The Big Boss

The plot should only exist to tee up fight scenes, so why do we have to sit through two thirds of the movie before our hero begins fighting? Once we get the fight scenes, they're good, but not up to typical Lee standards. He is fantastic, but the choreography and editing are less than stellar. Check it out, but skip the first hour.

The fight scenes with Bruce Lee are absolutely jaw dropping. He's so incredibly fast it puts modern kung-fu films to shame. In the Bourne films they removed frames to speed up the action. In this film they had to film at higher speeds just to properly see Bruce Lee in some sequences. Yes, he's that fast. It's disappointing that the plot, dialog and humour is incredibly dated. Still, it's a Bruce Lee film and let's be honest you're seeing it for the action.

Bruce Lee's first kung fu movie. Bruce spends more than half the movie honoring a promise to NOT fight anyone, but when he finally cuts loose, it's amazing.

Most of this one Bruce spends as a benchwarmer (just keeps fingering that damned locket every couple of minutes and looking longingly toward all the action). Tien is quite charismatic as well...but unfortunately this enterprise doesn't really add up to much. Recurrent musical theme reminiscent of "Relax" by Frankie Goes To Hollywood.

Basically devoid of the kind of action expected from a person like Bruce Lee. The plot here is terrible, except for a couple times where there is a decent scene (but they are few). The editing, music, sound effects, and dubbing are miserable. Just give this one a pass, please, for the love of god.