It starts with a fight on the beach as Carter is there to arrest the guy. Cut to Lung Fei is looking for Don Wong. He and Carter run the escort and are being robbed. Don displays unbelievable generosity to the bandits. He is also unbelievably generous to Lee Kwan when he tries to rob him. They become friends.

This movie has a title problem and a version problem. Apparently some versions also include clips from the Jackie Chan movie "Snake in the Eagle's Shadow" with Hwang Jang Lee. I have two copies. The one under the original title is English dubbed, fake widescreen and the resolution is inconsistent. The resolution is okay when they are talking then poor when they are fighting. The movie saved as part 2 is better resolution throughout and also has much more Jackie Chan clips stuck in at the beginning.

Suitable for fans of the genre to compare versions. Otherwise not for folks just looking for a Jackie Chan movie.

I watched this film as a cheap English dub under the title SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW II, although the alternative title of SNAKY KNIGHT FIGHT AGAINST MANTIS is a lot more fun. It's your typical cheap period kung fu effort from the era, shot in Taiwan, featuring Carter Wong in brief support and a leading role for bottom-of-the-barrel go-to guy Don Wong as the erstwhile hero.

Some versions of the print seem to tag on scenes from the Jackie Chan film in order to justify the sequel tag, although the version I saw didn't. In any case, this is a typical kung fu movie, full of average fight scenes, exaggerated character humour, and some knockabout comedy. Much of the humour comes from a silly old master type who the bad guys are convinced has a fake moustache, so they're forever trying to pull it off, which for some reason makes him into a great fighter.

Wong's character seems to be one of the dimmest heroes in Hong Kong cinema, given that he's scammed out of all his money in the early scenes. Chen Sing turns up for a while too. As is usual with this type of film, the best part of SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW II is the climax, a lengthy one-on-one bout between hero and villain. The hero employs some cool cat and snake styles in his fighting and there are some fun, cheap special effects to entertain the viewer, with the 'snake slithering' effect a favourite.

Like the Western, the Eastern eventually developed familiar tropes. In the Western, there were characters like The Gunslinger, The Sheriff, The Cowboy, The Homesteader, etc., and they functioned within an eventually well-established world. The same thing happened with the Eastern. There were characters like The Teacher, The Master (not necessarily the same thing as the Teacher),The Student, The Beggar, etc., and they, too, had specific functions within their specific world (often referred to as The Martial Arts World in the movies themselves). THE SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW II is a fairly standard Eastern, with "Don Wong," Chen Sing and Lung Fei going through the motions pioneered (in part) by Jackie Chan in THE SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW. This kinda sorta sequel features one or two interesting bits: at one point, using the "Snake" style, "Snake Fist" Ah Fu (Wong Tao, aka "Don Wong") goes SLITHERING across the ground at his opponent like his namesake. I don't recall Jackie Chan (or anyone else) ever manifesting this particular skill before. It's a nice little touch, though.