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Chinese Connection 2
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List Price: $24.99
Our Price: $15.00
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Manufacturer: Triad Records
Starring: Bruce Li, Lieh Lo, Ti Fung, Kun Li, Yasukoshi Shikamura
Directed By: Tso Nam Lee, Iksan Lahardi
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0692865508021
Format: Color
Label: Triad Records
Manufacturer: Triad Records
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Triad Records
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-05-28
Studio: Triad Records
Theatrical Release Date: 1976
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Summary: More about the acting than the action
Comment: I went into this expecting just another Bruce clone movie but man was I surprised. Not only do they have the same actor that was Bruce's master, but they have many other actors who were in Bruce's movies! On top of this Bruce Li puts on a SUPERB acting performance. Phillip Ko has a cameo, James Nam is pretty good, and Lo Lieh is great as the Japanese master.
Don't expect the greatest action movies ever though the final fight is awesome, but get this flick to get one of the best acting performances ever by Bruce Li, seriously.
Also in this movie is the little monkey guy from Lost Sowrdship and he was Slasher Pete's(Wilson Tong's) friend in Shaolin Kingboxer. Looking at his Hitler mustache helped me realize right away that this is where the movie Legend of a Fighter came from. Legend of a Fighter(Secret Master) is my favorite movie ever and it was interesting to notice how they did the music pretty much the same and that Leung Ka-yan plays his charcter JUST like Bruce Li did in this movie. It is also the same in MANY other ways but the biggest is Beardy fighting the Japanese master at the end. Legend of a Fighter = Chinese Connection 2. It's hard for me to say it but this movie is actually better in a few minor ways. Co-director Lee Tso-Nan gives possibly his best directing job ever in this.
I have the bargain Platinum Disc DVD which is full screened. If anyone knows of a widescreen version of this movie please tell me.
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Summary: FINALLY,A REAL SEQUEL:Bruce Li's BEST
Comment: Words can't describe how impressed I was with the OFFICIAL sequel to Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection...the film picks up where Chinese Connection left off, awesome fight choreography, awesome acting, colorful characters(many of the same characters from the 1st movie) and my man Lee Roy Lung(bka Bruce Li) did an excellent job portraying the borhter of Lee's murdered character in that he was being himself as opposed to mimicking Bruce Lee with fake Bruce Lee yells and pseudo-boxing techniques. I consider this film a classic and a REAL tribute to Bruce Lee's life, legacy and contributions. Bruce Li's GREATEST ALL-TIME WORK, hands down...period. A perfect companion to Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection, no doubt. If you buy at least one Bruce Li flick in your entire life, BUY CHINESE CONNECTION 2!
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Summary: wow finaly someone did it
Comment: I've been looking at anything related to bruce lee there is on the market. The this is the first (bruce lee clone) movie I see that trully reflects some of Bruce Lee real ideals. Even though it is impossible to say that the skills of Bruce Li, on martial arts, match those of Bruce Lee, he is very good. The quality of the dvd is good for movie made on the 1970's.
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Summary: BEST OF BRUCE LI
Comment: Undoubtedly, Bruce Li is the best known Bruce Lee imitator. While the body of his work includes some stinkers, this film is a true classic. The film picks up right where Bruce Lee's original left off. Li plays Lee's brother who comes to avenge his death...and boy, does he kick some a##! Show stopping martial arts, and an ending that is much more satisfying than that of the original. The production values and acting are also way above typical Bruce-ploitation fare. You must see this! Incredible! ONE MAJOR COMPLAINT: This film was taken from a U.K. version of the film. This means that the nunchaku fight sequences, which Bruce Lee immortalized, and which Bruce Li interprets in this film are simply cut from the film. This ridiculous edit is common for films edited or produced in the UK. During Bruce Lee's hey day, his use of the nunchaku was deemed "too violent" for the British public to view, so all of his films were shown in the UK minus any nunchaku fight scenes. The thought was the use of the weapon on film would bring to the fore legions of nunchaku armed hooligans to beat up the rest of the populace. What it actually does is diminish some of the most important tension in this film. Watch carefully near the end of the film when his young friend runs and gets Li's nunchaku to fight the Japanese. Soon the nunchaku, are gone, and its obvious something happened, because as he's dying he has them in HIS HANDS! Bruce Li takes them from him, but SURPRISE! In an instant, Bruce is fighting the Japanese bare handed! Wah hooopened????? This is pretty screwed up, and for someone who wrote his master's thesis on these films and saw this in its original cinematic release, its pretty revolting. In addition, there is a scene where the Japanese leader watches a Cougar finish devouring a pigeon. What the BRITISH CENSOR cut out was the scene where the Japanese leader (Lo Leih of "five Fingers of Death" fame), takes the pigeon from the cage and tosses it to the cat for dinner. Well, now don't you feel all comfy now that you know you wont be influenced to use nunchaku or kill pigeons! PUHLEASE!!!! Anyway, if your not a nit picky kung fu fanatic like me, it wont bother you...but these are some major sequences to remove from this masterful work. If you can find one, try getting an early VHS copy which will hopefully have the uncut version of the film.
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Summary: A surprisingly good sequel to Lee's Chinese Connection
Comment: Chinese Connection 2 (released as Fist of Fury 2 in many parts of the world) is a sequel to Bruce Lee's memorable film The Chinese Connection (Fist of Fury), taking up the story immediately following the death of Chen Chen, who was killed in a most memorable ending after avenging the murder of his Teacher. The Ching Wu school is, to put it mildly, in disarray, and this condition quickly begins to spread to the other Chinese martial arts schools in Shanghai. The Japanese, for their part, are more cruel and contemptible than ever, continuing to take out Ching Wu students and eventually, under the leadership of a new martial arts master named Miyamoto, taking over the Ching Wu school itself. It's actually rather hard to watch at times, as the defeated and demoralized Chinese fighters turn into weak cowards, and those who do stand up and fight back prove vastly unequal to the task. The Ching Wu teacher, believing he has failed his Teacher and his students, has become an alcoholic and a thoroughly broken man. At this point, Chen Chen's brother Chen Shan (Bruce Li) arrives in Shanghai determined to avenge his brother's killing. He alone shows no fear of the Japanese, delivering a number of up close and personal instruction sessions with those who try to get in his way. The Chinese actually berate the man and urge him to leave town so that the Japanese won't come after them, but Chen Shan refuses to stand down. I must say that Bruce Li really impressed me in this film with both his acting and his martial arts skills. The other Bruce Li films I have seen left me rather noncommittal as far he was concerned, but he really gives the Japanese what for in this surprisingly good sequel to the original film of Bruce Lee's. I keep wishing Li would break out the numchuks at some point, but he definitely lets his hands and feet do the talking here. Even on DVD, the film quality of Chinese Connection 2 leaves a little something to be desired; I believe that, among other things, the full screen presentation of the film causes viewers to miss a good bit of the visual information afforded by the original presentation aspect ratio. Unquestionably, this Hong Kong production is of an obviously inferior film type than that of the original Chinese Connection starring Bruce Lee. Still, this is one of the best Bruceploitation films I've seen, and fans of Bruce Lee should not be afraid to test the waters of this Chinese Connection sequel; it is much better than I expected it to be.
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