A Chinese Torture Chamber Story II (1998)

A Major Disappointment

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

"A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 2" is a superior movie in most ways to its original. The first one was an uneasy mix of sex, violence, and humour, which didn't have the guts to look at its subjects closely enough to be sexy or horrifying, and wasn't funny, either.The sequel is a heady mixture of the first two ingredients, with a fortunate absence of the latter. Whereas the first movie only really used sex and nudity as an afterthought, never treating it as sexy, this sequel takes its time with sexy asides that become erotic as a result. Further, the first showed numerous "tortures", though mostly these were played for laughs, I guess. There was nothing to make you cringe or want to look away, it was all pretty ridiculous. Well, "ACTCS2" does make you cringe, perhaps due to the lack of comedy this time around. There's a piping hot metal dildo, a boiling liquid tipped into ear canals, nipples and tongues being ripped out...While still nothing close to the more extreme CAT III offerings like "Untold Story", "A Chinese Torture Chamber Story 2" actually does what its title implies. The story is still pretty hard to follow, but nobody watches movies like these for the story, right?

PART 2 is a little more serious and in-depth than the first one, but still along the same lines: 2 brothers and their wives (well 1 of the chicks is a "fiance", technically...) are out robbing people for their dinner, and come across this kung-fu master, who after hanging out with the family for a night, swears to be their friends and take care of them however he can. Kung-fu man goes on to become a head-honcho in the government, and the others come calling for hand-outs 6 months later. Kung-fu Prince gives the 2 brothers jobs in the government, but only does so 'cuz he wants the brothers to die so he can bang their women. Lots of torture and sex ensue, making for a fun film all-around. The sex and violence is poured on a little thicker in A Chinese TORTURE CHAMBER STORY 2, and this is a good thing. But Part 1 had some truly hilarious scenes that make these 2 films balance out. Both get equal votes in my book, and although they aren't the best example of what the HK CAT III genre has to offer, they're still worth a look... 8/10

I've seen the original and now I've seen the sequel. It is good to see that a sequel that has outshined the original!What is this movie about? Different types of torture, dismemberment, sodomy, horrific rape scenes, gratuitous naked scenes and sex scenes, plus, as a bonus, a plot with a twist!!!If you are into this type of thing, don't miss this one.

What more can i say , im a category III fan and this was the follow up to one of the most well known and sleazy movies of its kind! For those of you who are squeamish or offended easily then you probably shouldnt read on... This sequel is actually a whole lot better and more fun than i expected with some truly despicable torture scenes which are pure fantasy of course!!..im not that depraved!! Quite a good plot which you cant often say in these types of movies, but actually less sleaze than the original, but what it lacks in this department it sure makes up for in cruelty!...dismemberment, sodomy , horrific torture and blood a plenty flow after the 30 minute mark with some humour thrown in for good measure, one scene that really disturbed me was a flashback to a childhood abuse scenario intercut with a vicious rape with a paintbrush!!...personally i preferred the original, but this is a whole lot better than i imagined and well worth seeing if your a fan of extreme/catagory III cinema, since when is bad taste illegal?? =^,^=