredible job getting these extra versions together. That set truly was a treasure trove.
I finally watched the Japanese version the other day. I already knew it had alternate music, but since the HK and International cuts had different music already, I wasn't expecting it to be all that special, but then one day I accidentally stumbled upon a recording of the Japanese soundtrack vinyl on youtube and I thought it was an absolute banger, so I decided to finally actually just watch the JP version and I think it's now my favourite soundtrack for the film. Too bad the Arrow release still uses the shorter credits for it so the ending song gets cut off and with the longer credits sequence in the extras only having one audio track, the _actual_ closing credits song "Fallen Heroes" appears nowhere on the disc.
Thanks for this video. Growing up in the 70s /80s, I watched all the uncensored Bruce Lee movies in Italian. Keep up the good work. Are you going to set up a watch Bruce movie night with your subscribers?
Thanks Pal. Growing up in the UK, all the Nunchaku scenes were cut from Bruce Lee's movies (it was a real drag) A watch Bruce movie night sounds fun, but i'd have to figure out how to do it Cheers 👍
The enter the dragon 🐉 bird scene, when Bruce goes into his room he finds a book of himself, was that to say that Hun did his research on the fighters that come to his island 🏝️?
From my umderstanding the Korean cut is censored on Arrow or was that the alternateGame of Death? I forget, but I think maybe Criterion had a version more complete?
Hi Stripey, I grew up watching the Game of Death in 1978 since it was on the Bruce Lee collection, but the game of Death II wasn't there, so I watched it when I was a bit older. I did like Game of Death 1978 growing up, but I always say to myself, Bruce, in the game of death, he seems slow and a bit weak. I never noticed it wasn't him until when I watched the game of Death II, then when I realized oh this is not Bruce Lee. When I watched 78, the version started to notice the same thing. I was always troubled with the 2 scenes when Bruce got beaten up by the doctor crew. I always ask myself why Bruce Lee is so weak in this movie. But I don't know the 81 game of death it's okay it's a great Bruce ploitation. The 78 version is okay, but only problem they kinda made him weak, and I feel like Robert clouse should have used more minutes of the 72 version.
I agree it’s a good film too. Thanks for these reviews mate. I could def come down and have a pint with you and watch a couple of Bruce films mate, I think we are very like minded about the films. You also mentioned Jackie Chan films, do you watch those as much as the Bruce ones? One of my all time favourites is Dragon Fist, the KF action there is excellent. If you ever get thin on Bruce material mate, Jackie is another good one to cover
Hi mate, I'm not a fan of GoD 2 (aka Tower), a few of my mates watched it recently on Sky and simply said WTF?? It's poor from a Bruce perspective, but bonkers as a "kung fu" movie. Mr Chow certainly knew how to milk his golden cash cow... Hope your well mate 👍
Any Bruce lee taking the piss out of The MAIN MAN, I take it personally, because being a young a. Young , getting old, BRUCE LEE fan,❤, don't like. There's no respect for our main Man 😢, but ,we have the real Bruce lee, interview, out takes,, and one of the greatest inspiration man of all time 😊😊
Give me GOD II / Tower Of Death over GOD '78 any day of the week. It's actually a good fun kung fu movie. GOD '78 is a disgusting cash grab. Raymond didn't want to just release the footage Bruce had shot so we got this. My advice watch 'A Warrior's Journey' or 'The Final Game Of Death' if you want to see those fight scenes.
@@StripeyR Stripey if you love SITES and Drunken Master give 'Fearless Hyena' a try if you've not seen it. I watched the 88 Film bluray recently and loved it. Remembered so many of the scenes. Last time I watched it was probably 18 years ago when the Hong Kong Legends DVD came out. Jackie did a runner from Lo Wei shortly after 🤣
Maybe you can clear something up because I'm Still a little Confused about Lee's death. So instead of calling an ambulance when she Couldn't wake Bruce, Betty called Raymond Chow he came over & Couldn't wake him either & then an Ambulance was Finally Called ?? 😔😔
There is even more to it than that. It took Raymond Chow 40 minutes to get to her apartment. After he could not wake Bruce, they called Betty Ting Pei's doctor, who in turn phoned for the ambulance. Then he told the driver's to go to Queen Elizabeth hospital which was further away🤷♂. At the inquest Raymond said, "I did not consider that time was a factor." Possibly admitting Bruce was already dead.🤔
Yeah definitely worth a watch. It's part of the box set but was good enough on it's own. Hwang Jang lee is always class . I'm off to Turkey hopefully they have some bruce merchandise over there.
A rubbish film but if you forget about the Bruce Lee elements and watch it purely as a kung fu movie it is not bad, and the fights are decent. Not sure why Golden Harvest did not try for II to be aimed more at International audiences like the 1978 GOD was, maybe they did not want to risk putting a big budget in to it and thought demand had waned. Whilst GOD II fight scenes are decent, they are not great and not exciting, the end fight goes on so long, you really could not care in the end who wins or loses.
As a non Bruce Lee film it was good but given this was an exploitation film NO!! There is a scene in which a prositute turns up (believe it or not but a real one hired by the producers) she is high as a kite.......plus there is another hilarious scene as well.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts on G.O.D 2
Great review Stripey 👏
I like game of death 2 for what it is great fight scenes
Agreed 100%, mate 👍
Hi Stripey,
I have a fondness for all the old 70s Kung Fu films.
My brother is 11 years older than me and he watched them all on Oxford Road studios in Manchester in the 70s.
King Boxer and all the others.
Lucky sod!😅
The Cavern sets in GOD 11.
I swear they were the original sets from Enter as they looked so alike.
Another thing.
Bruce's monk scene in this film.
The very first part when he comes on with Roy Chaio
Sorry about my comment here Stripey.
I accidentally sent it to you without finishing it off!😳
As I mentioned, the Roy Chiao scene.
I've noticed the navy blue suit Bruce wears is really clear colour wise.
I've seen the 4K print of Enter and it's no way as clear as this in regards to the colour sharpness of his suit.
Why do you think this is?
Is it because it's the chinese print
of this film?
I've seen the TV print and even that colour is better than the 4K print, in my opinion anyway.
Many thanks and looking forward to seeing you next month in Leeds.
Warmest wishes!
Tony and Kim 👍
Well done Mr Rambles,great post.Just like GOD 78 I love this movie mainly because of the choreography
Thank you.
The battles in GOD 2 are superb indeed.
Cheers pal 👍
I've always loved this movie, great to see the attention it got in the box set, also the soundtrack great to, I whistle it after watching 🤣
Great review, Stripey. I didn't mind Game Of Death 2 originally for the Bruce footage. However, this is one of the better Bruceploitation films, and Hwang Jang-Lee is always great value. Thanks Stripey...
I've never watched GoD 2, basically due to the Bruce Lee name being used to promote the movie, but now you've reviewed it and explained all the fighters involved in the movie ect, then I'm definitely going to have to give it a watch. Thanks Mr Rambles.
It's worth a watch, mate.
Cheers 👍
Most Bruce Lee fans are martial arts movies fans because Bruce Lee put them on the market of the west....... i love them. Greetings from the Netherlands 🥋 OSU 🥋
1000%, mate.
Greetings from the UK 👍
Ehhh...it was decent! The best scene for me was the fight scene between Kim Tae Chung and Casanova Wong! That scene was bad ass!! Thank you Stripey!!
I appreciate it for the action choreography and for the fact that it sort of closed an era for Bruceploitation films.
Cool vid mate G.O.D 2 or Tower of Death is a guilty pleasure for me I first heard of it at the 2nd Bruce convention (KFM) 1980 we saw the first trailer for it as a special surprise they screened it twice .the fights are well done but it a bit bat shit crazy at times which to the fun of it .all the best Pete
Thanks Pal. I can imagine seeing the trailer back then was something special.
It is batshit bonkers, but one of the best, if not the best Bruceploitation movies.
Cheers, mate 👍
I preferred GOD 2 over the 1978 version we got. Take out the Bruce Lee clips . This is a stand alone good movie. It should have been called Tower of death and been a credited as a stand alone. Kim tai-Chung is a great fighter in his own right and this movie is a good movie when you remove all the Bruce references. I watched Korean version many years ago and preferred that cut.Great review stripey.
Game Of Death 2 is great. Some good fight scenes. I've loved the Micheal Worth and the other guys commentry on the film. I also watched the Way Of The Dragon commentary with Michael Worth, brilliant. He's done some good martial art films. He was on the Bruce Willow Podcast on TH-cam a while bk, i need to watch it again sometime. I started watching a bit of the korean version. I love Kim Tai-Chung. Its a pity he wasn't in more martial art films as No Retreat No Surrender and the 1978 Game Of Death version were great. My favourite fight scene in Game Of Death is when he fights Bob Wall in the locker room. Also the music playing while he fights the guards after he's tryed to strangle Dean Jagger the tempo and flow of the fight and time is just spot on, love it.
Nice review mate. Obviously im a huge Bruce fan but I'm also a massive Hong Kong Cinema enthusiast and I love Game Of Death 2. International version with the dub is my favourite. Its a guilty pleasure and has some great fight scenes.
If you haven't already heard it, I highly recommend you listen to the audio commentary with Roy Horan and Bey Logan (HKL DVD), some great stories about Hwang Jang Lee.
Also its worth buying the Snake In The Eagles Shadow blu ray from 88 Films, it contains Roy Horan's last amazing interview in which he discusses a proposed death match with him and HJL and describes how HJL killed two people in real life.
Keep up the great work mate, cheers.
Cheers, mate. I have listened to the Roy Horan and Bey Logan audio commentary & heard Hwang Jang Lee killed 2 guys.
I own the 88 Films Snake in Eagles Shadow but not listened to the commentary yet (I'll make a point of doing this)
Thanks again, bud 👍
Great vlog Stripey and as always, you give a respectful overview and that in my opinion is what people should do, Constructive criticism. I for one are not a fan of GOD 2 but if it appeals to those, then fantastic. Snake in Eagles shadow + Drunken Master, Great Movies that you mentioned in your vlog. We have seen some really good to great martial art movies since Bruce, I wont name all the actors and all the movies but - Tony Jaa, Iko Uwais, Jean Claude Van Damme, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Chuck Norris and Scott Adkins to name a few but non will be as memorable as the Bruce Lee movies, you have got to ask yourself why? Choreography / Martial arts skills that look real and not staged / Story line / Soundtrack / Memorable Bad Person or persons / Acting / good ensemble cast...put these together and you have a Win, but seldom do in my opinion, certainly in the past few years, but there are standout movies that have succeeded in the past from all the above people mentioned and certainly in my collection. I just feel when you look at a new Steven Seagal, Van Damme, Jackie, Donnie, Dolph Lundgren and Scott Adkins etc movies coming out, you look at the trailer and see what I feel is a generic movie that I just don't' care about, Gun's, infiltrate, Blah, Blah, few action fight scenes and then 1.5 hours of time wasted. These movies need characters we care and invest in, strip back all the gun's and get back to basics, showcase the talents of these martial arts, that makes us go WOW, well that's my opinion of what I would like to see in martial arts movies today, sometimes less is more, I'm sure most of them want to give a great performance but are given the material they are given and so the pursuit goes on...Keep up the Great work, it is very much appreciated....👍
there was a very rare trailer provided by Andrew Stanton , GOD 2 provides some unused footage at the time and had some great fights, Kim tai Chung did a great job !, Hwang Jeng Lee's kicking as always is amazing ,the transfer is the best I've seen , I always remember seeing Kim tai Chung in No Retreat No Surrender as Bruce !
When I revisited the film I really enjoyed it ,but, the best Bruce expoitation film is Bruce Lee The Man the myth uncut Wide Screen print :) for me which is long over due a Blu ray release !!
There is a German release of the man the myth. Pretty good quality and they include the extra scenes from the Chinese release. Maybe we will get it in the UK at some point.
@@30plusfitnesstv yes , I’ve had that DVD for years now on German hardbox .. I’m hoping for a new transfer on Bluray :)
The German dvd was a cropped along the bottom to remove Japanese subtitles aswell …
@@stevenmorris4482the media book I bought was from three years ago. It looked pretty good. Not sure if it is the same release as the one you own. Maybe Michael Worth can get it on the second boxset. I’m not even sure if Ng See-Yuen knows the location of the negatives for these films. Would love secret rivals to get the Blu-ray / 4K treatment also. HKL teased it decades ago but they never released it.
I like this movie more than GoD 1 (not counting the pagoda scene, of course). Then again, the battle cry of the guy dubbing bruce while using the nunchakus annoys the hell out of me..... ADA ADA ADA ADA ADA ADA ADA AAAAAUUUUUUUUU
Agreed, fella. The "ADA ADA ADA AAAAAUUUUUUUUU" does my nut in too
Cheers Pal 👍
Same here
@@StripeyRI could tell you some stories about Hwang jung Lee.
Hwang jung Lee's entry into the hong kong film industry was a challenge match to the dea** he was taking on all challengers especially kungfu stylists. Cheng ky ying, a kungfu champion was selected for the match to be held at golden harvest studios as a martial arts practice session as a cover. Cheng ky ying became aware of Hwang's reputation to deal out dea** The match ended up being cancelled, but Hwang met up with Cheng ky ying in the new territories where the end fight scene of drunken master was shot and easily dispatched Cheng.
@@StripeyRHwang became known as the tiger divisions troubleshooter, dispatching a great number of people some ended in a fatality.
As always great review stripey. Cheers mate 👍
Thanks pal 👍
Hey stripey. Just to complete the arrow set Just wondered if you are going to review the legend and the man the legend at some point pal.
@@Craigolcfc I think I should at some point, mate 👍
Cheers stripes 👍
Great review stripey,,i did enjoy the fight sceans and the bruce lee footage along with the missing monk scene ,it was a great flim
Thank you, mate. 👍
Another nice review and episode! Enjoyed! Thanks buddy!
Thank's Pal, I'm glad you enjoyed. Speak soon 👍
Great Video Stripey. I have never watched GOD2 at all. After I had the misfortune of watching 'The legend of Bruce lee' (AKA Goodbye Bruce Lee') back in the early 80's, I was put off Bruce lee clones forever. Having said that... maybe I'll give it a whirl if I get a boring rainy night with nothing to do, and my sock draw does not need re-arranging. lol
Hi Stripey, glad to see your thoughts on GoD2 - Personally, I think it's far better than the original ' 78 version. Once you get past the bonkers plot and obvious twist, its a great action film with some superb fight scenes.
I'd never watched GOD 2 until I saw it mentioned on your channel a few months ago. I still haven't watched it, but I have fast forwarded it to where all the Bruce scenes are and watched them. I don't think I'll be watching it any time soon, but maybe one day. By the way, I loved your use of the smiling Clone at the appropriate moment in your presentation 😂
Hi Stripey, great video as always.
I have to admit I haven't seen Game of Death 2, it was on Sky recently, recorded it though☺️
If I'm going to watch any 'Kung Fu' films that aren't Bruce Lee I tend to prefer Jackie Chan or Jet Li, not a fan of GOD though I did watch it a couple of weeks ago for Bruce at the end.
May have to give GOD 2 a go.
Have a great week Stripey 👍
Thank you.
It is well worth checking out (it's bonkers but fun)
I would be interested in hearing what you thought of it 😉
You, too, have a great week 👍
GOD is a utter crap flim ,but you have to watch it ,,just for the bruce lee fight sceans ,,the funeral footage is utter disgusting ,and to use it in this flim is sick ,what was Robert clouse thinking off 😢
Hi Stripey. A nice open minded review mate. I did rent it on VHS from the local blockbusters back in the 80's and only for the ETD outtakes. Although the fight choreography is very well done it doesn't flow realistically like a Bruce Lee fight scene does. Its sort of one step punch, two steps back and kick and then back again .Kind of like the sword fights in old hollywood pictures. I think it would be difficult for me to watch again. So for now it will stay inside the Arrow box set. I do agree with you that the 1978 GOD is far more exploitive than GOD2 though. All the best.
hi im fairly new to your channel and have been watching some of your older videos and really enjoying them and loving the way you break down each item, i really enjoy game of death 2 and yes prefer it over the first, i think the bruce footage is incerted better and like the fact that the focus changes from bruce to his on screen brother, the whole bond type lair and that really long lift ride makes me smile, but the fight scences are top drawn, love it glad to have found your channel cheers
Thank you, mate. I appreciate it.
I'm glad you are enjoying the content.
Cheers 👍
Hello Stripey. I've been watching your Bruce Lee content for some time now and it's been one of the most informative next only to the Kung Fu Genius Podcast.
For the Game of Death 2, I saw it many years ago and the only thing I remember was how bizarre and weird it was. The lion suit still resonates in my mind to this day.
Topic suggestion: You already made a video ranking your favorite nunchaku scenes and another ranking your favorite kick scenes. I figure it's time for a ranking of your favorite Bruce Lee punching scenes (For added bonus have a special category for the groin punches)
Great video Stripey
I love the guilty please of Game of Death 2. Watched it so many times. The Arrow release versions are great, so definitive.
Think they tried a touching tribute to Bruce in the middle, with that music it gets me
End sequence / finale of the film is great.
@@Partoftheratpack Thanks, mate. I've watched it quite a lot recently & it's batsh*t bonkers & loads of fun.
I know what you mean about the middle with that music.
The final fight is awesome 👌
Cheers pal 👍
I told my wife I want the music at my funeral that they use in the Bruce Lee funeral scene.
I was expecting you to tear this movie to shreds but now I'm going to have to give it a watch. Personally my favorite Brucespoitation film is Bruce Li in New Guinea
I really love this movie, prefer it to game of death. Haven’t checked out all the different versions yet but I will. It’s full of top fighters. The sad music does make it feel like we are saying farewell to Bruce. Another great review thank you stripey
It was on one of the sky channels recently, can't remember which. So I decided to watch it and got to say I actually enjoyed it. I didn't look at it as a Bruce Lee film just a kung fu movie and I never watch a kung fu movie for its plot or acting ability, I watch for the fights and there were some really good ones in this movie
Good Review Stripey.. I might give it another look, ( saw bits of it from time to time) but I would never have watched this in a cinema, or got it from a video shop back in the 80's.. But because its in the Arrow box set anyway.. I'll give it look. again, great video - Shane.
Great show stripey,,PS can you tell me if theres any new bruce lee documentarys comeing out on blu ray or on the tv 📺,,thanks stripey,, love all yr bruce lee shows ,,you should get a bruce lee magazine out with yr name on it lol 😆
Thanks, mate. I'n not aware of any new docs being made. As for a magazine 😆👍
Thank you Stripey.
😉
Always good to hear your perspective. Personally, I have never been able to get past the first 15 minutes. As the years have passed, and now, in my old age, my affinity, (what little there ever was) for "Bruceploitation" is nonexistent. Back in '73-'75 going to an ancient, decaying old movie palace to see Bruce Li, or Bruce Le was sort of fun. As we obviously weren't ever going to get any more "real" Bruce Lee films, we were forced to make do with an endless river of "schlock" and our imaginations. In some ways I feel that these "films" get more credit now than they deserve, considering the motivation behind them was shameless grave-robbing and money-grabbing from a less than informed international audience starving for anything that would remind them of their fallen idol. For collectors and "completists," I can certainly understand the appeal, but for me, I will make do with either a 300th plus viewing of Enter the Dragon, or the recent "Mandarin cut" of The Big Boss. Keep up the great work. I appreciate your channel very much.
Hi Stripey, another great video mate! I've not watched Game Of Death 2 in years, last time was on VHS so that'll give you some idea of just how long ago it was. I found it to be barely watchable tbh, what with the bonkers plot & terrible acting. However....Now that I have the Arrow box set I'll give it another go, be interesting to see the alternate versions of the movie. Always thought that Kim Tae Chung was the best of the Bruce clones, and like you said an awesome martial artist. Have a great weekend!
Great video review stripey i first seen this on the old vhs back in the day rented it expecting real bruce lee was disappointed at the time dont forget this was late 80s i didn't have a clue like we know everything with internet etc, but yes its a guilty pleasure a bloody great martial arts film in its own right and of course its features monk scene which we had never seen up untill they reinstated it and the other scenes also were awesome to see so overall a great film cheers stripey 👍👍
I love the soundtrack and the fight choreography in this one. Yes, it's a Bruceploitation flick. But I can look past it because GoD 2 is so much fun!
What I really like about game of death 2 is the variety in the fight scenes, a strong Tarzan like guy, a shaolin monk, a one armed man with a huge fist, a group of men with harpoons and a sword fight.
Going to have to watch now
A great review. How about a review on ‘snake in the eagles shadow’ ‘Drunken Master’ and perhaps other similar films like ‘Crystal fist’. I remember a ‘Billy Chong’ craze in the early 80s.
Game of Death 11, I appreciate it for what it is.
My first viewing of GoD2 wasn't positive. I was expecting a 'Bruce Lee' film and while I appreciated the extra Enter the Dragon footage, it wasn't action.
From then on, repeat viewings led to a better appreciation and eventually a love. I love Hwang Jang Lee and Yuen Woo Ping and the film brings a huge amount of action from them. The film is very silly and the English dub is absolutely hilarious.
Arrow really did an incredible job getting these extra versions together. That set truly was a treasure trove.
Боевые сцены в Башне смерти хороши, привет из России!
Game of death 2 was a great film the fight scene's were top draw Stripey 👌
All about adaptations like the Crossroads one, where Meg set up the Motel, on the game
I finally watched the Japanese version the other day. I already knew it had alternate music, but since the HK and International cuts had different music already, I wasn't expecting it to be all that special, but then one day I accidentally stumbled upon a recording of the Japanese soundtrack vinyl on youtube and I thought it was an absolute banger, so I decided to finally actually just watch the JP version and I think it's now my favourite soundtrack for the film. Too bad the Arrow release still uses the shorter credits for it so the ending song gets cut off and with the longer credits sequence in the extras only having one audio track, the _actual_ closing credits song "Fallen Heroes" appears nowhere on the disc.
Do you mean the Korean version?
@@darreningram8942 No.
Thanks for this video.
Growing up in the 70s /80s, I watched all the uncensored Bruce Lee movies in Italian.
Keep up the good work. Are you going to set up a watch Bruce movie night with your subscribers?
Thanks Pal. Growing up in the UK, all the Nunchaku scenes were cut from Bruce Lee's movies (it was a real drag)
A watch Bruce movie night sounds fun, but i'd have to figure out how to do it
Cheers 👍
The enter the dragon 🐉 bird scene, when Bruce goes into his room he finds a book of himself, was that to say that Hun did his research on the fighters that come to his island 🏝️?
I think so 👍
From my umderstanding the Korean cut is censored on Arrow or was that the alternateGame of Death? I forget, but I think maybe Criterion had a version more complete?
I'd have to check the Criterion, but I don't think the Korean cut is on there. 👍
@@StripeyR I am thinking of the original Game of Death where one of the cuts was butchered on Arrow, but then released fine elsewhere.
This film is pure entertainment
@@rdenn_shapes it's definitely fun, mate 👍
@StripeyR Kim ty chung was really good in these movies RIP Kim.
@@silverfoxsilverfox6932 100%, fella
Hi Stripey, I grew up watching the Game of Death in 1978 since it was on the Bruce Lee collection, but the game of Death II wasn't there, so I watched it when I was a bit older. I did like Game of Death 1978 growing up, but I always say to myself, Bruce, in the game of death, he seems slow and a bit weak. I never noticed it wasn't him until when I watched the game of Death II, then when I realized oh this is not Bruce Lee. When I watched 78, the version started to notice the same thing. I was always troubled with the 2 scenes when Bruce got beaten up by the doctor crew. I always ask myself why Bruce Lee is so weak in this movie. But I don't know the 81 game of death it's okay it's a great Bruce ploitation. The 78 version is okay, but only problem they kinda made him weak, and I feel like Robert clouse should have used more minutes of the 72 version.
So Golden Harvest had the ETD outtakes back in 1981 not Warner bros so what else fortune star hiding in there vaults 🤔 Amandeep
It makes you think, mate 👍
The Fight Scenes were the Highlight of this Movie.
Old school, but awesome 👌.
I agree it’s a good film too. Thanks for these reviews mate. I could def come down and have a pint with you and watch a couple of Bruce films mate, I think we are very like minded about the films. You also mentioned Jackie Chan films, do you watch those as much as the Bruce ones? One of my all time favourites is Dragon Fist, the KF action there is excellent. If you ever get thin on Bruce material mate, Jackie is another good one to cover
Hi mate, I'm not a fan of GoD 2 (aka Tower), a few of my mates watched it recently on Sky and simply said WTF??
It's poor from a Bruce perspective, but bonkers as a "kung fu" movie.
Mr Chow certainly knew how to milk his golden cash cow...
Hope your well mate 👍
I enjoyed it as a stand alone its better than most that csme after bruce
Any Bruce lee taking the piss out of The MAIN MAN, I take it personally, because being a young a. Young , getting old, BRUCE LEE fan,❤, don't like. There's no respect for our main Man 😢, but ,we have the real Bruce lee, interview, out takes,, and one of the greatest inspiration man of all time 😊😊
I like GOD 2 mate but have yet to see the Korean cut
Can you comment a "Duel of the 7 Tigers" - It's great movie, but not so popular in mainstream.
@@KwadratowaKartka I've not seen it, mate. I'll check it out. Cheers 👍
Give me GOD II / Tower Of Death over GOD '78 any day of the week. It's actually a good fun kung fu movie. GOD '78 is a disgusting cash grab. Raymond didn't want to just release the footage Bruce had shot so we got this. My advice watch 'A Warrior's Journey' or 'The Final Game Of Death' if you want to see those fight scenes.
Agreed 1000%, mate 👍
@@StripeyR Stripey if you love SITES and Drunken Master give 'Fearless Hyena' a try if you've not seen it. I watched the 88 Film bluray recently and loved it. Remembered so many of the scenes. Last time I watched it was probably 18 years ago when the Hong Kong Legends DVD came out. Jackie did a runner from Lo Wei shortly after 🤣
Maybe you can clear something up because I'm Still a little Confused about Lee's death. So instead of calling an ambulance when she Couldn't wake Bruce, Betty called Raymond Chow he came over & Couldn't wake him either & then an Ambulance was Finally Called ?? 😔😔
There is even more to it than that. It took Raymond Chow 40 minutes to get to her apartment. After he could not wake Bruce, they called Betty Ting Pei's doctor, who in turn phoned for the ambulance. Then he told the driver's to go to Queen Elizabeth hospital which was further away🤷♂. At the inquest Raymond said, "I did not consider that time was a factor." Possibly admitting Bruce was already dead.🤔
Golden Harvest should have continued "Bruceploitation" films. They would have knocked it out of the park.
If they continued to make films like GOD 2, I agree 100% 👍
Yeah definitely worth a watch. It's part of the box set but was good enough on it's own. Hwang Jang lee is always class . I'm off to Turkey hopefully they have some bruce merchandise over there.
Hwang Jang lee is top tier for sure.
Enjoy your trip to Turkey, mate 👍
@@StripeyR cheers pal
A rubbish film but if you forget about the Bruce Lee elements and watch it purely as a kung fu movie it is not bad, and the fights are decent. Not sure why Golden Harvest did not try for II to be aimed more at International audiences like the 1978 GOD was, maybe they did not want to risk putting a big budget in to it and thought demand had waned. Whilst GOD II fight scenes are decent, they are not great and not exciting, the end fight goes on so long, you really could not care in the end who wins or loses.
It's a fun film, but I hate the fact that it's considered a Lee film when we all know it isn't
I really could not get into this movie. I thought it was just too silly and the fight scenes for the most part i thought were not good at all.
As a non Bruce Lee film it was good but given this was an exploitation film NO!!
There is a scene in which a prositute turns up (believe it or not but a real one hired by the producers) she is high as a kite.......plus there is another hilarious scene as well.
I would respect and enjoy the film more if it didn't include the real Bruce footage. Leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
@mormovies you may prefer the Korean version. There's hardly any 👍
Great film taking bruce out of the acuasion it sits with some of the best kung fu films out there with some exceptional fighters as well 🤜🫷🐉☯️🐉