Although the Big Boss was a huge success Bruce Lee in 1971, it was the 1972 follow-up Fist of Fury that truly catapulted him to the level of a superstar - and for good reason. Once known as the United States, the Chinese connection, this can Lo Wei-directed flick as just another seem "They killed my master!" Revenge of the thread, but Bruce Lee's charismatic score of Fist of Fury is the. At the top of the heap Spawning unofficial sequel, versions and numerous honors, Fist of Fury rivals Enter the Dragon Bruce Lee known and most beloved film, especially the Chinese audience.
Its only during the adult film, Lee Chen Zhen plays a young student Jing Wu school, returns to the funeral of his venerable Grand Master and the real martial artist, Huo Yuanjia
who died under mysterious circumstances back home. Competitor Japan Academy are suspects, but there is no evidence of any wrongdoing. Enter Chen Zhen fray. Use a variety of costumes, Chen Zhen eventually show the culprit behind the death of his master and takes his bloody revenge at any of them. After infiltrating the enemy's dojo, Chen Zhen beats the holy hell a real armada of enemies before going out in the proverbial blaze of glory.
Sometime in the early twentieth century, during the occupation of Shanghai in Japan, Fist of Fury naked and clearly describes the violent Sino-Japanese tensions of the time, mutual antagonism. Perhaps the only unabashedly nationalistic film in which Bruce Lee ever appeared, Fist of Fury shows a clear dislike of the Japanese antagonists, which pulled all similar nasty caricatures seemingly directly from the American
World War II propaganda. The film is a pro-Chinese anti-imperial and xenophobic varying degrees, but since the historical context, it is not unexpected. Consider one of the most famous scenes: After she delivers the Japanese still explains another brand name of Bruce Lee ass-kicking, Chen Zhen: "We are not sick men" direct reference to the derogatory nickname "the sick man of Asia", the the of Japanese used against the Chinese during the occupation of China.
Although a separate cultural nationalism of Lee in this film embodies can (especially if you are Chinese, or at least non-Japanese Asian) too much to ignore his stereotypical and uniformly demonized image of Japan for some viewers sometimes inspiring. There is certainly something Gordon Chan was aware, as he Jet Li Chen Zhen Fist of Legend, the film, which is difficult knee-jerk rhetoric of Fist of Fury makes the film "all Japanese are bad"
by Japanese Chen Zhen in love fall girl and also the sympathetic descriptions of the 1994 remake of non-imperialist Japanese citizens.
One thing that I have a number of fascinating displays found the film is as it seems and deconstructs the very nationalist project - later - to argue successfully. Certainly, Fist of Fury makes a folk hero of the fictional Chen Zhen, as the number of versions, tributes occupied, and follow-up, who followed in the following years. But at the same time, the film also undermines Chen Zhen Revenge of the trip. Many comrades were still alive at the end of the story, if not for his proto-slasher movie antics in investigating the death of his master. In this sense, we can see that
although clearly nationalistic attitude of the film may have its complexity and contradictions.
Regardless, even after all these years, very fun to watch of their political beliefs, Fist of Fury, still. Although Lee the various attacks on the Japanese dojo are perhaps what most viewers remember, I can not help but feel that Chen Zhen meltdown in a public park is a thing of pure beauty - the over-the-top, to be sure, but strangely powerful. Caused by discrimination and a sign that says "No Dogs and Chinese Allowed," Chen Zhen gives a lesson cultural acceptance, although the "hard way" as he systematically dispenses a number of Japanese racket (Yuen Wah among them), just before he suggests the problematic characters into a thousand pieces. It was a scene that struck the heart of the Chinese audience at the time, and be sure to bring cinema to the legs today. So if you are itching to see the raw, unrestrained cinematic skills of a true master, look no further than Fist of Fury. (Calvin McMillin 2002/2009)
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