Fists of Fury: Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, James Tien, Ying-Chieh Han, Malalene, Tony Liu, Kun Li, Nora Miao, San Chin, Chih Chen, Chia-Cheng Tu, Tso Chen, Ching-Chu Chen, Chia-hsiang Wu, Wei Lo, Ming Sung, Liang Hua Liu, Raymond Chow: Amazon.ca: Video

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Bruce Lee kicked around Hollywood for years looking in vain for an American break when Hong Kong came calling. As Kato in the TV series The Green Hornet he had become an Asian star (the series was renamed for his character when it crossed the Pacific) and ripe for his own vehicle. This raw, low-budget effort, called The Big Boss in its native Hong Kong, is a generic revenge drama enlivened by Lee's intense screen presence and martial arts prowess. He's a country boy who takes a job at a Thailand ice-packing plant and discovers it's a cover for heroin smuggling. Lee is held back through the first half of the film by a promise he made his sweet, gray-haired mom not to brawl (which means you have to wait to see him in action), but his indignation turns to fury as friends and coworkers disappear and the boss sends thugs to take care of the brooding, intense country boy. The final half of the film is a series of violent confrontations, culminating in a marvelously choreographed showdown at the ice plant. Lean, mean Lee, with a physique that looked sculpted in bronze, became an overnight sensation with this film, breaking all Asian box-office records and starting an international kung fu craze, but none of the pretenders ever touched Lee's cool cinematic charisma or his martial arts grace. Lee returned the next year in The Chinese Connection. --Sean Axmaker

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2.0 out of 5 stars ALWAYS stay with ORIGINAL, Feb 23 2004

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This review is from: Fists of Fury (Widescreen) (DVD)

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.

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4.0 out of 5 stars THE BIG BOSS, Feb 16 2004

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This review is from: Fists of Fury (Widescreen) (DVD)

Being a big Bruce lee fan I love this film.Despite its thin plot and low budget it was a groundbreaking film in many respects.It takes a while for bruce get into action but when he does he doesn,t let us done.It his first big fight scene in the ice factory you will Bruce kick a knife from a thugs hand and before it hits the gound he kicks the guy a second time! brillant!.The speed of the guy was unreal.
He goes on to kill all the thugs util he reaches "THE BIG BOSS".this fight is very good and You will see a lot of devices thta lee wopuld later use in his other films.
Despite its inadequces The Big Boss is a very good film in terms of martial arts.Lets not forget that this was just a vechicle to show the audieces what the then UNKNOWN Bruce Lee could do

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4.0 out of 5 stars Stupid But Fun, Feb 16 2004

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Dave Capo "nighthawk86" (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews

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In terms of proper filmmaking, "Fists of Fury" falls flat on its face. The story follows Bruce Lee who is working in an ice factory in Thailand. He eventually discovers the factory is being used as a cover for a drug-running operation. Soon enough his cousins, who also found out, begin to go missing and Lee is convinced that the owner is responsible. He's held back from doing anything about it at first because of a promise he has made to mother to not fight, but evetually he goes back on his word and sets out to exact justice. I have to say that I'm not exactly a Bruce Lee fan, so I couldn't take this movie too seriously, especially because it's so cheesy. It's badly acted for one thing, and the plot is just too thin. And the dubbing? Well, lets just say that it's typically of an early 70's Hong Kong film. However if you don't take this film seriously (who can but fans of Lee) you might still enjoy it because it's so laughable, for the most part. During some of the early fighting scenes I was spliting a gut. Whenever someone took a puch or kick, it sounded like a firecracker was going off! That was so funny! Although "Fists of Fury" is a dumb film, it does have one good thing: Bruce Lee. This was his first movie and he certainly shows why he's consider one of the best martial artists in history; once he gets into the fighting, the results are great to watch. If you are a Lee fan, this is definitley worth a look if you want to see where it all began for him. If you aren't, then either watch this for laughs or just forget it.

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