Fists of Bruce Lee details
| Formats: | 18 DVD, LOVEFiLM Instant |
|---|---|
| Starring: | Hai Ching Yeh, Lo Lieh, Ping-Ao Wei, Bruce Li, Ping-Ao Wei |
| Director: | Ho Chung Tao |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Martial Arts, Drama, World Cinema - Chinese |
| Studio: | MOONSTONE PICTURES |
| Collections: | Assassins, Assassins Attack, Deadly Assassins, Films of Fury, Ninja Binge, Wax on, Wax Off |
| Title | Runtime | Certificate | |
|---|---|---|---|
Fists of Bruce Lee |
1hr 33 mins | 18 |
LOVEFiLM Instant Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 33 minutes |
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| Rental release: | To be confirmed |
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Semi Spy Spoof!
By Joseph Kuby from Lancashire, United Kingdom , 23 Oct 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
The true title for this film is Interpol as the film has no real connection to Bruce Lee other than that the film's star James Ho was billed as a Bruce Lee imitator (Hong Kong film producer Jimmy Shaw gave him the name Bruce Li - interestingly this was an alternate spelling of Bruce Lee's name).
On the other side of the coin, we first see him sparring in trousers similar in design to the bottom half of Bruce's (in)famous catsuit. Within the indent of that side of the coin, you also have Paul Wei Ping Ao in this film along with the usage of the nunchaku by Robert Kerver (but then again using a nunchaku in a martial arts movie became kind of synonymous with the image of Bruce Lee anyway).
The story may seems sorta bewildering but I guess it's one of those films where you have to pay attention, decipher what's going on and think about what's happened after when you've seen it so you could say that, in a way, James Ho Chung Tao has crafted a thought-provoking film that has an intriguing quality to it. In some sense, the bizarre twists & turns kind of add to the parody element of the film as if Ho is poking fun at the narrative structure of spy movies.
The visual quality on the UK disc is very misleading as was the case for a lot of the Hong Kong films of the era i.e. because of the full screen format, weakness of colour & blurry focus, it's easy to think & say that the film was compositioned poorly (in terms of camerawork, the mise-en-scene and blocking - the positioning of the actors); especially if the film was cut (as tended to be the case for a lot of the films from the era - which might be one of the reasons {alongside the dubbing} as to why the storyline for the film seems incoherent, incomprehensible and downright convoluted).
I think it's safe to say that the components which make up the visual element of the film (sets, clothes, camerawork & fights) would be much better if we saw the restored/remastered version. Having said that, the final fight between James Ho and Lo Lieh is very good.
Otherwise, not a bad flick at all though I think Ho Chung Tao surpassed himself with The Chinese Stuntman.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(4)fists of bruce lee
By reisdentevil5 (9 reviews) from Rotherham , 04 Jul 2008one of the bst kung fu actors all of his fiilms are excellent and still the best even after his death people still wacth his films they will never be a kung fu actor like him not in my life time richard anthony paul- Was this review helpful to you?
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original martial arts
By a customer from Newport , 23 Jan 2008Poor quality of directing and acting compared with contemporary standards ,nevertheless a very nostalgic film for males in their 40s!- Was this review helpful to you?
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ive seen worser
By Shakil Miah from London, England , 11 Jan 2006the film aint that bad, but the sound and picture quality feels your watching an an old vhs rather than a dvd. some good fight sequences, but nothing special, the guy just tries to imitate Bruce Lee instead of using his own abilities- Was this review helpful to you?
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Semi Spy Spoof!
By Joseph Kuby from Lancashire, United Kingdom , 23 Oct 2005[Highly rated reviewer]
The true title for this film is Interpol as the film has no real connection to Bruce Lee other than that the film's star James Ho was billed as a Bruce Lee imitator (Hong Kong film producer Jimmy Shaw gave him the name Bruce Li - interestingly this was an alternate spelling of Bruce Lee's name).
On the other side of the coin, we first see him sparring in trousers similar in design to the bottom half of Bruce's (in)famous catsuit. Within the indent of that side of the coin, you also have Paul Wei Ping Ao in this film along with the usage of the nunchaku by Robert Kerver (but then again using a nunchaku in a martial arts movie became kind of synonymous with the image of Bruce Lee anyway).
The story may seems sorta bewildering but I guess it's one of those films where you have to pay attention, decipher what's going on and think about what's happened after when you've seen it so you could say that, in a way, James Ho Chung Tao has crafted a thought-provoking film that has an intriguing quality to it. In some sense, the bizarre twists & turns kind of add to the parody element of the film as if Ho is poking fun at the narrative structure of spy movies.
The visual quality on the UK disc is very misleading as was the case for a lot of the Hong Kong films of the era i.e. because of the full screen format, weakness of colour & blurry focus, it's easy to think & say that the film was compositioned poorly (in terms of camerawork, the mise-en-scene and blocking - the positioning of the actors); especially if the film was cut (as tended to be the case for a lot of the films from the era - which might be one of the reasons {alongside the dubbing} as to why the storyline for the film seems incoherent, incomprehensible and downright convoluted).
I think it's safe to say that the components which make up the visual element of the film (sets, clothes, camerawork & fights) would be much better if we saw the restored/remastered version. Having said that, the final fight between James Ho and Lo Lieh is very good.
Otherwise, not a bad flick at all though I think Ho Chung Tao surpassed himself with The Chinese Stuntman.- Was this review helpful to you?
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