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Fists of Fury

Fists of Fury

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Bruce's breakthrough movie...
Review: This is, in my opinion, the weakest of Bruce's three HK action films (I don't count "Game Of Death" as a REAL Bruce Lee flick). But the man only starred in four movies his entire life, and it's always a kick to see the guy in action, so as his legend deepens, the more his fans will salivate and gobble up whatever's served up on the WA-TAAH! plate.

The production value is almost laughable, and the English dubbing (in regards to the Fox DVD) is absolutely abysmal, but there's only one reason to ever watch a Bruce Lee movie: Bruce Lee. No matter how amateur the film is, or how frickin' lame the plot is, it doesn't take away from his lightning-fast talent. God, if only he'd have lived longer. One can only imagine what he'd have done.

"Enter The Dragon" is his best, but if you've already seen it a dozen times and want to try out his earlier stuff, first check out "The Chinese Connection," "Way (or Return) Of The Dragon" and then this one.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Classic Kung Fu Movie
Review: This movie made a name for Bruce Lee before Enter the Dragon.The movie focuses on the ongoing war between 2 rival kung fu schools - one Chinese and the other Japanese.It has some of the best Kung Fu fight sequences I've seen - I feel they are better than the ones in Enter the Dragon.A classic Bruce Lee movie and a must own for Kung Fu fans.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Lee's first movie.
Review: Whe this film was released here it's title was switched from THE BIG BOSS to FISTS OF FURY, and the movie FISTS OF FURY was re-named THE CHINESE CONNECTION. Got that! Lee plays a nice country guy who works at a ice factory run by a evil gangster called the big boss (Han Ying Chieh). The action scenes are well done and the dubbing is some of the worst.
Note: only buy the BRUCE LEE: THE MASTER COLLECTION dvd from Fox Home Video.

1972. Columbia. ??? MINS.

Rated R (Violence advisory).

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: ALWAYS stay with ORIGINAL
Review: Why American production make HK movies look so cheap? First of all, they cut off so much scene, second of all ruin it by making look acting so dumb by English Dubb. For ANY of HK movies, ALWAYS stick with ORIGINAL LICENSED HK RELEASE. Be careful with cheap imports, boots though.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Bruce Lee's first feature
Review: _Fists of Fury_ is the American title of "The Big Boss," the 1971 film featuring Bruce Lee's first starring role. Lee's persona, onscreen charisma and legendary martial arts skills are all intact, but the film suffers for using them too infrequently. The viewer of this flick is sure to see some excellent fight scenes, but unfortunately it is a case of too little and too late. The plot is tawdry, the writing is poor, the pacing is slow, and the characters are flat. However, for its excellent action sequences and its picture of an emerging Lee proving his chops-- acting and otherwise-- it is recommended to martial arts film buffs and Lee fans. All others should avoid. Note: no region 1 dvd exists of this film with either the original foreign language audio track or the film's many infamous cut scenes. And despite the indication, there is also no trailer to be found on the Fox dvd.


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