Si wang ta (1981)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

See-Yuen Ng
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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
Biao Yuen	...	Billy Lo / Bobby Lo / Blue Staff Monk (uncredited)
Shun-Yee Yuen	...	Monk (uncredited)

Directed by
See-Yuen Ng
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo		(co-director) (uncredited)
Corey Yuen		(co-director) (uncredited)

Produced by
Kuen Cheung	....	associate producer
Raymond Chow	....	producer
Andre Morgan	....	producer
See-Yuen Ng	....	producer

Original Music by
Frankie Chan

Film Editing by
Yao Chung Chang

Production Management
Terence Chang	....	production manager

Art Department
Woo-ping Yuen	....	martial arts choreographer

Stunts
Biao Yuen	....	stunts

Other crew
Biao Yuen	....	assistant action director
Biao Yuen	....	double: martial arts and acrobatics

Production Companies

• Seasonal Film Corporation

Distributors

• Golden Harvest Company (1981) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
• Dutch FilmWorks (DFW) (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• F.J. Lucas (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Finnkino Video (1994) (Finland) (VHS)
• Future Film (2001) (Finland) (DVD)
• Hong Kong Legends (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• Penta Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• YLE Teema (2002) (Finland) (TV)

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 had filmed over 30 minutes of fight scenes for Game of Death (1978) when work was suspended to allow Lee to work on Enter the Dragon (1973). However, Lee died before he could return. Six years later, director Robert Clouse fleshed out a feature around the original footage with a new cast, including two stand-ins for Lee. After the success of Game of Death in Japan, there was high demand for a new Bruce Lee movie there. As a result, much of the movie is filmed in and takes place in Japan.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Lewis delivers the final kick to the face of the second of the Wu/Yen brothers, a wire harness for the stuntman can clearly be seen sticking out from the arms of his vest.

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

tower of death

i first seen this unique flick in 1988 and was impressed especially with the final fight scene with bobby lo and the evil chin ku.they're rivalry transferred into kung fu action made it one of the most impressive fight scenes that i've ever seen.i've seen many kung fu flicks.all of vann damme's,chuck norris'es,and practically all of everybody else's.oh yeah,all of bruce lee's flix at least 10 times apiece.but like i was saying,of all that i've watched,this one has some extreme groundbreaking stuff.i could hardly believe my eyes when i first saw it and upon purchasing it last year i was eager to let my guests check it out for themselves.everyone else that's seen it has been equally impressed,especially with the final fight scene.

the rest of the movie has it's flaws but they actually ironically contridict themselves into some genuine classic unintentional 70's style kung fu humor.(i know the flix from 1981 by the way)

aside from the flaws in acting and plot,this nevertheless stands firm as at least a well done project in the action fighting sense of the term project.yeah.i guess that basically sums it up.it's a bit more of a unique project of action fighting more than it is a genuine action flick.

in conclusion of my point,i give the flick a 10/10in the fighting action department,a 7/10 for it's unintentional humor,and a 3/10 for storyline,acting and plot.that would probably amount to an overall rating of a 6.5/10,i'd say.which means it just barely passes overall.

but once again i emphasize,the fighting mastery is unforgettable and leaves a lasting impact on martial art's enthusiast's and practitioners alike.