After much searching I finally figured out what this movie is really called. The box said Fist of Fury II, but Chinese Connection II is also known as Fist of Fury II. But when you watch the movie the credits they say The Fist of Fury, there is no II. There may have been a II or III but I didn't see any maybe it got cut off. I know Bruce Li made a Fist of Fury III and after looking around the net I discovered that this movie is actually Fist of Fury III, not II. I may wrong, but whatever.
Bruce Li, as Chen Shan returns home from Shanghai after the death of his brother (the Bruce Lee character from the original FOF). Chen promises him mother he won't fight anymore. Oh yeah get this, Chen's mother is blind cuz she cried so much when she heard her son was killed. Chen visits his uncle who runs a martial arts school, he meets the new instructor, Brother Tang. His uncle's daughter has a crush on Chen, and this makes Tang jealous cuz he wants her.
Now that Chen is back the Japanese think he's gonna be a problem so they set a diabolical scheme in motion. First they trash his mother's shop and then they beat up his brother, Zhou. First this bad guy Interpreter for the Japanese drugs Tang's wine. In a drug induced state Tang tries to rape the girl. His master comes in and kicks him out of the school. The Japanese take Tang in. Next the Japanese and Tang kill the Ambassador's daughter. Tang goes to his former master and kills him. Tang wears a suit that the girl gave to Chen. When the cops search Chen's place they find the suit as well as some planted evidence from the previous killings, and Chen is locked up. The girl mourns the death of her father and Tang shows up to play the role of the concerned guy and get in good with the girl.
The Boss has just arrived for a visit. The baddies tell him all about how they set up Chen. Yu and his daughter happen to overhear the whole thing. They go to tell the girl and Tang shows up and they start fighting. Distraught over what has happened the girl dies. I'm not sure if she kills herself or what. In the scene she just sorta drops dead.
Zhou sees the Interpretor and attacks him, his Japanese bodyguards beat the stuffing out him. His mother drags him back to the house and he is all messed up big time. His mom is all freaking out and suddenly there is this crazy laughing and the old lady screams and that's it. I don't really get it. Meanwhile Yu and his daughter break Chen out of jail. Chen heads home to find his dead brother and mother, and that's the straw that breaks the camel's back. Chen goes to the casino and kicks some guys around. Then he goes to the brother and beats on some more guys.
Chen goes to the Boss for the final showdown. During the fight Tang comes smashing through a window, but since he sucks the Boss kills him. In an earlier scene we see Chen use these metal pins that he throws around. Okay, the Boss comes after Chen with a sword. Chen spits the pin into the eyes of the Boss and then Chen grabs the sword and slices the Boss' calves. The guy is now blind and crippled. Chen leaves him, but the Boss takes the cowardly way out and takes his own life.
Not bad, not that good either. Nothing really stands out that set this flick apart from all the other Bruceploitation out there. The box description is the best thing about the movie. Here I'll give you a sample.
"Nothing can protect you from the force of his fist!"
"...Li begins his own reign of terror with head-breaking, bone-busting carnage that may never end!"
"Wear a suit of steel if you want to survive the force of FIST OF FURY II!"
Those cool quotes sold me on the movie, but after watching the film I was a bit disappointed.
"Reivewed" by Keith.