Fist of Fury

1972 "Bruce Lee has done the impossible... ...HE'S SURPASSED HIMSELF!!!"
7.2| 1h48m| R| en
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Chen Chen returns to his former school in Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered. While investigating the man's death, Chen discovers that a rival Japanese school is operating a drug smuggling ring. To avenge his master’s death, Chen takes on both Chinese and Japanese assassins… and even a towering Russian.

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Alicia I love this movie so much
Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews
Stellead Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
boxingbear This is my favorite Bruce Lee film for a few reasons. It is pretty well-choreographed for the time and features a decent supporting cast and characters ( although the fact that all the police officers are sporting fedoras with their traditional garb is a bit ridiculous). Wu is a nice slimy villain, Petrov , portrayed by Robert Baker is a pretty good tough-guy, and the film builds up towards the final confrontation between the two quite well. Notice as well that in this movie, Bruce Lee is about ten pounds heavier than in his other feature films, and looks stronger. I prefer this look to the skinnier ( and thus, a bit more muscularly defined)version of Lee we see in Enter The Dragon. The music in this movie is another highlight, the sound effects used during the combat scenes coupled with slow-motion death blows are a nice touch ( check out the killer blow to the Japanese cook's sternum ) that add to the intensity and mortal nature of the violence being portrayed. The movie Fist Of Legend, which tells the same story about actual event sin Chinese history, is a decent film as well. One afternoon when time permits, watch both offering s back-to-back and you will find it well worth the time spent.
CrashHolly8 Way of the Dragon (1972) has better fight scenes, than this movie. Yes, I know, in Way they're back door of restaurant, but its what happens there. I give Way 8, Enter 6 and Boss 7. In Enter the Dragon Lee was really skinny and he died, before the movie was released. The Big Boss has strong story, but not much fighting. OK, I made myself clear about other Lee movies, lets think about Fist of Fury. It starts with Lee arriving to his teachers funeral. Lee becomes so emotional, that he starts to dig with his hands mud off teachers coffin. Next scene, Lee hasn't eat anything in 2 days, he just sits in front of his teachers photo. Lee asks: "What killed my teacher?" Little Unicorn answers: "It was cold". Lee replies: "He was wealthy man, nothing was wrong with him". Then Japanese arrive and give sign, that reads: sick men of Asia. Lee nearly attacks Japanese, but remembers, what his teacher told to him: be patient. I was really surprised in a good way, because the infamous house scene happens at 15 minutes mark. After that this movie becomes quite boring, but next action scene is Lee versus Ying-Chieh Han and other Japanese, they pretended to be Chinese, but Lee found out secret. Lee kills both and takes them to hang in pole. Japanese respond by attacking Chinese school. Next action scene is Lee with rickshaw and that gay dude from Way of the Dragon, Lee asks, that what happened to his teacher, gay answers, it was Suzuki, gay tries to surprise Lee, but Lee was alert and kills gay and again puts him to pole. Then Japanese have had it and they march to Chinese school and same time Lee goes to Japanese school and end fight begins. There are only few men in house, so Lee finishes them off quickly. Then its fat dude with glasses and he takes samurai sword, Lee kicks the sword and grabs fat dude and sword goes right through him. Then its Japanese backyard and Lee beats up few guys, after them its Lee versus Russian guy and that was pretty impressive fight, when Lee finishes Russian, its Lee versus Suzuki and Suzuki surprises Lee with Samurai sword, but Lee has his weapon and Lee kicks Suzuki through paper wall and when Suzuki flew, the stunt was made by Jackie Chan. After that scene Lee shows up to police and they shoot Lee. End of movie. We had young and rising superstars in Jackie Chan, Biao Yuen, Corey Yuen and Wah Yuen. Then again we had veteran actors in Ying-Chieh Han (1927-1991) and Feng Tien (Born 1928 and still alive, while I'm making this review).
dworldeater It goes without saying that Bruce Lee gave one hundred percent and was super intense in all of his life endeavors(including film). However, I think in Fists Of Fury, Bruce gives his most intense performance of all of his films. When Chen Zen's master dies under mysterious circumstances and is harassed by a rival Japanese school, Chen(Bruce Lee) kicks the crap out of the Japanese school. This causes conflict between the school, Chen and the Japanese which results in a series of back and forth fighting until the film's conclusion. Bruce is at his most intense and the fighting is almost non stop. Bruce is rage incarnate in this film and his presence and performance is second to none. Fists Of Fury is a most apt title indeed and is my personal favorite of Bruce Lee's movies. Classic and essential viewing for all martial arts fans. Great!
Dalbert Pringle *Spoiler Alert!* OK. I won't lie. I liked Fist Of Fury. I really did.Well, that is - I liked the wild, over-the-top fight scenes that were, at times, a literal frenzied roller-coaster ride of grunting, groaning, snapping, leaping, screaming bodies flying this way and that.Yep. Bruce Lee (with his perfect coordination and his precision timing) really did a mighty fine job of royally kicking some serious ass.And, in the lull between all of the Kung Fu action, I also liked the priceless "Geisha-Girl" striptease. (nudge-nudge-wink-wink) Now, that was a hoot-and-a-half! And, I also got a really big kick (pardon the pun) at the moment when Bruce Lee's character who (not being able to put his opponent down with any of his deadly kicks or chops) actually resorted to (get this!) sinking his teeth into this fierce, unstoppable brute's foot. (I ain't kidding!) Believe me, from where I was sitting, this was a sheer delight to watch. This sort of conduct from Bruce was a real slice of pure slapstick comedy, straight out of an episode from The Three Stooges.This film also contained a helluva lot of outright prejudice and antagonism towards the Japanese. I certainly won't go into any great detail about it here - But, I will say that the Japanese were all depicted as being a truly despicable bunch of pseudo-Nazi types.When it came to this picture's overall action sequences and the wonderful choreographing of its fight scenes, I was really quite surprised when I came to realize just how often these very scenes have been lifted and blatantly used, over and over again, in such films as The Matrix Reloaded, Kill Bill, and other such films.Anyways - In spite of all the wooden performances, the laughable dialog, and the terrible dubbing that prevailed, it was undeniably Bruce Lee, the ultimate master of martial arts, who shone magnificently throughout this very film that literally started the whole Kung Fu movie-craze over 40 years ago.