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Fists of Fury/Chinese Connection

Fists of Fury/Chinese Connection

List Price: $11.98
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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I wish I could give it less than one star
Review: How do I hate this disc? Let me count the ways, starting with The Chinese Connection.

1) The video was horribly pixelated and blurry. It looked as if someone took the videotape version, played it on a television, and used a video camera to copy the movie. 2) As it was, the print they chose was covered in scratches and dust. I've seen bootlegged copies of movies that looked better. In fact, this movie looked better when I saw it broadcast by my local UHF station before cable TV. 3) If that weren't bad enough, the sound played at a slower than normal pitch, making everyone sound as though they'd taken steroids or something.

Now for Fists of Fury. 1) The print that they used suffered from an annoying red tint which made eveyone and everything look orange. 2) The video on this side wasn't pixelated like the Chinese Connection side, but it was just as blurry. 3) The audio was terrible on this side of the disc too. Though the pitch was correct, the sound was muffled, making everyone sound as though they were talking through several layers of gauze.

The disc was completely unwatchable, and I couldn't wait to get it back into the NetFlix mailing envelope. Bruce Lee fans worldwide should take up a collection to have the people responsible for this disc hunted down and brought to justice. For good measure I played this disc in two different players (my JVC XV-M555 three disc changer, and my new PowerBook (FireWire) with DVD-ROM) with the same result. As for features, each side has text on Jeet Kune Do, Lee's style of fighting, on the production of the movie itself, and a trivia game. On the Chinese Connection side, however, the trivia game is has two glaring errors. The second question, about the 20 minutes of original footage of Lee in Game of Death, is repeated in the third question, but the answer has no relevance to Game of Death. The fourth question is about Lee being an expert Cha-Cha dancer. If you give the correct answer and select "True", you get the "Incorrect" screen. If you choose the incorrect answer, "False" you get the "Correct" screen.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A disgrace.
Review: I bet Bruce Lee is spinning in his grave as we speak over this dvd. Everyone in Chinese Connection sounds like George the Animal Steel and do not get me started on the picture quality of both films. I would rather pay the money to get my head bashed in than trying to figure out what the characters are saying and make out the action going on during the films. I implore you to save the money and buy the Bruce Lee box set or another Bruce Lee dvd other than this one. Believe me, You would be happy and Bruce Lee would be happy.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: OH MY GOD THIS IS BAD!
Review: I could repeat what everyone else said, but I rather say a big 100% ditto. Do not by this DVD. The sound on the Chinese Connection warrents a Class Action Suit. I learned my lesson. Cheaper is not always better. I will just save up for the big Bruce Lee box set that has these movies in it.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Collector's Choice...; Fist of Fury & The Chinese Connection
Review: I just bought this Collector's Choice Double Feature of Fistsof Fury and The Chinese Connection and I can't believe anything thisbad can be sold on DVD. This is the worst I've ever seen. The quality of the picture actually seems to have tracking problems right in the middle of one of the best fight scenes not to metion the very grainy nature of the movie from start to finish. The sound is just as bad. Don't even think about getting this DVD from MADACY ENTERTAINMENT GROUP, INC who made this copy in Canada.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This version is crap
Review: I ordered this DVD because of the price, 2 movies for 1. It looks like the 100th copy was used to make this DVD. The video is very grainy, worse than you think. The audio is much slower than normal, it almost sounds satanic. I searched everywhere and you can get the master collection set soon with Fists, Game, and Return of the dragon. Wait and get those and buy the letterbox versions of Chinese connection and Enter the dragon from Amazon.com and you will be a much happier person.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Bruce Lee...DISRESPECTED
Review: I thought I was the only one with a horrible DVD dub of two of Bruce Lee's master films. The six dollar plus videotapes I bought from Wal-Mart a few years back look and sound better. I was so ticked off at the Chinese Connection(I mean who did the audio). I thought Fists of Fury was a little bit better(not in a good way). The reviewers are true fans, don't doubt us. (DO NOT BUY...I REPEAT...DO NOT BUY THIS PARTICULAR COPY). This was no tribute to one of the greatest(if not the greatest)martial artist of the 20th century. If Bruce were alive he'd probably execute his death blow to this DVD, like he did to The Big Boss' son at the factory near the end of Fists of Fury...the fans know what part I'm talking about. YOU WILL TRULY HONOR BRUCE'S LEGEND AND LEGACY BY NOT BUYING THIS PARTICULAR DVD COPY. No disrespect to Amazon.com

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: fists of fury / chinese conection
Review: i will start by saying this. the quality of this dvd stinks! the picture itself looks like it was dubbed from an old 8mm film reel. and the sound on the side with the CHINESE CONECTION on it has an extreamly bad sound quality. it sounded like the voice tracks were slowed down and everyone sounded like james earl jones. i am just sickend by this. and seeing that i opened the package , i can not return it. i guess i will be stuck with it. buyer beware!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: I wish I had read the reviews before.
Review: Looks like it's all been said before but i'll say it again... the quality is horrible. It looks like someone took a cheap web cam and taped it off of a tv screen. There are lines running down it and everything. Real advice? Stick to fox if you want to buy bruce lee stuff.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Looking for a good copy of these 2 movies? Don't look here!
Review: Madacy's Double Feature edition of these classic Bruce Lee films, is by far the worst. "THE CHINESE CONNECTION", runs over 2 hours, but, hold your breath...that doesn't equate extra footage, it means that the film transfer is so slow, both sound and picture, that it stretches the film's running time by nearly 20 minutes! Both films look horrible, and are not uncut.

Also, GOODTIMES version of "CHINESE CONNECTION", although it is widescreen(2.35:1), runs only 103 min., versus the full running time of 107 minutes. The version from DML, also sucks. Go with THE MASTER COLLECTION from CBS/FOX Video, c/o 20th Century-Fox Entertainment. That's what I did.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Great films, but poor quality in picture.
Review: Neiter film is presented in the widescreen format the movies were originally filmed in. FISTS has video glitches toward the end that one normally sees on a VHS tape and could otherwise be fixed with tracking. CONNECTION has poor pan & scan. The cheap price of the DVD helps explain but not justify these faults.


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