The Big Boss Part II (1976) with Lo Leih and Bruce Le

[bruceleeclones]

Any news of a release date for this movie? I heard its among the titles coming from rarescope?

[Linn1]

It was cancelled quite a while back.

[bruceleeclones]

its a shame to hear that, was there any reason it was cancelled? Has anyone here actually seen this movie? wish i could get hold of a still of Bruce Le from this one!

[Linn1]

There's stills (I think) and a poster floating around. As for why, the guy who was going to sell them the elements bailed on Toby Russell.

[bruceleeclones]

yeah i seen the poster and a few stills of Lo Lieh from it, just never none of Le. Im guessing his role is only small

[The Dragon]

yeah i seen the poster and a few stills of Lo Lieh from it, just never none of Le. Im guessing his role is only small

The way I remember the plot, Le's role was small, with Lo playing his brother or some relative, avenging the Cheng Character from the original Big Boss, played in Pt.II by Huang Kin Lung. who's still in prison for offing Boss Mi in Pt.I.

Lo ends up with the brother in prison, and another sequel fizzles for shizzle.

[Linn1]

My understanding is Le is just seen briefly when Lo Leih visits the jail and towards the end of the film.

[Guest Markgway]

All the bad guys died in the original... so who exactly could Lo Lieh avenge against?

[Killer Meteor]

That little weedy manager guy got away scot free!

[Guest Markgway]

Lol!

[bruceleeclones]

wasnt there a trailer about for this movie a while back?

[MG Lerox]

Are there any chances that this one will come out anytime soon

Been looking for a copy for a long time, it is very rare.

[Karlos]

As far as I know, there's still no sign of a copy in circulation.

The last thing I heard was that talks with a private collector broke down some time last year.

Fingers crossed, a copy might appear sooner rather than later!!

[OldPangYau]

The last thing I heard was that talks with a private collector broke down some time last year.

That's true, and supposedly this person also had a widescreen print of Panna Rittikrai's original Born to Fight. *sigh*

Funny thing is, the film had two Chinese titles. Apparently the working title was simply "Tang Shan Da Xiong Xu Ji", simply translated as "Big Boss (Tang Mountain Big Brother) Sequel". The final title (going by the theatrical trailer) was "Tang Shan Er Xiong", which means "Tang Mountain Second Brother". This being a reference to Lo Lieh playing Bruce Lee's brother, Cheng Chao-chun.

Also, apparently Bruce Le had a cameo in this film as Cheng Chao-an in prison. But despite finally playing a Bruce Lee-established character, he apparently was credited under his real name, Huang Kin Lung. Just for that scene alone, I'd like to see this.

[MG Lerox]

My dad watched this one long time ago he told me plot i would like to see it. There is guy from South Africa called Naushad. He owns a chain of cinemas there and he also have some of the rarest Kung Fu movies in the world like Magic Ring starring Chang Yi and Juddy Lee. As i hear there is also copy in Taiwan but guy who wanted to release it died (don`t know if that info is true).

I hope that this film will see light of the day soon.

[shukocarl]

Who posted the scratchy/washed out export trailer that has been floating around the web for sometime now? If that individual had access to the trailer maybe he has the film too?

[The Dragon]

.. Also, apparently Bruce Le had a cameo in this film as Cheng Chao-an in prison. But despite finally playing a Bruce Lee-established character, he apparently was credited under his real name, Huang Kin Lung. Just for that scene alone, I'd like to see this.

I've always wondered about that also. First heard of this from the Publication: Martial Arts Movies, somewhere back around 1982...?

[JustinB]

Who posted the scratchy/washed out export trailer that has been floating around the web for sometime now? If that individual had access to the trailer maybe he has the film too?

It's from the "Celluloid Fury" trailer compilation DVD released a few years ago by Naushad - the same person who apparently owned the full Big Boss II print (and many others) at one time.

[MG Lerox]

That guy Naushad sold Big Boss, part II to one guy from Zambia but suddenly i don `t know how to contact him.

[Guest Markgway]

I have been looking for this one for a long time, but about 5 years back i finally get a copy

...which you're just about to share with us all, right?

[MG Lerox]

Hm this is strange, where did you get it?

[OldPangYau]

What do you offer? A lot of cool Kung Fu movies are availible here in Africa

Well, in an act of good faith, perhaps you can show one scene from the movie on YouTube. Opening credits at least?

[MG Lerox]

I gotta agree with Old Pang can you show us some clips or something, its not that i don`t belive you i`m just interested.

[shukocarl]

If you have a copy Don, is it an actual 35mm film print, video (professional format or plain old vhs) or dvd/other digital format?

Why not sell it to a REPUTABLE dvd company for restoration?

[OldPangYau]

If that is the case, then I agree with shukocarl, this 35mm print should be sold to a DVD company that would take it and make a decent DVD transfer out of it. Rarescope was "this close" to releasing it a few years back.