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Summary: ONLY GET WIDESCREEN VERSION!!!!
Review:
Unless you get the widescreen version (It has the nice packaging with the picture of Lee on the front tinted red)
you are wasting your money because other versions are not formated for tv. Meaning you cant even see half of the cool fight scenes!!!
I would have given this a 5 star rating except for the stupid and unneccasary sexuality.
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Summary: Don't hate on the Legend.
Review: "The Chinese Connection", "Fist of Fury", "The Iron Hand"--call it whatever you want, it's a classic. It's the best of Bruce Lee's movies, and the production values were above average for its era. Even though Lo Wei was the director in name, and Han Ying-Chien was the credited fight choreographer, Bruce Lee was the guiding force of this movie, because he handled all of his action scenes. And since this movie is all about Bruce Lee going into action, you might say he was the sole reason for its success. Admittedly, the set-up is kind of weak, since most of the characters are cardboard cutout portrayals of right and wrong. But the basic plot theme is very powerful: Chinese nationals fighting to protect their rights and avenge wrongs perpetrated by the Japanese and other foreigners.
Bruce's acting was overwraught, if only to get to a rise out of the Hong Kong audiences, who were notoriously staid at the time of the film's release. And even if a person believed that his acting abilities were sub-par (and I'm not such a person), nobody could deny that he had charisma out the wazoo.
Nothing much more that I can say about the action that hasn't been said a thousand times already. With the exception of the in-school fight (which Bruce didn't choreograph), the action is at turns fluid and graceful, powerful and vicious.
No offense to 20th Century Fox, because the American version was the one I grew up on, but I recommend getting the HK DVD release. It has two commentary tracks, trailers and all other kinds of cool stuff.
I find it's best to watch this movie bookended by the Donnie Yen 1991 miniseries (which provides character background and more setup) and the 1994 Jet Li milestone, "Fist of Legend" (for better story treatment, better rounded characters, and, well, Jet Li). "The Big Boss" may have been the movie that got Bruce Lee into the limelight, but "Fist of Fury" is the movie that ushered in a new era of not just Hong Kong action cinema with its groundbreaking choreography, but worldwide filmmaking in general. 5 stars for the one that started it all.P.S. Watch closely for Jackie Chan practicing with one of the girls at Jing Wu Men, and again as the stuntman flying through the air at the end.
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Summary: The Chinese Connection: Bruce's Learning Curve Continues
Review: By the early 1970's, Bruce Lee had become a major martial arts star in Hong Kong. One of his early films, FISTS OF FURY, showcased Lee's considerable fighting skills which unfortunately were overshadowed by his equally considerable lack of both experience and persona. With his next film, THE CHINESE CONNECTION, Lee has clearly made considerable progress on his learning curve to be a major star in cultures other than his own. There is much to praise in TCC. Lee plays Chen, a young disciple of his martial arts instructor, whom he identifies by the simple honorific of Teacher. Lee returns from a journey only to discover that Teacher has died from some unspecified cause, which he is sure is a result of foul play from a rival Japanese martial arts school. The bulk of the plot is dedicated to a continuous collective battle between Lee and the many representatives of the Japanese school.
In TCC, actor Lee and fight choreographer Lee learned well that he is the reason why people bought tickets to see a movie that by the standards of the time was considerably inferior even to Hollywood's worst efforts. Lee is onscreen in nearly every scene. Director Lo Wei wisely allowed Lee to show other aspects to his personality other than those that connect to fighting. Lee shares several tender scenes with his girlfiend, who, even through the still atrocious dubbing, manages to convince the viewer that her affection for him is real. Lee even projects several stark scenes of Brando-esque emoting of a range from grief over Teacher's death to sullen acceptance of personal responsibility for the deaths of his schoolmates. But it was not the introspective Kwai Chang Caine Lee that Hong Kong fans bulled their way into the packed movie houses. It was the athletic, spinning reverse kicks, nunchaku driven Bruce Lee that they came to see. And Lee did not disappoint. Most of the fights of interest relate to one of two sorts: the one-on-many scenes in which the bad guys form a circle and get punched and kicked out in turn and the far more interesting one-on-one confrontations between Lee and a highly skilled opponent. Lee has a battle with a Russian boxer, Petrov, who is no pushover. Petrov actually lands a number of his own blows which knock Lee to the ground before he himself is flattened. One of the major differences between the earlier FISTS OF FURY and THE CHINESE CONNECTION lie within the evolving persona of Bruce Lee, who played essentially the same character in both. In the former movie, Lee fights but killing his opponent is a means to an end. In TCC, killing becomes the sadistic end. Lee punctuates this unnerving change in his psychological (de?)evolving, by his habit of killing then stringing up his beaten foes as stern reminders to his Japanese competitors that this Bruce Lee is no subservient Charley Chan type. Lee ends TCC in a blaze of glory as he presumably dies charging single-handedly into the combined rifle fire of his enemies.
Watching Lee act in both FOF, TCC, and the later ENTER THE DRAGON allows the viewer to trace the gradual evolution of a major martial arts superstar. In them, we see pretty much the same man at different parts of his life. Lee seems to say in all his movies that life is a constant flux, and that viewers who see Lee as a fixed icon tacked like an unchanging star in the sky have missed the point that Lee, with all his power, his charm, his skills, is essentially like all of us.
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Summary: Great
Review: First I would like to say that this is not a very perfect movie
but great.Bruce Lee at his best.The fight sences are so violent
and realistic.This movie is great but its a little to similar to
the big boss.
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Summary: So, What Do You Think Of My Clever Little Plan?
Review: Goodness, what a terrible movie! I saw it first run when it was released and I was studying kendo and just starting to become involved in martial arts. Since then I've been bewildered by the adulation for this film.
The acting consists of expressions of incredulity, sneers, grimaces and befuddlement all delivered with intense ineptitude by all of the cast.
The plot only works if you ignore what you're seeing. Of course most people prefer to live this way so I suspect that's part of this movie's appeal.
Consider: Bruce Lee's character arrives at his master's funeral in such a crazed state he's only prevented from digging the man up by being whacked over the head with a shovel. Next he starts a fight with a rival school which has the political clout needed to close his master's school down. Later, when he discovers the people who killed his master he murders them, thus eliminating any chance of getting his school out of trouble. Lee's association with his master's school is so disasterous that by the end of the film the school is wrecked and many of his classmates are dead.
There's also a nasty taint of racism that can't be ignored. The villians are Japanese and they're brutal, lavicious and criminal. To help us determine which orientals are the bad ones most of the Japanese sport bad Elvis haircuts and sideburns. One even wears thick, round spectacles once the trademark of every Japanese villian. The chief Japanese villian has a mustashe of such preposterous dimensions it almost begs to be twirled.
The fight scenes are fun, though utterly unbelievable. After many years of martial arts training and sparring I cringe at the idea of Lee's carefully choregraphic dances being considered "fights." Bruce Lee spends far too much time holding poses so we can see his muscles while his opponents politely wait for someone to step forward to be the next one to get kicked in the face.
Watching this movie once is fine but to spend money to buy it is a waste.
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Summary: a true classic for all time
Review: i remember the first time i viewed this film and how it blew me away.still does.while many may consider "enter the dragon" bruce lee's best film,i have to put my money on "chinese connection",or
"fists of fury" as it was known in hong kong.the story is loosely
based on a factual incident in the death of ho yuen chiou,a famous and outstanding martial artist who did in fact die under rather mysterious circumstances.there are other historical footnotes in the film,such as the ching wu school, signs saying,"sick man of asia"and "no dogs or chinese allowed" at the gate to the park on the Bund in Shanghai.it is easy to understand the chinese viewers reaction to this picture when bruce lee stands up for the honor of china against the foreign(japanese,french,american,etc.)imperialists.this is a movie for the people.the oppressed and downtrodden...."now you listen to me, and i'll only say it once.We are not sick men". and to this day there exists a ching wu school of martial arts in china.right on brothers!
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Summary: Another good movie for the legend........
Review: Reviewing Bruce Lee films is not easy. On one hand, you have a legend of martial arts who is a good actor. On the other hand, you have terrible scripts, horrid supporting acting, TERRIBLE voice dubbing, and just odd little tidbits that hurt the film. If you go into these movies with the right frame of mind, I think everyone can enjoy them. I can see how some people can be turned off by them, however. I mean it's not like Bruce can fight all 100 min. Like his first film (Fists Of Fury), this movie is basically about revenge. Bruce comes back to his martial arts school to find his teacher has been killed and a rival Japanese school is responsible. His school prides itself on avoiding conflict as much as possible and only fights when it has to. He, on the other hand, wants to avenge the death of his teacher and teach the bad guys a lesson. Like I said before, the acting is pretty much terrible with a couple exceptions. Bruce and his leading lady have some nice, romantic parts that are watchable. But, like his other Hong Kong films, it's all just there to give Bruce an excuse to kick some ass. And that he does very well. One of his most famous on-screen fight scenes takes place in this movie. He literally takes a whole Japanese kung-fu school on by himself. And wins. He also fights a sword-wielding bad guy with just his hands and feet. He fights a huge russian (His name is actually Robert Baker and was one of Bruce's students at the time) that can bend steel pipes with his bare hands. I think you get the idea. The fight scenes are better in this movie than they were in Fists Of Fury. This is the one that amazed people and really started the Bruce Lee phenomenon. Highly recommended for any martial arts fan and essential for any Bruce Lee freak, like myself. The DVD itself is bare bones. The boxed set does come with a 5th disc containing and documentary, so it somewhat makes up for the lack of extras on this disc.
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Summary: The oriental revenge!
Review: Shangai , first years of the new century. The schoolmaster of Chen Chen (Bruce Lee)is murdered , so his pupil decides to take revenge.
First at all , the films that look around this argument are certainly , countless , but it what it remarks this film is the particular commitment and approach given by Lee . The main rival comes from a japanese bushido school.
Lee wasn't an actor ; and that's what it becomes his main strength ; he makes a tour de force loaded with enraged fury with a level of enrage and no mercy sense fighting simply spelling.
Lo wei was the director ; and since the plot is extremely predictable ; the charismatic presence of Lee and some kung fu fights are of first rate.
Obviously ; this work remains under Enter the dragon level . This last one is hold by a finest script and a a punch cast, but the violence is not free ; it comes from the inside to the outside and that's a good point .
I watched this film when I was a teenager and also it became the first time I saw Lee on the screen. But the last sequence fight still floats in my memories.
When you leave the exhibition hall you feel the catharsis in its major expression and besides such a kind of cosmical justice!
You'll find out in this film interesting clues about the meaning of the Kung Fu discipline , that had in the TV series an unvaluable shelter like David Carradine meant.
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Summary: An excellent display of Martial arts at its best.
Review: The movie litrelly sent current(electric) waves through my body and as all Bruce lee fans know made Bruce lee a chinese hero.This piece of Work by Lee was even more spectacular than his first movie(Big Boss) and featured more variety in the fight scenes. I have had the privilage of seeing its complete version by Rank Video itself a couple of years ago but sadly In the last few years many videos are the censored versions where the nunchacku fight scenes and certain other high impact action sequences have been nicely cut. What puzzles me more is that the Censors did not care about the semi nude dance which appears in the movie but on the fight scenes.In my opinion rather then releasing the censored versions they should not release it at all.If they just cut the semi nude scene well its understandable but then instead very strangely the certain core elements have been censored. Which in other words is like insulting the movie title.It is fist of fury but there is no fury as a result of censorship and newcomers to Bruce lee will fail to understand the uniqueness of the late martial arts Master. But I can say in its uncut version even a non bruce lee fan and a non martial arts person will be thrilled to death! at Lee's speed and potential showing what all the motivated martial arts man can do and what limits and heights of technical skill and power he can accomplish.Real skill and not magic tricks. The chinese connection(aka fist of fury) is even today clearly outstanding in the martial arts movies. Thanking you V.Ram kumar
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Summary: THERE IS NOTHING FUNNY AT ALL
Review: THIS DVD IS A SPECIAL COMEDY VERSION OF THE BRUCE LEE CLASSIC ''THE CHINESE CONNECTION''. THIS VERSION, WHICH WAS RE-DUBBED BY LITTLE-KNOWN COMEDIANS, IS ABOUT AN O.G. WHO DECIDES TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST A RIVAL GANG. NOT ONLY DO I FIND THIS EXTREMELY UNFUNNY, BUT I ALSO FIND THIS OFFENSIVE. THERE IS NO WAY THAT THESE PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO DO THIS TO SUCH A GREAT MARTIAL ARTS FILM. IF THERE WAS ANY JUSTICE IN THE WORLD, LO WEI [IF HE'S EVEN STILL ALIVE] SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO SUE THESE COMEDIANS AND YORK ENTERTAINMENT FOR WHAT THEY DID TO THIS FILM. OH, AND PLUS, THE ORIGINAL ENGLISH-DUBBED VERSION OF THIS FILM IS ALSO ON THIS DVD, BUT I WILL WARN YOU, THE SOUND QUALITY IS PRETTY BAD. IF YOU WANNA SEE SOME COMEDIC TOUCHES ADDED TO CLASSIC MARTIAL ARTS FILMS THAT'S REALLY FUNNY, CHECK OUT ''KUNG FAUX'', WHICH COMES ON MUCH MUSIC.
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