"Fist of Fury" is the second best Bruce Lee film that everybody can (and should) agree on. Released in the same year as "Way of the Dragon," this martial arts film became one of the biggest cinematic impacts of China to date, spanning many other sequels or remakes from martial artists like Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li. (Fist of Fury 2 by Jackie Chan in 1978, Fist of Fury tv series by Donnie Yen in '95, and Jet Li's bone breaking classic, "Fist of Legend")
"Fist of Fury" is about a master's best student named Chen Zhen who arrives to his master's funeral and investigates on his master's death as suspicions rise within him as the Japanese mock his school. Like every martial arts film, it's simple yet emotionally charged. Bruce Lee displays several emotions going from the saddest emotions that he ever shown on screen, to the most violent and horrifying shout he has ever produced. The tension and suspense is strong as two Asian nationalities fight each other one by one. The fight scenes are one of the coolest and it is one of the more entertaining martial arts films to this day. The movie made Lee an icon of China as he made the message against racism. For I, a Japanese, can say that this film can be extremely racist most of the times. But, Bruce Lee did not hate the Japanese people in real life and he had to make a message against racial oppression.
The acting is probably the only cheesy problem that this film has, but it's one of the my favorite martial art films to date as it's not all about martial arts films and it takes politics up to the next level.
"Fist of Fury" is about a master's best student named Chen Zhen who arrives to his master's funeral and investigates on his master's death as suspicions rise within him as the Japanese mock his school. Like every martial arts film, it's simple yet emotionally charged. Bruce Lee displays several emotions going from the saddest emotions that he ever shown on screen, to the most violent and horrifying shout he has ever produced. The tension and suspense is strong as two Asian nationalities fight each other one by one. The fight scenes are one of the coolest and it is one of the more entertaining martial arts films to this day. The movie made Lee an icon of China as he made the message against racism. For I, a Japanese, can say that this film can be extremely racist most of the times. But, Bruce Lee did not hate the Japanese people in real life and he had to make a message against racial oppression.
The acting is probably the only cheesy problem that this film has, but it's one of the my favorite martial art films to date as it's not all about martial arts films and it takes politics up to the next level.