Fist of Fury Written and directed by Lo Wei Hong Kong, 1972 In honour of the Fistful of Film Fury’s 50th column entry, it is only appropriate that the movie that partially lends the column its namesake get the review treatment. It is a stormy night when Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee), pupil at the Jingwu …
The Big Boss represents Bruce Lee’s first foray into the major motion picture business following a brief stint as Kato in a Green Hornet show that lasted only one season in the late 1960s. As history has shown, the film made the American-Chinese actor a runaway sensation across Asia and the world.
Not long ago, Sound on Sight’s editor Ricky D emailed myself and fellow contributor Michael Ryan for the purpose of compiling some of our individual favourite martial arts pictures to celebrate The Raid‘s theatrical release across North American this Easter weekend. I would never consider myself to be a scholar of the genre, but it …