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Fists of Fury

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Bruce Lee kicked around Hollywood for years looking in vain for an American break when Hong Kong came calling. As Kato in the TV series The Green Hornet he had become an Asian star (the series was renamed for his character when it crossed the Pacific) and ripe for his own vehicle. This raw, low-budget effort, called The Big Boss in its native Hong Kong, is a generic revenge drama enlivened by Lee's intense screen presence and martial arts prowess. He's a country boy who takes a job at a Thailand ice-packing plant and discovers it's a cover for heroin smuggling. Lee is held back through the first half of the film by a promise he made his sweet, gray-haired mom not to brawl (which means you have to wait to see him in action), but his indignation turns to fury as friends and coworkers disappear and the boss sends thugs to take care of the brooding, intense country boy. The final half of the film is a series of violent confrontations, culminating in a marvelously choreographed showdown at the ice plant. Lean, mean Lee, with a physique that looked sculpted in bronze, became an overnight sensation with this film, breaking all Asian box-office records and starting an international kung fu craze, but none of the pretenders ever touched Lee's cool cinematic charisma or his martial arts grace. Lee returned the next year in The Chinese Connection. --Sean Axmaker

Legends of Kung Fu 10 Movie Pack

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Blind Fist Of BruceBruce Li stars in this 1970s tribute to the formula that made Bruce Lee a star. Plenty of amazing Kung Fu action makes Blind Fist of Bruce an instant Hong Kong classic! (Approx. 90 Min.)Fist Of Fear - Touch Of DeathMayhem reigns where martial arts meet! Filmed at the famous Madison Square Garden this epic contains non-stop action from the legendary Bruce Lee at the peak of his career. Starring with Bruce is former all-pro football star Fred "The Hammer" Williamson. (Approx. 90 Min.)Kung Fu - The Punch Of DeathKung Fu superstar Meng Fei stars in this WIDESCREEN presentation of the 1970s martial arts classic. Meng Fei is a promising martial artist who is ambushed by a rival school. Through vigorous training he prepares himself for a final battle with the entire school! (Approx. 90 Min.)36 Crazy FistsWong Tai-Kwong doesn't know much about martial arts and seems doomed to a life of getting beaten up by rival fighters. Until one day when Wong meets a drunken hermit who would become his Kung-Fu teacher. 36 Crazy Fists features the direction and fight choreography of Jackie Chan! (Approx. 80 Min.)Legend Of The Eight SamuraiPrincess Hiroku Yokoshimaru's family is wiped out along with her bodyguards. All that stands between the princess and certain death is an inexperienced young samurai (Sonny Chiba). Chiba must battle an octet of phantom warriors a witch and a killer centipede! (Approx. 130 Min.)The Street FighterTerry Tsuguri (Sonny Chiba) is a tough mercenary master of martial arts who is hired by the mob to spring a convicted killer from prison. This classic presented in its original WIDESCREEN format features incredible fight scenes by master Chiba. (Approx. 90 Min.)BloodfightYears after retiring from the world of free fighting martial arts a man returns to the deadly world of fighting after his best student is killed in the tournament.Starring Bolo Yeung and Simon Yam. (Approx. 105 Min.)Breathing FireA Vietnamese teenager and his American b

The Real Bruce Lee

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Shysters Cash In on Star's Untimely Death 1 out of 5 stars.
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For all that is sacred and holy, do not spend money on this atrocity. I came across it because it was included in a budget-priced DVD collection that I picked up, full of old so-bad-they're-good kung fu flicks, but this item isn't even good enough for that crowd. Produced by some hack named Serafim Karalexis, this film is shameless enough to call itself "The Real Bruce Lee" even though it primarily features the look-alikes that movie producers trotted out after Bruce's sudden death in 1973, hoping to make money off a gullible public that was hungry for more of Bruce's incredible martial arts mastery. There were many inferior films (with equally inferior Bruce imitators) that tried to cash in, and this one is among the most brazen.

This so-called "biopic" starts out with a basic life story of Bruce Lee, information that is freely available anywhere, and presents excerpts from some of the Hong Kong films that Bruce appeared in as a child actor in the '40s and '50s. This material might actually be of interest to collectors and historians, but there's not much of it and the video quality is horrendous. Next, the narrator tells us about Bruce's classic films, but accompanied only by still shots of movie posters, and with no actual footage. This means that the clowns behind this biopic couldn't get the rights. And then the ultimate shamelessness commences.

The narrator tells us that Bruce was so great that he spawned many knock-offs, because imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. (Bring me a shovel.) After some brief footage of various useless wooden-faced imitators, this film then concludes with 63 minutes (that's right SIXTY-THREE minutes) of action scenes starring another look-alike named Dragon Lee, a crony of Karalexis. Concerning this Dragon Lee, he had some serious martial arts skills and could have been a legitimate star in his own right. But he will be forever remembered as a shallow wannabe who got mixed up with hucksters and charlatans, often imitating the real Bruce's menacing facial expressions but coming up woefully short on Bruce's complex charisma (just like all the other look-alikes). At the end of Dragon Lee's incredibly lengthy on-screen audition, the narrator says, "we all know there is only one Bruce Lee... his memory will live forever." You hear this while watching an imitator, and no image of Bruce himself has been seen since the still movie posters back near the beginning of this travesty. Shameless, pathetic, unforgivable. [~doomsdayer520~]

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The Real Bruce Lee/Fist of Fear

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True Game of Death: A Tribute to the Master

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Review forTrue game of death 1 out of 5 stars.
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This movie is terrible. It does not star Bruce Lee and is not directed by Robert Clouse, as advertised by amazon. The only scenes with Bruce are some third rate snipets from Return of the dragon that have nothing to do with The true game of death movie. The best way to describe this movie is that they tried to remake The game of death In which Bruce Lee does actually appear for those few fight scenes that he is in. Acting was terrible! sound, Terrible! Fighting sequences, terrible! Over all this movie was terrible and I do not reccomend that anyone buy this or rent it for that matter.

fullscreen madness 1 out of 5 stars.
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not only is this film poor to watch but the fact it is in 4.3 ratio instead of a 16.9 or wide screen makes the fight scenes look unbareable to watch, you can see this film has a wide screen edition this is obvious when the fight senes are shown you mostly see half there bodies when you should see more.
not good viewing.

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5 STARS FOR LAUGHS 5 out of 5 stars.
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This so awful, so incredibly bad you have to get it for the laughs. There are posterized ripped off pieces of footage from BRUCE LEE in Return of the Dragon. BUT, HOLD ON FANS!! BRUCE LEE is not the star of this film, netiher is Bruce Li, or Bruce Le, or Bruce Lo. The star of the film bares a slight--very slight-resemblance, looking like Bruce Lee only when he's wearing the shades (which he does in almost every scene), or when his back is to the camera. IT'S NOT BRUCE LI! I MEAN....Who is the idiot reviewer on this page who said get "all of Bruce Li's films?"-I mean, what does that review have to do with this film? This crap is the perfect example of how NOT to make a Bruce Lee exploitation film. Wait, that doesn't make senese--this film is EXACTLY how a Bruce Lee exploitation film IS MADE: BAD dialog, bad script, bad dubbing, bad fight scenes. Keep an eye out for the Abdul Jabaar wanna be with basketball shorts, sneakers, and a cape! His classic line about "the red light" will have you in stitches for years! Also note the majority of the dialog is groans, grunts, and insipid utterances that have nothing to do with the plot. HILARIOUS!!!

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TRUE GAME OF DEATH - DVD Movie

Martial Arts Extreme: Bruce Lee

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MARTIAL ARTS EXTREME: BRUCE LEE (DVD MOVIE)

Fist of Unicorn

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Bruce Lee History Piece 5 out of 5 stars.
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I am happy and sad to see the release of this `Lost Classic'.
Happy since it is finally available and sad since it's not a good film!
Complaining aside,the whole DVD is well worth the purchase price.
It includes the following-
2 Versions of the film-English and Mandarin.The English is a Full Screen Version and the Mandarin is Widescreen.
There are different openings to the film on both,and the English version has two clips of Bruce Lee not shown in the Mandarin Version.
Original Trailer-Quite a rarity.It has unseen footage of Bruce Lee on set.
Last Day of Bruce Lee Documentary-an interesting 20 minute piece which is narrated and hosted by Bruce's Hong Kong girlfriend Betty Ting Pei(it's dubbed in English).There's a load of footage of Bruce at a party with the cast of the film,and then funeral footage.This alone is worth the price of the DVD.
Photo Gallery-an excellent compilation of Bruce Lee's life in 1972.I haven't seen these photos before and the captions are great.Bruce Lee Historian George Tan has done an amazing job.
Fight Scenes interview-this 20 minute piece has Bruce's stuntmen discussing how Bruce Lee put together the famous Enter the Dragon fights,plus anecdotes about Fist of Unicorn and the man himself.

Cover artwork is the best images of Bruce to date.
Also recommend `Death by Misadventure-the mysterious life of Bruce Lee'.See my review on this masterpiece.

Overall a great DVD piece,minus the actual film(s).

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Bruce Lee made TIME Magazine's list of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century under the category of Heroes and Icons - Twenty people who articulate the longings of the last 100 years, exemplifying courage, selflessness, exuberance, superhuman ability and amazing grace. In 1972, at the height of his fame, Bruce Lee was the action director on the film that would launch his best friend Unicorn Chan to stardom. Featuring exclusive footage of Bruce Lee in action on the set. This release is a world exclusive.