Bruce Lee plays a
martial arts student who returns to his previous school to hear that the
teacher he was close with has been murdered. Taking place in Shanghai in the
1930s, the Japanese are ruling, and it is one of their Bushido schools that are
responsible for this murder. Knowing that the police will not try to arrest
these murderers, Bruce Lee goes out to restore honor to the school and teacher
with terrible revenge.
Haflidason noted, “In
making this film, Lee tapped into a powerful sentiment that the normally
undemonstrative Chinese audiences of the time stood up and applauded. The tag
of 'Sick Man of Asia' was used in the 30s by the Japanese Imperialist forces to
describe the subjugated Chinese, and in this movie, Lee exacts a visceral
vengeance of mesmerising power.”
There is a strange
romance subplot and the script and direction can sometimes be a little rough,
but just seeing Bruce Lee is hands down the best. His movement in Kung Fu was
just the best to see, and he reduces the rage of a tortured society into a
physical act of revenge that puts this film into a lineup of Martial Arts
classics.
This is another classic
of Bruce Lee’s that everyone has to see. I give it another high recommendation
because this film really is better than “The Big Boss.” If you thought that
Bruce Lee’s martial arts weren’t as good as you heard, this one will be able to
satisfy everything you want.
Look out next week when
we look at a film that is a change in direction and style, but still has some
great highlights in “Bruce Lee Month.”
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