The Big Boss]
- Trailers (original & new edit ver.)
- The Big Boss Photo Gallery
- Bruce Lee Photo Gallery & Biography
- Production Notes
- Exclusive Interviews
[Fist of Fury]
- Trailers (original & new edit ver.)
- Fist of Fury Photo Gallery
- Bruce Lee Photo Gallery & Biography
- Production Notes
- Exclusive Interviews
[Way of the Dragon]
- Trailers (original & new edit ver.)
- Way of the Dragon Photo Gallery
- Bruce Lee Photo Gallery & Biography
- Production Notes
- Exclusive Interviews
[Game of Death]
- Trailers (original & new edit ver.)
- Game of Death Photo Gallery
- Bruce Lee Photo Gallery & Biography
- Production Notes
- Exclusive Interviews
[The Big Boss]
Martial arts master Bruce Lee solidifies his standing as one of the great action
stars in Fists of Fury, the story of a Chinese country boy (Lee) sent to live
in Thailand with his uncle and cousins. Around his neck is a charm representing
his promise to his mother not to fight, a promise which is repeatedly tested
when he goes to work in the local icehouse for an abusive overseer and prejudiced
natives. When some of his cousins are killed after discovering the icehouse
is actually a front for a heroin-smuggling operation, Lee sets out to exact
revenge and eventually has a showdown with the Japanese crimelord behind the
entire scheme (Han Ying Chieh). Lee's physical gifts are undeniable; the blinding
speed of his fists and feet must be seen to be believed. The film was originally
released in Asia as The Big Boss. Bad guys beware when that charm comes off!
[Fist of Fury]
One of the best action films starring the legendary Bruce Lee, this movie features
the martial artist as Chen Chen, who returns to his former school in early 20th
century Shanghai when he learns that his beloved instructor has been murdered.
While probing the man's death and seeking vengeance, Chen discovers that a drug
smuggling operation, a rival school, and simmering racial tensions between Chinese
and Japanese locals are factors in the nefarious dealings at his alma mater
and in his master's slaying. Chen's got his work cut out for him as he takes
on assassins of both races, and even a towering Russian. Variously titled The
Chinese Connection and The Iron Hand, Fist of Fury features stunt work by a
young Jackie Chan (who served as Lee's double). The film was remade two and
a half decades later as Fist of Legend (1999), with Jet Li in the role of Chen.
[Way of the Dragon]
Bruce Lee: Way of the Dragon is one of several re-issue titles for Lee's Return
of the Dragon. Filmed in Rome and Hong Kong, this exhilarating adventure flick
finds Lee battling Chuck Norris, in one of the latter's few unsympathetic roles.
The climax pits Lee against Norris in the middle of the Roman Colliseum! Directed
by Bruce Lee himself (who exhibits an unsuspected flair for comedy), Return
of the Dragon was the last "complete" Lee vehicle. It was released
posthumously to excellent business, opening the floodgates for several pastiche
films made up of random Bruce Lee clips--not to mention the copycat vehicles
starring the likes of Bruce Li and Bruce Le.
[Game of Death]
This crazy-quilt martial-arts epic was originally filmed as Game of Death.
Star Bruce Lee died before the film was completed, thus the producers were forced
to pad out the running time with outtakes and alternate shots. They also lifted
chunks of footage from Enter the Dragon and Return of the Dragon. The finished
product finally hit the screens in 1978, five years after Lee's death. Compensating
for the understandably lumpy continuity is a startlingly good action finale,
pitting Lee (and occasionally his stand-in) against such formidable opposition
as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Chuck Norris.
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