Fists of Fury, like many Hong Kong Martial Arts films was released under several titles, including The Big Boss, Tang Shan Da Xiong, and China Mountain Big Brother.

This film stars Bruce Lee (Enter the Dragon, Game of Death), as a young man who has sworn to forgo violence of any kind. He takes a job at an ice factory, and moves in with relatives and friends.

Soon after Lee's arrival members of his group begin dissapearing, after being called to meet with the factory management.

Soon Lee is forced to do battle with the Big Boss.

Like most films of this genre the plot is really secondary; it exists merely to drive Lee toward the violent acts needed to precipitate his martial artistry. Since the fighting scenes are all that really matter, lets discuss their quality:

Fists of Fury contains some of the best choreographed fighting to come out of Hong Kong in the seventies. Yin-Chien Han, the action co-ordinator, is the man responsible for the fluid beauty of the Kung Fu sequences in this film. Han's credits include The Chinese Connection, and Fists to Fight.
Watching this film it becomes clear that the stuntmen were of the utmost importance to its success; it is no surprise that Jackie Chan was one of those stuntmen. In fact, if you look quickly you can see Chan being killed by Lee in one of the fight scenes.

Bruce Lee's career was fairly short, but he managed to make several classic Martial Arts films. Fists of Fury is one of his best.



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