- English name：Fist of Fury / The Chinese Connection
- Broadcast time：March 22, 1972
- Starring：李小龙（Bruce Lee）、苗可秀（Nora Miao）、田俊
- director：罗维
Introduction
Today, we are going to talk about a 1974 film,named, Fist of Fury (精武门jīngwǔmén).The DVD Release Date is March 1, 2001.In the film Bruce Lee (李小龙Lǐ Xiǎolóng) kicked around Hollywood for years looking in vain for an American break when Hong Kong came calling. As Kato in the TV series The Green Hornet (青蜂侠qīngfēngxiá)he had become an Asian star (the series was renamed for his character when it crossed the Pacific) and ripe for his own vehicle.
Plot
This raw, low-budget effort, called The Big Boss in its native Hong Kong, is a generic revenge drama enlivened by Lee’s intense screen presence and martial arts prowess. He’s a country boy who takes a job at a Thailand ice-packing plant and discovers it’s a cover for heroin smuggling. Lee is held back through the first half of the film by a promise he made his sweet, gray-haired mom not to brawl (which means you have to wait to see him in action), but his indignation turns to fury as friends and coworkers disappear and the boss sends thugs to take care of the brooding, intense country boy.
The final half of the film is a series of violent confrontations, culminating in a marvelously choreographed showdown at the ice plant. Lean, mean Lee, with a physique that looked sculpted in bronze, became an overnight sensation with this film, breaking all Asian box-office records and starting an international kung fu craze, but none of the pretenders ever touched Lee’s cool cinematic charisma or his martial arts grace.
Professional evaluation
1、Bruce Lee’s Hong Kong action films are full of high national spirit, which is particularly evident in this film. He kicked and smashed the insulting sign “Chinese and dogs are not allowed to enter”, which inspired the fighting spirit of a nation. This is the significance of Bruce Lee transcending the times. He is an out-and-out patriot who is willing to do his best to write the chapter of China’s strength on the screen. After showing the unique skill of “Li Sanjiao” in “Fist of Fury”, Bruce Lee kicked “Li Bajiao” (kicked down eight people in a row) in this film, and then played with nunchakus, which made his action movie charm even higher.
2、This film is the epitome of Bruce Lee’s film style, especially Bruce Lee’s performance, which has shaped the iconic image of the “Kung Fu hero” in Chinese films: serious, tough and resolute. Before this film, most Hong Kong Kung Fu films pretended to be real with fancy moves, but Bruce Lee not only showed real Kung Fu, but also the fighting scenes were often very realistic and exciting, and at the same time, they were clean and lightning-fast, which was fundamentally different from the violent killings of broken limbs and broken intestines; at the same time, “Fist of Fury” fought alone against the Japanese devils, which was undoubtedly more meaningful than the personal hatred, hatred between master and apprentice, and hatred between brothers emphasized by Chang Cheh and others.
3、The conflicts in this film are relatively simple, but very concentrated and sharp. It adopts a linear, step-by-step structural model, with conflicts one after another, a rigorous structure, a well-balanced story development, and proper handling and arrangement of various relationships. From the perspective of the entire film, the plot contains multiple plot dynamics, which push the story forward, making the film densely conceived, compactly structured, and completed in one go. Techniques such as atmosphere rendering, interspersed, foreshadowing, and proper control of rhythm are well used in the film. The main and secondary contradictions in the film are structurally interrelated, forming an organic connection, which not only ensures the development of the story, but also enriches the narration of the story.
