Joseph P. Ulibas Fist of Fury (1972) was Bruce Lee's second action/Kung-Fu flick and it launched his career into the stratosphere. The surprising success of The Big Boss gave the fledgling studio Golden Harvest instant cred within the Asian film industry along with making Lee a star. Lo Wei directed and wrote the screenplay but Lee was allowed to direct his own fight scenes, giving them a more fluid and stylized feel to them. This would also be the last film he would make with Lo Wei whom the two would often be at loggerheads with one another.Bruce Lee stars as Chen Zhen, a brilliant Kung Fu student who returns to Shanghai to visit his former teacher who mysteriously passes away before his arrival. This along with a rival Japanese karate school led by Hiroshi Suzuki want to get rid of the bothersome Ching Woo School. But the unhinged Chen Zhen will stop at nothing to find out who murdered/killed his beloved teacher, even if he has to unleash his deadly fist of fury. Be it alive or dead, when it comes to vengeance there will be a price to pay.An awesome movie that is a must see for action film fans. Bruce Lee oozes a physical charisma that has rarely been captured on celluloid. Bruce Lee wanted to make films that appealed to everyone and wanted to break into the Japanese market but this movie wasn't going to allow that due to the subject matter provided by Lo Wei. His next film would be (to date) his biggest success money wise, Way of the Dragon.

tenshi_ippikiookami In "Fist of Fury", Bruce Lee plays Chen Zhen, a martial arts master who is distraught after the death of his teacher. Pretty soon he discovers that some 'bad people' (Japanese 'bad people') are behind the death. Cue lots of fight, Bruce Lee over-emoting and a plot that is just there to help the next fight happen."Fist of Fury" is a really entertaining movie. The action is really cool and it is nicely choreographed. The camera work and the set ups are really good: for example, the fight between Chen Zhen and the Japanese students at the latter's dojo. Even if the fighting per se comparing with more modern movies has become outdated, it has shear force and it is highly entertaining. Bruce Lee showcases his skills and he has charisma to give and share. Too bad he has a penchant to over-emote at every opportunity. Not that the acting is high quality in any case.On the down side, as in other Bruce Lee movies, it can't help but being over-patriotic and being cheaply nationalistic, the bad guys just pure evil caricatures (and Japanese, of course).

dirtyharry167 Bruce Lee's second major martial arts picture after The Big Boss, Fist Of Fury confirms him as one of the defining kung fu stars - especially as he choreographed his own fight scenes. Here, he's Chen Zhen, who fights to avenge his master's death while defending the honour of the Chinese against a ruling Japanese government who will do anything to crush the Chinese people's morale. I have to agree this movie is very anti Japanese though then again this movie was made at least 30 years after the Japanese had committed appalling war crimes through out china during the second world war. the fight scenes are superb especially when Chen Zhen takes on the bushido school resulting in him showing his nunchuku skills. overall this movie is a classic possibly the best Bruce Lee film next to enter the dragon.

Dalbert Pringle *Spoiler Alert!* OK. I won't lie. I liked Fist Of Fury. I really did.Well, that is - I liked the wild, over-the-top fight scenes that were, at times, a literal frenzied roller-coaster ride of grunting, groaning, snapping, leaping, screaming bodies flying this way and that.Yep. Bruce Lee (with his perfect coordination and his precision timing) really did a mighty fine job of royally kicking some serious ass.And, in the lull between all of the Kung Fu action, I also liked the priceless "Geisha-Girl" striptease. (nudge-nudge-wink-wink) Now, that was a hoot-and-a-half! And, I also got a really big kick (pardon the pun) at the moment when Bruce Lee's character who (not being able to put his opponent down with any of his deadly kicks or chops) actually resorted to (get this!) sinking his teeth into this fierce, unstoppable brute's foot. (I ain't kidding!) Believe me, from where I was sitting, this was a sheer delight to watch. This sort of conduct from Bruce was a real slice of pure slapstick comedy, straight out of an episode from The Three Stooges.This film also contained a helluva lot of outright prejudice and antagonism towards the Japanese. I certainly won't go into any great detail about it here - But, I will say that the Japanese were all depicted as being a truly despicable bunch of pseudo-Nazi types.When it came to this picture's overall action sequences and the wonderful choreographing of its fight scenes, I was really quite surprised when I came to realize just how often these very scenes have been lifted and blatantly used, over and over again, in such films as The Matrix Reloaded, Kill Bill, and other such films.Anyways - In spite of all the wooden performances, the laughable dialog, and the terrible dubbing that prevailed, it was undeniably Bruce Lee, the ultimate master of martial arts, who shone magnificently throughout this very film that literally started the whole Kung Fu movie-craze over 40 years ago.