You may remember that “The Game Of Death” was the film cobbled together using footage Bruce Lee (“The Big Boss, “Enter The Dragon”) had shot for a film he was working on just before his death. It was a complete mess from start to finish. “Game Of Death II” (also known as “Tower Of Death”) is a surprisingly fun film once it stops trying to be a Bruce Lee flick.

Bruce Lee and lookalikes play Billy-Lo, who gets killed by some bad guys. Now, his younger brother is out for revenge. He won’t stop until he has kung-fu kicked everybody and everything in sight. However, this will be no easy task as he must infiltrate the bad guy’s lair.

The film recycles a lot of the same goofy tricks to try to and make you feel like you are watching a Bruce Lee film in the early scenes. All the fighters in here are just great with that wonderfully cheesy Hong Kong style of the 70s and early 80s. You may recognise Roy Horan from “Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow” with Jackie Chan. My favourite character has to be the lion. It’s meant to be a real lion and is in some shots but during a fight scene, it’s so clearly a guy in a costume.

This film came out in 1980 when Lee had been dead since the early 70s. However, once Lee’s character dies, the film just focuses on being a ridiculously fun martial arts flick. The fight scenes are absolutely ridiculous and the whole section at the end where the hero goes through the lair of the villains is terrific. It reminded me a lot of films such as “Infra-Man” as well as some of the early “James Bond” movies. If you like stupid kung-fu pictures then you have to see “Game Of Death II”.