Fists of Fury

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Fists of Fury

R

1971

1h 43m

Action

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A kung-fu fighter (Bruce Lee) avenges his relatives, slain by their gangster boss.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

It benefits from a solid performance by Lee as the blue-collar fighter who takes justice with punches and kicks, but it often falls into a vacuum of redundancy that takes all the pulse out of its predictable revenge plot. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 5/10

Aug 3, 2024

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

clear tension between Lo's desire for more comical violence (at one point Cheng throws a character through a wall, leaving a Looney Tunes-esque person-shaped hole) and Lee's desire for more realistic fighting

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 8, 2021

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

The story is largely pointless, full of irrational decisions by unthinking, broadly drawn stereotypes, and ultimately used as a meager setup for grand melees.

Rated: 6/10

Aug 27, 2020

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Efficiently paced, well-choreographed and full of entertaining moments featuring Lee, The Big Boss is the prototype for the template Lee would use over his next three features.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 26, 2020

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Rough in spots and rambling in others, it nevertheless benefits from Lee's effortless charisma and, of course, some rousing fight scenes.

Rated: 2.5/4

Aug 8, 2020

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Ed Travis

Cinapse

It's clear why The Big Boss became a smash hit... the unprecedented furious star power of an unleashed Bruce Lee.

Jul 22, 2020

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Norman B

Bruce is iconic and legendary, this is another classic from him!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/20/24

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noah g

the fight scenes were pretty good, it was an ok movie

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/24

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CodyZamboni

Movie is an exciting star making vehicle for Bruce Lee. Film really pushes all the right emotional buttons, as Lee, new to Thailand, starts off, by staying out of daily melees, but when drug smuggling goons go after his family, Lee unloads his martial arts, fists, kicks, gravity defying leaps, knifes, axes, sticks, on the bad guys. Surprisingly gory, with brutal fights, with one especially epic final boss battle that is expertly choreographed for maximum excitement.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/11/23

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Matthew C

Just sooo dated and fake now.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

08/19/23

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DanTheMan 2

Extended Manadrin Cut Hard to believe that I hadn't seen any of Bruce's films until today but it was for good reason. I knew that Arrow Video had this 4K set lined up for a while so I was waiting to see what they would offer before taking that dive into Bruce's starring roles and I thought I'd better start here. It's easy to see why The Big Boss was such a hit upon its release back in 1971, granted it's a bit rough in some spots and rambling in others, with Director Lo Wei often conflating the tone of Loony Tunes slapstick and logic with the grounded and gritty reality of the world, but it benefits from Lee's effortless charisma, efficient pacing, well-choreographed and brutally rousing fights and brilliantly entertaining moments that so define Hong Kong cinema. With the now legendary long-lost extended cut available for the world to see, Arrow Video once again retain its kingly crown when it comes to home video releases.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/31/23

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Brent A

20% rating ... The storyline felt very subpar, as did the acting.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

07/03/23

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Synopsis

A kung-fu fighter (Bruce Lee) avenges his relatives, slain by their gangster boss.

Director: Lo Wei
Producer: Raymond Chow Man-Wai
Production Co: Golden Harvest Company
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 16, 2016
Runtime: 1h 43m

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