Chinese Connection 2

Starring:Bruce Li, Lieh Lo, Ti Fung, Quin Lee, Yasukoshi Shikamura, James Nam, Chao Kin, Chan Wai Lui, Shin Nam, Shiu Yu, Mui Shao Sui, Kam Tao, Lee Kin Ming, Cheng Hai Ching, Shun Chiu Bo, Lee Fa Yuen, Lee Keung, Ze Tin Kun, Lau Yau Bun, Hau Boa Wai
Director: Tso Nam Lee, Iksan Lahardi
Studio: Platinum Disc
Product Type: DVD

Black Belt Jones 2 - The Tattoo Connection

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"Hello George, I am Michael, the boss is waiting for you upstairs". "Good", he says very evil like.
TYPICAL 1970'S........ CHOP SOCKY!!
BLACK BELT JONES 2 ? NEVER HEARD OF IT
The Tattoo Connection for Kelly fans!
what do i remember about THE TATTOO CONNECTION?

Black Belt Jones 2 - The Tattoo Connection
Starring: Jim Kelly (II) , Sing Chen , Tao-liang Tan , Bolo Yeung , and Norman Wingrove
Director: Tso Nam Lee
Manufacturer: Pathfinder Home Ent.
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ASIN: B00007G1XX
Release Date: 2003-04-22

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When a diamond is stolen in Hong Kong, the CIA sends their best man to retrieve it. Meanwhile, one of the thieves began to have a change of heart when his boss, a local crime lord, goes too far. Soon, the former thief and the CIA agent team up to end the reign of the crime lord and bring peace to Hong Kong.

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"Hello George, I am Michael, the boss is waiting for you upstairs". "Good", he says very evil like........2006-06-18

B movie at it's best but KUNG FU. Black Belt Jones is back and HE is the one that is gonna take bruce's place. He got on the train and fell off quick, but Jim Kelly had a few pretty good movies. This is definitelyone of them. Add in Lee Hoi-sang, Dorian Tan(delon tan), Bolo, Sing Chen, tony leung sei hung ( a great action director) and a couple of other stars I can't put a name to, and you have a really alomst good kung fu flick.

So some diamonds are stolen of course and Jim kelly shows up to track down the robbers. He says-"they call me the black 6 milion dollar man". AHHHHH the cheese, it is good cheese, but just liek anything, you can get too much of it. So save a litle for later if you need to, cause this is a classic and may take two sittings to get through the greatness of it. Sadly it gets REALLY borign at the midway point. So finally the ending comes around and is very unspectacular, but you do get 2 good fights, opne with jim and bolo, other with dorian tan and sing chen. All in all, worth a peek if you are a mega fan like me. And if you don't belieev me about the cheese, then here is the evry last line of the movie. "I'll see you on christmas". They may have finished this movie in 2 days time. For real.

TYPICAL 1970'S........ CHOP SOCKY!!.......2004-07-23

Pathfinder Pictures?,never heard of them.While I'm pleased this movie was released on DVD,I am very disappointed with the picture and sound quality.This is one of the worst video transfers I have ever seen and the sound is not far behind.Obviously no money went into restoring this movie for it's release on DVD and that's ashame for Jim Kelly fans.Make no mistake,this movie has nothing to do with the martial art's classic Black Belt Jones.Jim kelly had a supporting role in Enter The Dragon and he didn't really get a chance to show us what he could do.In "The Tattoo Connection" he is the main guy,but once again this movie doesn't really showcase his talent either.I struggled to give this movie 3 stars,but hey it's Jim Kelly.This is a typical 1970's chop socky movie that could have been much better.For martial arts and Kelly fans the fight scene between Kelly and Bolo Yeung is still pretty good.The tattoo Connection is still an entertaining movie,but I definitely think the price is too much considering the poor picture and sound quality.

BLACK BELT JONES 2 ? NEVER HEARD OF IT.......2003-06-08

This typical Hong Kong 1970's kung fu flick has now been re-released as BLACK BELT JONES 2, although originally released as THE TATTOO CONNECTION.Obviously the distributers have called it BBJ2 to tie in with the popularity of the original movie.This movie is no BBJ but it's quite entertaining if you are a Kelly fan.The film is let down by a scene where a rather choppy fight scene goes horribly wrong,the illusion is ruined and the fight looks fake.What's more, Jim Kelly is hardly in this movie and looks a bit of a fool surrounded by all those unknown Chinese actors.

The Tattoo Connection for Kelly fans!.......2003-05-15

This film is for die hard Jim Kelly fans! "The Tattoo Connection" (TTC) is promoted as "Black Belt Jones 2" although it has no connection with the original Kelly classic. The producers of this title probably used the tie in to entice the casual fan to check this DVD out based on the popularity of "Black Belt Jones." The plot is sketchy as Kelly's secret agent character Lucas is given the assignment of retrieving a stolen diamond some where in Asia. The film never really gathers up enough steam to be considered as a top rate martial arts offering. However, TTC is at its best when Kelly is on the screen (as the star Kelly is notoriously absent during several rather long sequences) chopping up guys and laying down that ultra smooth soul brother rap. The highlight of the film occurs during the climatic fight on a ship were Kelly goes toe to toe with fellow "Enter the Dragon" alumni Bolo Yeung in a fight to the death. Kelly is fit and in fine form through out TTC. It's a shame that he wasn't given more to do in this effort it might have raised the over all quality of the film.

what do i remember about THE TATTOO CONNECTION?.......2002-12-29

i remember watching this 70s jim kelly classic on saturday afternoon tv in new york when a local tv station played kung fu movies every week. ah those were the good ol' days of the late 70s/80s. THE TATTOO CONNECTION sticks out as the best of those kung fu flicks i have seen. i remember jim kelly ... as an agent named lucas sent overseas to find some diamond. i remember some goofy disco theme song titled 'diamond'. i remember a good car chase scene with kelly at some lumber or junk yard. i remember kelly making love to an asian girl while switching drinks where 1 contained a drug meant for him but the girl wound up drinking it and got high. i remember jim kelly telling his bosses that he's "the black six million dollar man". i remember in the bad dubbing 1 of the bad guys called kelly not lucas but "black man!" racist! i remember the climax on a ship and kelly kicking rear. what else? that's all i know. i am just happy that TATTOO CONNECTION will be out on dvd in april (why so many delays after original dates of feb., march 25 and now april 22?!) and i will buy it. hope it will be widescreen and remastered. i will have a good time. congrats to pathfinder video for releasing this treasure, ok 3 1/2 stars. if only they can put out other old kung fu classics like STREETS GANGS OF HONG KONG, STONER (w/ george lazenby post-007), DUEL OF THE IRON FIST. A HARD WAY TO DIE, SLAUGHTER IN SAN FRANCISCO with chuck norris, & ROOTS OF EVIL (with christian anders---who?).

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More about the acting than the action.......2006-09-25

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.

FINALLY,A REAL SEQUEL:Bruce Li's BEST.......2005-01-31

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!

wow finaly someone did it.......2004-02-08

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.

BEST OF BRUCE LI.......2003-10-18

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.

A surprisingly good sequel to Lee's Chinese Connection.......2003-10-14

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.

Customer Reviews:

More about the acting than the action.......2006-09-25

FINALLY,A REAL SEQUEL:Bruce Li's BEST.......2005-01-31

wow finaly someone did it.......2004-02-08

BEST OF BRUCE LI.......2003-10-18

A surprisingly good sequel to Lee's Chinese Connection.......2003-10-14

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(Region 1 DVD)Bruce Lee Double Feature (2 Pack) The Legend Of Bruce Lee/Fists of Fury/The

Masters of Kung Fu, Vol. 2: The Street Fighter/The Chinese Connection

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Masters of Kung Fu, Vol. 2: The Street Fighter/The Chinese Connection
Starring: Masters of Kung Fu
Manufacturer: Legacy Entertainment
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Release Date: 2005-03-02

Martial Arts Extreme: Chinese Connection 2/Tiger Claw/Bloodsport 4

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Martial Arts Extreme: Chinese Connection 2/Tiger Claw/Bloodsport 4
Starring: B/Yeung, B Li
Manufacturer: Platinum Disc
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