The Big Boss (1971)
Bruce Lees big screen break came in director Lo Weis The Big Boss, a wildly successful kung-fu film that made the legendary screen icon into a powerful box-office force! Chang Chow An (Bruce Lee) is a reluctant warrior who promises his mother to leave his violent days behind him. Chang goes to live with his uncle & gets a job at the local ice factory. But something is amiss at the factory. Changs co-workers begin to mysteriously disappear, & Chang himself is distracted by the evil "e; Big Boss"e;, who uses power, money & women to direct Changs attentions elsewhere. But when Chang learns once & for all that the Big Boss is a bad man, its time to let the dragon out of the bottle! It all comes down to knock-down kung-fu showdowns featuring Bruce Lees trademark power & charismatic flair! Known to American audiences as Fists of Fury, The Big Boss is required viewing by anyone who considers themself a Bruce Lee fan.
Fist of Fury (1972)
The raw, powerful fighting skills of Bruce Lee have never been so potently portrayed as in Fist of Fury (a.k.a. The Chinese Connection)! This classic tale of a student avenging his masters death rises to higher cinematic levels thanks to its charged setting of 1908 Shanghai, when Japanese-Chinese tensions were at their most explosive. Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee) arrives back in Shanghai to attend the funeral of his master, famed boxer Ho Yuan Chia, founder of the Ching Wu Martial Arts School. Days later, the grieving school receives an anti-Semitic message from the Japanese Association, & Chen Zhen storms over to vent his pent-up fury. His actions spark a power struggle in Shanghai, which is further complicated by the shocking revelation that his master was poisoned! Flying fists & flailing bodies are the result of Chen Zhens righteous fury in Fist of Fury, an emotional & exhilarating kung-fu drama that showcases Bruce Lee at his absolute best!
The Way of the Dragon (1972)
Known in the west as Return of the Dragon, Bruce Lees The Way of the Dragon is another classic martial arts film featuring the Dragon at the peak of his powers! Bruce Lee is Tang Lung, a Hong Kong expatriate in Italy who gets the opportunity to use his fists when local thugs begin muscling in on the local Chinese restaurant. Its a simple exchange: the thugs set foot in the restaurant, & Tang Lung cuts loose with a flurry of kicks & punches designed to inflict the maximum amount of damage with the minimum amount of effort. Then, more fighting ensues. The Way of the Dragon co-stars popular starlet Nora Miao, & is a true tour-de-force for Bruce Lee. Not only did he star in the film, but he also wrote, produced, & directed
- & this is in addition to his expected action choreography duties. The results of his labor are a wildly entertaining martial arts film thats sure to make kung-fu fans of all ages grin fro