The final fight between Chen Shan and Miyamoto, played by
Lo Lieh, is generally thought of as disappointing compared to other fights in the film, as it is slow and long. This film is generally regarded as one of Bruce Li's better films. It was not as well received as its predecessor, but was thought to be much better than
Lo Wei’s
New Fist of Fury. In 2001,
Bruce Lee fanzine
Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger, Carl Jones spoke favourably of this film: "Li's martial skills are in top form here and his fights are well choreographed by veteran Tommy Lee. The final duel with Miyamoto is well staged and takes place at the Ching Wu school All in all a worthy sequel to a great Kung Fu classic." Also admiring is Dean Medows, who wrote in his three-part
Bruceploitation essay in
Impact Magazine: "Fist of Fury 2 is a movie that is still regarded as one of the very finest examples of Bruce Lee exploitation cinema. With martial arts skills constantly improving, including his earlier limited nunchaku use, Li was now firmly established as the pioneer of
Bruceploitation." ==Sequel==