Fong Sai Yuk II

Dir: Corey Yuen

Cast: Jet Li, Josephine Siao, Michelle Reis, Corey Yuen, Adam Cheng, Amy Kwok

Year: 1993


Jet Li returns again as Fong Sai Yuk in this sequel to the first film of the same name. This time, Sai Yuk is a full member of the Red Flower society. However, he's having trouble accepting their strict rules ("The Ten Commandments"), and he's made an enemy of Mr. Ma, the cruel son of the former leader. Sai Yuk tries to prove himself by volunteering for a mission to intercept a group of Japanese Samurai who are carrying a box with secret information vital to the cheif of the Red Flower society (Adam Cheng). He fails the mission, but wins the heart of the governor's daughter. When Mr. Ma mocks him, Sai Yuk rashly promises to woo the daughter and regain the box. However, he's already married to Ting Ting (Michelle Reis), and if he can't do it in three days he has to allow himself to be crippled for life. This eventually leads to a showdown with the villanous Mr. Ma atop a rickety mountain of furniture, with the life of Sai Yuk's fiesty mom (Josephine Siao) hanging in the balance.

This sequel more or less lives up to the original for action, excitement, and creative stuntwork. The tone is a bit darker than the last film, though there are still plenty of laughs. The ideas are also a bit less fresh. One of the comedic highlights of the film, a battle on top of a high pavillion, is somewhat reminiscent of the tower fight in the first film. The story is different, but the film still unfolds much like the first one. Nonetheless, this should not stop anyone from seeing this film, even if they haven't seen the first one. Once again Jet Li turns in a fine performace in a thoroughly enjoyable film filled with creative action scenes. The last fight scene is worth the purchase of the movie alone as I highly regard this showdown as the best one in Jet's movies. Ok, once again besides the Fist Of Legend showdown. There I said it. I rated this 9 1/2 out of 10 stars.

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