{"id":14221,"date":"2021-05-19T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T01:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=14221"},"modified":"2021-05-15T12:25:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-15T16:25:24","slug":"fist-of-fury-1972-lo-wei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/14221","title":{"rendered":"Fist of Fury (1972, Lo Wei)"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Our tolerance was a mistake.” After the poisoning death of a martial arts master, a brown-suited dude is sent to insult and challenge his disciples during the memorial service, a crass move that earns the wrath of disciple Bruce Lee. This starts out way better than The Big Boss<\/a><\/em> by pitting Bruce against forty guys early on instead of waiting for the second half – “Next time I’ll make you eat the glass.”<\/p>\n

The titular fist:<\/em>
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Lee’s confuse-o-vision technique:<\/em>
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This is Shanghai, and all the villains are Japanese. Not a master of history, I’d forgotten that the Japanese colonized parts of China throughout the 1930’s and I was amazed at their nerve. Bruce goes on a righteous rampage through the city, smashing racist Japanese in their jerk faces, then in case we’re tempted to feel bad for them, the Japanese massacre all of Bruce’s friends (including poor James Tien again). There is a love interest, just barely, and a couple of fun disguises. The big boss sports an absurd long mustache and has hired an English-speaking Russian tough who fights in a bow-tie – Bruce punches a guy’s dick off before taking them on, the action in this movie always great. Same as The Big Boss<\/em>, the army closes in on Bruce post-killing-spree. Must see Lo Wei’s New Fist of Fury<\/em>, a sequel starring Jackie Chan in his first major role.<\/p>\n

love interest Nora Miao:<\/em>
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the big boss Chikara Hashimoto:<\/em>
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