UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Logan Dodd There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

A_Different_Drummer Saw this in a theatre in 1971 and just revisited it 45 years later.Conclusion: As a film, it suffers badly from the massive improvements in choreography, skill, and staging that MA films have enjoyed in the interim. What seemed sort of "OK" in a dark theatre in 1971 becomes, after several decades, almost a slow dance of awkward fighting moves, with off-sync sound effects and blows that never seem to connect with anything.In this instance it is not fair to judge the old by the new ... so, no rating.And then there is the topic of Mr. Lee.History tells us that Bruce Lee exploded into Asian cinema on this film and anyone can see why. IT IS AS IF HE IS OPERATING AT A FAST CAMERA SPEED AND THE REST OF THE CAST AT A SLOW CAMERA FEED. Of course, the speed of the camera is the same throughout, it is the speed of the actors that differed.The cast were the usual bunch that made many dozens of these films in a year. They looked slow and awkward because they actually were slow and awkward.Mr. Lee on the other hand lived (and ultimately died) for his craft. His whole life was MA and even today the debate continues as where he would have ranked against the best fighters of all time. At the top is my guess.In essence, this is almost an audition tape for Mr. Lee and not much else. But it is a piece of history and deserves great respect.

callanvass I like Bruce Lee, but he had a couple of misfires in his career. Most people consider Game of Death to be Bruce's worst film, but I give that dubious honor to this movie. Bruce Lee's dormant attitude by promising to never fight gets old very quickly. He doesn't start fighting until around the 45 minute mark. Throughout the movie, when Bruce isn't fighting or somebody else is, it's very talky. I really shouldn't be surprised though, considering Wei Lo directed it. Even Bruce's fight scenes in this one are somewhat disappointing. I'm used to Bruce's fights being one-sided in movies, but at least they contained excitement. This doesn't really have any of it, aside from the final fight at the end. He's never in any immediate danger, even when he looks to be heavily outnumbered. Let's face it, Bruce Lee is probably the only reason you decided to watch this movie to begin with. He's so fast and acrobatic. He has to deal with poor camera work and fight scenes that aren't exactly fluid. His performance is nothing to write home about, he relies on intensity and facial expressions. It works very well. What was up with that internal monologue of his? I don't get why this is rated so highly. It's poorly paced, unexciting, atrociously dubbed (At least the version I watched is) , and hard to get through. Stick to Enter The Dragon and Chinese Connection in lieu of this one4.6/10

gavin6942 A young man (Bruce Lee) sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear.I have been watching Bruce Lee movies this week, and so far this one was probably the snoozer. There are some good fights in it. Heck, there is an incredible mêlée about a third of the way in where twenty or more men were kung fu fighting. Their moves were fast as lightning. Frankly, it was a little bit frightening. But that was the highlight of the film.Before this big fight, and after this fight, there is a lot of monotony. In other movies, this would be where you build a plot or work on character development. But here, I just did not get that feeling... it felt like an excuse to build the running time of the film.

dee.reid (For purposes of personal continuity and preference, 1971's "The Big Boss" will from here on out be referred to as "Fists of Fury.")1971's "Fists of Fury" (also known by its original title "The Big Boss") is a bit of a hit-and-miss effort. But first things first, from a historical perspective, "Fists of Fury" has the distinction of being deceased martial arts legend Bruce Lee's first starring role in a film - and was also his first hit film - after failing to obtain any work in Hollywood because of negative racial stereotypes regarding Asians.As I already stated, the film is a bit of a hit-and-miss. I had previously seen Lee's greatest film - and the greatest martial arts movie ever, period - "Enter the Dragon" (1973) first, and "Fists of Fury" was the first of Lee's Hong Kong efforts that I saw not long afterward, and was disappointed. Then I saw "Return of the Dragon" (1972) (which I enjoyed a little bit more than this film) and then I finally saw "The Chinese Connection" (1972) (which I feel is Lee's greatest effort from China).In this film, Lee plays Cheng Chao-an, a young man from mainland China who has arrived in Thailand to work with relatives at an ice factory. Cheng has taken an oath of non-violence, his senior-aged mother having extracted a sacred promise from him to never fight again. Thus, "Fists of Fury" is a slow burn of escalating violence and tension, so people will be sitting on pins + needles waiting for Lee to get into action as Cheng and his cousins investigate the mysterious disappearances of other relatives and fellow co-workers.And when it does finally come time for Bruce Lee-styled Jeet Kune Do action, Cheng lets his fists and feet - his Fists of Fury, if you will - do the talking after he runs afoul of the corrupt owner of the ice factory, the so-called "Big Boss"/Hsiao Mi (Ying-Chieh Han), and his legion of disposable henchmen. (It's also worth noting at this point that "Fists of Fury" may very well be the bloodiest and most graphically violent of all the films Lee made while still in Asia - it reportedly had to be cut several times for its excessively bloody violence.)While I make it a point to mention that Bruce Lee doesn't finally get to see some real action until the film's climatic final 20 minutes, "Fists of Fury" is not a complete drag until then. There are plenty of other fisticuffs until then, including a big brawl at the ice factory involving Cheng's cousins and fellow co-workers against Mi's henchmen. Writer and director Lo Wei (who would later direct Lee's subsequent effort "The Chinese Connection") has uneven direction, but is quite skilled in handling the various fighting sequences. Lo Wei also injects a bit of meaningful morality into the story, involving the consequences of violence, revenge, and taking the law into your own hands - a point made crystal-clear by this film's explosive, well-known ending.In Bruce Lee's all-too-brief life and career, "Fists of Fury," while it was in fact his first hit film, is also his least accomplished effort as a lead actor and the most disappointing of his Hong Kong films.That's why I give it a "6."6/10