YMMV / Tiger Cage 2

• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • Did Waise truly love Petty to where he wanted to spare her from being killed? Or did he view her as being disposable as hinted of him being The Casanova at the Adonis Club by the elevator conversation between Waise, David, and Kent?
  • During the robbery scene, was Yau trying to be good Samaritan caught at the wrong place at the wrong time? Or did he join the brawl out his frustration from the divorce?
  • The extent of how much David knew about Mandy. It's hinted that David frequent the Law Firm Waise and Mandy worked at multiple times. So he must have known her as a friend by then. During the Karaoake scene, David confessed his feelings to her. Was he happy that her relationship with her fiancé ended so he could be with her?
• Captain Obvious Reveal: Waise was the Big Bad the whole time. The biggest giveaway was the robbery. He faked getting knocked out after getting punched in the face while cornered in the elevator. His first meeting with the American thugs show him being weapon savvy when they try to attack him. His fight between him and David also shows how dangerous he was the whole time. Another give away is the fact that Waise is portrayed by Robin Shou, an actual martial artist in real life. A simple punch to the face wasn't going to keep him down for long.
• Damsel Scrappy: Mandy Chang, hands-down. Even if she could stop screaming for maybe five minutes, she still drags the film down with her almost zero contributions in the film, save for bashing Waise's brains out in the final battle.
• Hilarious in Hindsight:
  • Both Donnie Yen and Robin Shou played Bruce Lee Proxies in their careers. Donnie Yen portrayed Chen Zhen in both the 1995 Fist of Fury TV series and Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen. Robin Shou played Liu Kang in the 1995 Mortal Kombat film and Mortal Kombat Annihilation.
  • Robin Shou, who portrays Waise, looks like a Bond Villain out of the late 80s Roger Moore and Timothy Dalton James Bond film eras respectively. Nevermind the the fact that he goes on to his first appearance in American films alongside Talisa Soto (Kitana) and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa (Shang Tsung), both whom previously starred together in the James Bond film Licence to Kill, in which Soto was Lupe Lamora, the secondary Bond girl, and Tagawa was Kwang.
• Just Here for Godzilla: Fans of Donnie Yen and Carol Cheng will be interested in Donnie's characters Terry and Yau and Carol's characters Shirley and Petty in the first and second Tiger Cage films. Fans of Robin Shou, Rosamund Kwan, David Wu, and Cynthia Khan may check out the second film.
• Retroactive Recognition: Waise Chow, the main villain, is none other than Robin Shou a.k.a Liu Kang.
• Romantic Plot Tumor: The sudden romance between Inspector Yau and Mandy Chang seemingly happens out of nowhere, considering at no point in the movie did either character seem to show interest in each other. She's only a Designated Love Interest for him because the script says so.
• Special Effect Failure: In the scene where the Black Thug is impaled, the spike isn't seen going through him even though his torso falling back onto it is in full view. Indicating that the spikes are fake.
• Squick:
  • The elevator scene where Kent says he's been a good boy because of "AIDS". Funny for the three men, but awkward for the audience to watch.
  • Yau tries to use the toilet while handcuff to Mandy. Her slinking down while he's in the bathroom leads to him peeing on himself.
  • When Yau is running from the Triads and the police, he gets hit by filthy water dumped on his head and he's forced to hide in a water tank full of kitchen waste. Yuck!
• Unintentional Period Piece: The whole second film was released in the late 1980s to 1990. The cellphone Waise uses after the robbery occurs is hilarious to look at seeing how bulky it is. There's also the exercise bike used in the torture scene. It's funny seeing that these models are rarely found in gyms across the world.
• Values Dissonance: There are two throw away lines that poke fun at gays, but they add nothing to the plot. The first is in the elevator with Waise talking with David and Kent. Waise jokes about David and Kent going back to a secret men's club and hooking up. David notes that he doesn't stand a chance as Waise is a Lady killer... but Kent says he's been a good boy because of "AIDS". The second is Mandy wishing the best for Yau and David after finding the hidden money in an elevator. Yau questions her on if she is calling him and David gay. These lines in recent films would not be accepted in changing times as they would be deemed Homophobic.
• The Woobie: Mandy Chang. As annoying as her screams are, it's hard not to feel sorry for what she has to go through:
  • She watched a robbery go down and inadvertently got a man killed by launching him through her car windshield.
  • She found her friend Petty murdered and ends up framed for a crime she didn't commit while handcuffed to Yau.
  • Her fiancé breaks up with her without questioning what went down for the crime to take place.
  • She finds out that Waise is the one responsible for all the trouble she went through.

No matter how it looks, Mandy was in for a hard time.

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