Like many action comedies, "Tiger Cage II" is a mixed bag. The comedic elements are bland and not particularly funny, and Rosamund Kwan's offensive caricature of a bumbling and helpless damsel in distress becomes increasingly annoying throughout the film. The acting is pretty flat, and Donnie Yen seems capable of only two emotions - pissed off and deadpan. Not surprisingly, the real highlight of the film is seeing Donnie fight, and he delivers some magnificent work. The sword fight between him and John Salvetti is one of the best you're likely to see, and his sparring with Michael Woods and Robin Shou is hard hitting and highly satisfying. The film also boasts one of David Wu's finest fighting performances.

REVIEW:
It stars Donnie Yen. It's directed by Yuen Woo Ping. These two names should be enough to make any martial arts movie fan want to see this film. It is indeed a classic HK action film, with amazing stunt-work and fight scenes. Donnie moves great as usual, even better than his fights in In the line of duty 4. Michael Woods is his opponent once again, and a long-haired John Salvitti (whom you may remember as the crazy motorcycle killer from In the line of duty 4) has a great swordfight with Donnie. John is an old friend of Donnie, and an old student of The Chinese Wushu Research Institute in Boston. Both Michael and John are exceptionally talented martial artists (especially Michael, who moves with incredible agility considering his size) but Donnie steals the show once again with his unique fighting style. He has amazing kicking ability with both legs, and great boxing skills as evident from his fight with Robin Shou's character, Wilson. Robin Shou plays a frighteningly strong bad guy here and in one scene beats the crap out of David Wu ( a former Chinese MTV host). I have to give credit to David for his great efforts. He really does some work here although he is not a martial artist. Rosamund Kwan is also great as the innocent but smart Mary.

Beware, there are two versions of this film out there. One ends with Cynthia Khan arresting Robin Shou (the English version), and another where Donnie fights with Robin (the Chinese version). I like them both because I can always watch Cynthia beat somebody up! She and Moon Lee are the best female kung fu stars of all time, no doubt.

Tiger Cage 2 has enough action scenes to satisfy any hardcore martial arts movie fan. If you can,try watching it as a double-feature with 'In the line of duty 4',another classic HK action film.These are two of Donnie's best films.