The Untold Story 2
1998 1h 30m movie Film Hong Kong

The Untold Story 2

人肉叉燒包Ⅱ之天誅地滅

Synopsis

人肉叉燒包Ⅱ之天誅地滅

The blood flows freely in this sequel to the first Untold Story, which now finds Anthony Wong Chau-Sang in a different role; in a film that is just as violent and frightening as the original. An unhappily married couple invite the wife's beautiful cousin, who has survived a horrifying experience in Mainland China, to live with them. She has her own special way of overcoming hardship and becomes the master of the barbecue

Audience Engagement

16
Reviews
33rd
Review-volume percentile
98th
Popularity percentile

16 audience reviews — more than 33% of Hong Kong films in our index.

Popularity (98th percentile) outruns review volume (33th) — a trending, discussed title among Hong Kong films.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Untold Story 2. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 1997–1999 Hong Kong Window

In the crowded 1997-1999 Hong Kong release window, The Untold Story 2 sits at #52 of 53. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

  1. Made in Hong Kong
    #1

    Made in Hong Kong

    ★ 7.5 · 1997
  2. The Mission
    #2

    The Mission

    ★ 7.4 · 1999
  3. Running Out of Time
    #3

    Running Out of Time

    ★ 7.3 · 1999
  4. Jackie Chan: My Stunts
    #4

    Jackie Chan: My Stunts

    ★ 7.3 · 1999
  5. King of Comedy
    #5

    King of Comedy

    ★ 7.2 · 1999
  6. Fly Me to Polaris
    #6

    Fly Me to Polaris

    ★ 7.2 · 1999
  7. Victim
    #7

    Victim

    ★ 7.2 · 1999
  8. Who Am I?
    #8

    Who Am I?

    ★ 7.1 · 1998

The 1990s Hong Kong Landscape

Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Hong Kong, 215 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Untold Story 2 premiered alongside 20 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 20 other Hong Kong films in 1998.

The 473rd Hong Kong title from Hong Kong we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our Hong Kong catalog contains 836 titles in total (828 films).

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The Untold Story 2, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • police chief · 4
  • tied up · 4
  • cannibalism · 3
  • bath tub · 1
  • barbecue (bbq) · 1
  • bound and gagged · 1
  • saw · 1
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • restaurant · 17
  • psychopath · 13
  • cannibal · 12
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • hong kong · 73

Reception Benchmarks

5.1
TMDB Rating
16
Audience Reviews
Mixed
Critical Tier

Ranked #770 of 836 Hong Kong films indexed here (8th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -1.2 points below the Hong Kong average of 6.3/10.

Among Hong Kong Thriller productions specifically: #167 of 179 (top 93%).

Production Details

Primary CountryHong Kong
Original LanguageCantonese
Production CompaniesCameron Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Runtime1h 30m
Release DateApril 25, 1998
IMDbtt0186658