Finally watched it with the Cantonese music track that features Pink Floyd and apparently King Crimson as well. I'd forgotten such a thing even existed, but I'm pretty sure I could watch Bruce Lee walking purposely to an entire Pink Floyd album and not get bored.

The problem with Bruce Lee's legacy (aside from dying way too soon) is that it's so much bigger than most of his actual films. Especially The Big Boss. You'd have to be delusional to call this a good movie. It's not. The two main money shots of Lee realizing his true potential doesn't come until the last 20 minutes or so. Prior to this, you get occasional glimpses of Bruce Lee's blindingly fantastic screen presence. He's a damn good looking man and he had talent for miles, beyond just kicking lots of butt. I don't usually recommend watching movies in context but the back story of The Big Boss explains sooo much of what went wrong here. If you're a Bruce Lee purist and enjoy every moment he's on screen, you won't be disappointed here.

Signs of things to come from Lee, and well worth a watch - just try not to watch the MiramAxed version (although that goes for pretty much anything they've laid their grubby paws on)

Early Bruce Lee features some questionable fight choreography, but his charisma and talent powers through all the same. Grows fairly hardcore pretty quickly too.

Plus boobs. Which aren't a common sight in HK fight films.

This is a decent action movie, but kind of a hilariously awful "Bruce Lee movie." It was made with the intention that James Tien would become a star, but Bruce Lee caught everyone's attention instead, which is funny because Lee's character has a necklace his mother gave him to remind him not to fight anyone. Thus, for the first 45 minutes, Lee keeps getting comically close to joining the fray, only for Tien to beat up a bunch of guys instead. At the 45-minute mark, Lee fights for about two minutes, and then another 35 minutes pass before he finally gets into a bunch of large-scale brawls, including one where he shows up eating chips.

Finally watched it with the Cantonese music track that features Pink Floyd and apparently King Crimson as well. I'd forgotten such a thing even existed, but I'm pretty sure I could watch Bruce Lee walking purposely to an entire Pink Floyd album and not get bored.

Film # 15 in The June Challenge

The Big Boss is a good Bruce Lee movie with a lot of engaging fight scenes. The plot and characters are pretty forgettable, but the movie mostly exists as a Bruce Lee vehicle. The first portion of the film is spent waiting for Bruce Lee to finally throw a punch, with lots of smaller fight scenes in which Bruce isn't involved. However, when Bruce finally gets pulled into a fight is is awesome, with a lot of build-up before he throws his first hit. The Big Boss is an enjoyable martial arts flick with a lot of good Bruce Lee action.

second best movie in a terrible box set of bruce lee films. he does a good job

The problem with Bruce Lee's legacy (aside from dying way too soon) is that it's so much bigger than most of his actual films. Especially The Big Boss. You'd have to be delusional to call this a good movie. It's not. The two main money shots of Lee realizing his true potential doesn't come until the last 20 minutes or so. Prior to this, you get occasional glimpses of Bruce Lee's blindingly fantastic screen presence. He's a damn good looking man and he had talent for miles, beyond just kicking lots of butt. I don't usually recommend watching movies in context but the back story of The Big Boss explains sooo much of what went wrong here. If you're a Bruce Lee purist and enjoy every moment he's on screen, you won't be disappointed here.

Early Bruce Lee features some questionable fight choreography, but his charisma and talent powers through all the same. Grows fairly hardcore pretty quickly too.

Plus boobs. Which aren't a common sight in HK fight films.

An okay film starring Bruce Lee that could have been better with more action because the first 40 minutes or so has Bruce Lee not fighting due to a promise that he had made since fighting gets him into trouble. When the fighting starts, it gets pretty cool. The plot is something that is pretty unique and feels like it should have come out at the time it does(70s) because it is about drugs being smuggled in ice and nobody is suppose to know about it and that seemed like a pretty big subject topic for the time. It is not a bad film, but it just could have been a little better.

This is a decent action movie, but kind of a hilariously awful "Bruce Lee movie." It was made with the intention that James Tien would become a star, but Bruce Lee caught everyone's attention instead, which is funny because Lee's character has a necklace his mother gave him to remind him not to fight anyone. Thus, for the first 45 minutes, Lee keeps getting comically close to joining the fray, only for Tien to beat up a bunch of guys instead. At the 45-minute mark, Lee fights for about two minutes, and then another 35 minutes pass before he finally gets into a bunch of large-scale brawls, including one where he shows up eating chips.

Despite Bruce Lee's charisma and some unintentionally hilarious moments; this is a terrible film. Even the final battles where Bruce finally gets revenge against the titular villain and his gang is a letdown due to bottom-of-the-barrel filmmaking that is incapable of taking full advantage of his ability.