Finally! A first time watching reaction of bruce lee movie other than "enter the dragon". It's so rare! "Way of the dragon" is still my favourite bruce lee movie, hope it's on the list
"Way of the Dragon" is also my favorite Bruce Lee film. It's offbeat and funny at times, and features Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris. When I was taking Chinese language back in school, my teacher wondered where I'd learned phrases like: "DRAGON WHIPS ITS TAIL!"
Those "thick" glasses, are actually Bruce Lee's real prescription. Poor eyesight since he was young and wears mostly contacts and he was so poor in the States at one time, he could not afford to get them fixed, so he kept them broken as a reminder of the hard times he had to endure before he made it. On a sad note, he was buried with those glasses as his wife put it in with him.
@@JackWu-kg1rx Contacts existed back then and he was known for wearing them and in some instances, when he got the sh!ts with the director when they were disagreeing during filming, he would pretend to lose one and wasted time looking for it.
Master Lee’s movies are all the best martial arts movies of all time. Growing up every Saturday morning we would watch Kung Fu theatre on TV and sometimes they would play Bruce Lee movies and other Golden Harvest movies like The One Arm Boxer, Master of the guillotine, and the 5 deadly Venoms.
Yes! Finally! A reactor reacting to a Bruce Lee movie that isn't Enter the Dragon. I actually like his earlier films better than Enter the Dragon, but Enter the Dragon is still a great movie.
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Wow, one of Bruce Lee’s best! He’s so scary in this movie! He’s facial expressions just say fury! Also, Kung Fu was is considered “Chinese boxing” in most old school martial arts movies, and there’s also a racial theme going on as well, especially the park scene. Great movie overall.
I can see why you removed the "dance" scene, probably best. Few people realize its actually a plot point where Suzuki is actually a flesh peddler among other things as within the settlement many of the Japanese higher ups in government go to him for "leisure" supplies from the home land, (also why Petrov is his close friend internationally as well on the drug front as some suggested), which is why they are quick to come to his aid and why he wanted the Jing Wu School out of the picture. It is also a reflection of character as you can see the Japanese are shown more evil with little to no respect for their women, while the Chinese have strong women fighters. Its one of those "Yes the scene exists for mature entertainment." but it at least adds to the plot as well.
Nice reaction ! Interesting thing about this film - when the last fight between Bruce and japanese boss ended, you can see the bad guy fly through the doors and land on his back. Soo, it wasnt the japanise actor who did this stunt, it was non other than Jackie Chan himself, at that time he did a lot of stunt work include this one. Jackie also was one of the fighters who did fight against Bruce in Enter the Dragon movie.
Jackie is also visible practising before the first attack on the Jing-Wu School after Chen Zhen's (Bruce Lee) initial attack on the Japanese school. Although it's blurry in this video reaction, one of the bits is at 18:00, although Jackie does look different because this was before his cosmetic surgery to give him his more open-eyed look that we know him better for today (that surgery didn't happen until 1976).
@@shadow_dancer We also see Jackie's former Peking Opera classmate Yuen Wah as one of the men taunting Chen Zhen at the park gate (he doubled Bruce for the gymnastics in this film). Another face you might spot as one of the Japanese fighters wearing the black trousers and grey gi tops is Lam Ching-Ying, who gets his biggest moment in this by attacking Chen Zhen with a broom when Chen Zhen takes on the Japanese school for the second time (in the film you see his face very clearly when Chen whacks him -38:27 is where the reactionary close-up of Lam occurs in this reaction). Peter Chan Lung is another one who, like Lam, appears in this and would appear in a lot of Sammo Hung's films. He is the *second* person to challenge Chen when the Japanese school is first challenged (he jumps up at 11:29).
Robert Baker, the guy with the suspenders was actually Bruce Lee's friend and bodyguard in real life. If you notice in his movies, Bruce Lee always had some of the same actors in several of his movies.
Subscribed! and Thank You, as Bruce Lee brings back memories of my Highschool days, so long ago. You asked which movie should you watch next. "The Big Boss" (1971) was Bruce Lee's first movie. As I remember, the picture quality was poor. But it is the one, that inspired all of us kids to learn Kung Fu. Next, "Fist Of Fury" (1972) which you just watched. Then... "The Way Of The Dragon" (1972) (Excellent!) This movie established Bruce as the World's Greatest Champion. With epic battles against the Japanese champion, European champion, and finally the American champion who's name I will not mention as you already know of him, and I don't want to spoil it for you. But I will say, the picture quality is great, and You're Gonna Love it! Next: "Enter The Dragon" (1973) His best! (which you've already done.) Then, last but not least; "Game Of Death" Unfortunately Bruce died before finishing this movie, himself. And therefore this movie is shrouded in controversy. All tolled, you should definitely react to this movie, Last! So, to clarify. 1. The Big Boss 2. The Way Of The Dragon 3. Game Of Death And again, Thank You!
The dubbing takes some getting used to if you didn't grow up watching old Kung Fu movies, but Bruce Lee's fight choreography was light years ahead of it's time. Great reaction.
Even now in 2023 Bruce Lee is still decades ahead of everyone else. Examine "Game Of Death" there were no stunt men. First is Dan Inosanto martial arts instructor of: Jeet Kune Do Arnis Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Pencak silat Next is Ji Han-jae martial arts instructor of: South Korean Hapkido and founder of Sin Moo Hapkido And finally Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a student of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do "Way Of The Dragon" had: Hwang In-shik a grandmaster of Hapkido Bob Wall a disciple of Karate Aikido Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Finally there is Chuck Norris 8th Degree Black Belt and Grand Master of Tae Kwon Do No one has even imagined the brilliance and beauty of those two movies, let alone attempt the level of that excellence.
The next movie would be Way of the Dragon with one of the greatest fight scenes ever as Bruce Lee faces Chuck Norris. Not the best acting but the martial arts alone are worth the watch
You probably noticed the sole credit for action choreography was Han Ying-Chieh, who also had a small role in _Fist of Fury._ Despite this, in reality all of the fight scenes that have Bruce Lee in them were choreographed by Bruce himself (which also explains why the overall "feel" of fight scenes without his character on-screen, such as the one where the Japanese duff up the Jing-Wu members in retaliation to Bruce's character doing the same thing to their school just beforehand, is so different). Bruce surrendered credit to Han out of respect to an elder. Han plays the man visible on the left in the window at 23:22.
Great movie. I hope you also see Fist Of Legend the Jet Lee remake of this movie. Also there Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story which is a great bio pic of Bruce Lee life. Jet Lee also made a movie named Fearless which tells the story of the teacher that died at the start of the movie.
I watched this film when I was young, after that, I became a big fan of Bruce Lee. In this film, there are many stunt men who become famous after ten years. For example, you can find young Jackie Chen at 18:06 and 43:38, Yuen Wah at 17:28, Lam Ching-ying at 38:27.
Same, I can quote it word for word. For some reason, my favorite part is when after he gets knocked out with the shovel, when they go to the 4 still pictures of him shirtless or wearing white and his hair is combed back with the violin playing....gets me every time.
In Jet Li's film Fearless. Jet Li portrays Huo Yuanjia who is Bruce Lee's dead teacher in this film . Shows his lifestory and you can catch a glimpse of Chen Zhen as well
Me and my dad are heartfelt fans of the legendary Bruce Lee. I see all the uncut scenes in each of his movies. My favourite movie is all of them. Bless his soul 🙏🏾
Big fan of Bruce Lee since 5 years old, we had his movies in video tapes and used to watch it with entire family. My personal favorites: way of the dragon- loved his more positive character in there , fist of fury -love the tragic revenge story and his final fight. RIP Legend, gone way too soon.
Love this reaction, even though there is factual elements to the story, it is also fictionalised. However, the premise of the movie took place during World War II, when Japan was on the side of Germany and occupied parts of China, including Shanghai. The Japanese committed bad atrocities against the Chinese during WWII, so when this movie was released in 1972, those atrocities were still fresh in the minds of Chinese people, and when Bruce Lee made them eat their words after the first school fight, people in Chinese Theatres were going crazy, jumping up and down, screaming and shouting with excitement. They almost felt like Bruce Lee had taken revenge on the Japanese for what they have done during WWII.
The premise of this film was set in Shanghai 1912 during the time of the death of Fok Yuen Gap or Huo Jian Ja in Cantonese, many years before the outbreak of WWII and the invasion of China by the Japanese...
Great reaction! The next BL film you should watch should be Way Of The Dragon aka Return Of The Dragon. It was BL’s third film. He wrote, starred, directed and produced the film. It also features martial arts living legend, Chuck Norris.
I saw this movie when it came out in theaters (yes I'm that old!). It changed my life. Because of it, I started training, became a martial arts teacher (50 years of training this September). That's how impactful this movie has been to me and many others throughout the world. Glad you enjoyed it. Some little trivia for you: The fat policeman is played by Lo Wei, the director of the film. Fang the cook trying to kill Chen with a cleaver is played by fight choregrapher Han Ying Chieh (although Lee obviously put his own unique stamp on it). That guy also played the big boss in Big Boss. The Russian fighter is played by Bob Baker, a US student of Lee. The stunt double that gets kick through the shoji wall at the end was a young debuting Jackie Chan. The nunchuks were added by Lee as he felt that it would be more realistic when fighting so many opponents and then a master swordsman at the end. It became his trademark afterwards. The suicide run at the end was scripted in by Lee who felt his character should die for all the people he killed. The audience saw it as a hero's death.
When Bruce Lee was acting in the American TV SHOW, THE GREEN LATERN, His speed was so fast, that the film had to be slowed down, to actually see his kicks & punches. There is a documentary on this.
Nice reaction. If you like Bruce Lee's version, there's also Jet Li's version called "Fist of Legend" and Donnie Yen's version called "Legend of the Fist." They're all good in their own ways.
Fun facts petrov the Russian fighting bruce lee is his real life student and also bruce lee dubbed his voice plus the guy playing the policeman is also the director of the movie.
No, Bruce did not dub his own voice. However, he *did* dub Robert Baker's lines in both the Mandarin and Cantonese versions (you can tell by the unique "twang" in the delivery of the lines). At the time Hong Kong movies were not shot in sync-sound so all dialogue was recorded and dubbed in later. It was not until _Police Story III: Supercop_ (1992) that at last a Hong Kong movie was shot sync-sound, with the actors' real voices being heard for the first time. In July I was lucky enough to see a 4K remastered version of the original Mandarin-language version of _Fist of Fury_ in a specific London cinema. It was such an amazing experience finally seeing a Bruce Lee film on the big screen with an audience!
"Enter the Dragon" can be Bruce's swan song and ticket to worldwide success, but "Fist of Fury" is my favorite one. To me, everything in this movie is perfect.
As I'm sure you noticed Bob Wall (O'hara in Enter the Dragon) was in the movie. He is also in the movies Game of Death & Way of the Dragon. In Way of the Dragon, the locker room scene. Count how many times Bruce kicks Bob in a row. your jaw will drop.
@dlaszacs You're fine. I had to stop and put myself in your position. If I hadn't paid close attention, I would have thought Baker and Wall looked physically similar too. If you look at Bruce's Long Beach tournament demonstrations around 1967/1968 . The guy that was the recipient of Lee's ONE INCH PUNCH during the demonstrations was Bob Baker. He was one of Lee's students.
My favorite is when he killed Chuck Norris/Colt in Way of the Dragon as he covered him in his Gi and Belt. Its ironic to watch these films as it may seem silly now to younger people but there were no martial arts movies until Bruce Lee and Bruce Li films back then as i remember as a kid. Afterwards with the tragic death of Bruce there were plenti but he started this era of martial arts /action fighting movies.
Amazing Classic flick this is the First Flim i saw on Video tape of Bruce Lee and was stunned and from then on i did not miss any of his films and i seen them many times over the years along with every jackie chan flick as well.
This movie is my favorite Bruce Lee film. The final Fight is perfect in my opinion against the white guy. If you studied WingChun martial arts, it is fantastic display of WC in action, executed perfectly.... and so god damn fast! He was a beast of a martial artist. People can argue he wasnt a fighter.... even though he had an extensive reputation on the streets for fighting and a police record to back that up. He was a western boxer in his highschool days and became the regional champion. His older brother was a national competitor in fencing and taught Bruce distancing with fencing footwork which is on clear display with his Chuck Noris fight right before the oblique foot-check. He was absolutely a fighter. He was in phenomenal shape, of the most top tier bodybuilders ever. That alone is a reason not to tangle with him. While a person could argue it was all choreographed moves, Bruce came up with all the choreography and implemented it perfectly. He was highly skilled in his ways.
My late fathers favourite bruce lee movie fist of fury aka Chinese connection over seas America, yeah Chinese boxing, you will definitely find out why in the way of the dragon, I'm a professional martial artist and avid bruce lee fan and collector of his membroblia, he is an inspiration and a worldwide icon, his inspiration continues to guide us towards our Personal Liberation 50, actually 51yrs this July 20th, i just got recommended to watch your great reaction to my favourite bruce lee movie enter the dragon, and fist of fury, bruce lee Claims his revenge through death and beyond, #BRUCELEE #JACKIECHAN #NORAMIAO #JAMESTIEN #JINGWUMEN
I saw this movie when it first came to the US. But it was titled, " Chinese Connection". Bruce Lee open the doors to Martial Arts, into the US and the rest of the world. Though every culture have there own form of fighting arts. From Greco-Roman Wrestling to Boxing. Even the Native Indigenise of the US, have there own fighting art. I also would like to say, I've been asked, Which Martial Art is the best? Due to my own studies of Martial arts. My answer is alway," A good teacher can direct you to being a good student. But its up you the student, to put in the time and learn as much as possible and explore different technic and styles to become a well rounded fighter.
Wingchun yes. But he had already trained in various styles that show up in his movies. Boxing styles strikes, karate/taekwondo style kicks, a few grappling/clinch moves. Though yes, wingchun is the center of his moveset.
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 Yes, I know he had been learning any martial arts that worked and he would incorporate it into his martial arts, but when I see his fighting, I see lots of Wing Chun moves.
When you are through with the Bruce Lee movies you wanna watch you can check out Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story from 1993 with Jason Scott which is kinda a biofictional movie of Bruce Lee's life.
He achieved a punching power of 350 pounds, which is actually the same as Muhammad Ali. Even more impressive when you consider Ali weighed twice as much as Lee. 👀 That's why he's punches so hard and so fast ⚡
A series of wars and confrontations took place between 1880 and 1945, with Japan invading and seizing Taiwan, Manchuria and most of China. Japan was eventually defeated and withdrew in 1945. There's multiple of Chinese martial arts movie revolving around this time including Jet Li with Fist Of Legend, Ip Man 2 with Donnie Yen.
Chen found out his teacher was murdered. He vowed to avenge his death. With vast amounts of knowledge he is known as Fist Of Fury! He avenged his teacher but he knew there would be consequences. The police are waiting for him. He gives off a flying kick and is gunned down. This is my favorite movie Bruce was in. It is worth the effort.
The Chinese Connection and then Return of the Dragon. The end of Game of Death is the only appearance of Bruce and his idea for fighting through levels to get to the boss.
Sorry. You are watching the Chinese Connection (known as in America). You’ll want to look for Fists of Fury (The Big Boss, 1971). When release in Asia this movie was called Fist of Fury and later changed to The Chinese Connection.
0:18..My fav Bruce Lee move? Game of Death..Took out the Akido/Judo guy with some good old fashioned WWF style wrestling, including a backbreaker to finish.
great movie, but it is such of its time and production values back then. I kind of wish they just released it in the original language instead of the english dubbing, but then again, maybe that is part of its charm from those old Hong Kong movies? But you gotta love a revenge movie!
Unfortunately back then Hong Kong's subtitled films had those often incorrect, unintentionally-comic, sometimes typo-ridden English subtitles with the Chinese characters above them, with them sometimes reading off the screen so people would have had to guess what the far left and far right of the English lines said whenever that happened. Later DVD/Blu-Ray/4K Ultra HD releases did away with those and replaced them with subtitles that did a far better job. It is also not just production values of the time that affected this film and others of its kind back then; Hong Kong studios didn't have anything like the kind of budget of Hollywood studios (they couldn't even afford optical/chromakey effects nor sugar-glass at the best of times!). The vast majority of this film was shot on studio sets in Golden Harvest; very little was shot on location. The English dubs such as the one you're hearing here were actually done in Golden Harvest in Hong with a *very limited* number of voice actors doing it all at breakneck speed (again, monetary constraints).
so beautiful as always. What style of martial arts did you do? I did ITF Taekwondo 🙂 You should make a video of playing your guitar or saxophone! A friend in high school used to say he practices Safe Sax because he always cleans the mouthpiece before playing it. lmao 🙂
It might be a little useful sometimes to do a little research before watching a movie, the movie is supposed to take place during a period in history where Japan took over China. Although the character of Chen avenging his teacher is a work of fiction, but Huo Yuan Jia was definitely a real famous chinese kung fu fighter. That's why the Japanese in this movie has so much power and influence. Additionally Chinese kung fu is sometimes referred to as chinese boxing, this is not to be confused with western boxing.
You can have this power too. It is hard to get to this level of martial arts. There are many schools that teach this technique. All martial arts can give you an advantage in self protection. It is addictive as the training gets more intense. Going home drenched in sweat is a great feeling. As you become more powerful, you want more of it. The first day will leave you crippled and sore and willing to give up. Don`t fall for it. it simply shows you how weak you really are. You must want to be great or else you will give up. To be great is to take it on and become super human no matter the cost. I got my black belt in 4 yrs. It was not easy but it was worth all the effort. It feels great to leave class each day drenched in sweat! You can`t imagine the feeling of being pushed and wanting more. The human body can do amazing things if you want to push it. These people are super human and you can be that too. Pain can be pleasure if applied a certain way. Imagine being able to kick anyone`s ass just from training. The black belt is the gold standard of human being. If you saw what I saw getting to that belt, you would want it too. Super human power! That is what the black belt gives you! Movies mean nothing. The real thing is much different. I have seen things that defy human ability. 100 squats on one leg and then the other. 200 pushups on fingertips I saw it done! The real truth is KUK SOOL WON is the monster martial arts of all martial arts. These men are not human. Now I am like them. I got my black belt after 8 hours of grueling test and I was bed ridden for two days after! KUK SOOL WON is banned from the UFC and there is a reason for that. It is a war fighting technique and it is banned for that reason. It focuses on killing the aggressor. It is a very old martial art. I have a black belt in this sect and it was not easy to get! It was very painful to spar with the grand master! He kicked my ass! 8 hours of getting my ass kicked and I stood up at the end. That got me my black belt. KUK SOOL WON is no joke! It is brutal!
Finally! A first time watching reaction of bruce lee movie other than "enter the dragon". It's so rare!
"Way of the dragon" is still my favourite bruce lee movie, hope it's on the list
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Totally agree with you.
"Way of the Dragon" is also my favorite Bruce Lee film. It's offbeat and funny at times, and features Bruce Lee vs. Chuck Norris. When I was taking Chinese language back in school, my teacher wondered where I'd learned phrases like: "DRAGON WHIPS ITS TAIL!"
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Those "thick" glasses, are actually Bruce Lee's real prescription. Poor eyesight since he was young and wears mostly contacts and he was so poor in the States at one time, he could not afford to get them fixed, so he kept them broken as a reminder of the hard times he had to endure before he made it. On a sad note, he was buried with those glasses as his wife put it in with him.
how did he not wear them though when he was sparring? Contacts didn't exist.
@@JackWu-kg1rx Contacts existed back then and he was known for wearing them and in some instances, when he got the sh!ts with the director when they were disagreeing during filming, he would pretend to lose one and wasted time looking for it.
soft contacts where around in the 40's and 50's sire.@@JackWu-kg1rx
I have no favorite move or movie of Bruce Lee. He was absolutely phenomenal. Wow.
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Yeah, this guy was stupid strong with superhuman speed. He could throw 50 mph kicks that felt like a semitruck (':.
Master Lee’s movies are all the best martial arts movies of all time. Growing up every Saturday morning we would watch Kung Fu theatre on TV and sometimes they would play Bruce Lee movies and other Golden Harvest movies like The One Arm Boxer, Master of the guillotine, and the 5 deadly Venoms.
Yes! Finally! A reactor reacting to a Bruce Lee movie that isn't Enter the Dragon. I actually like his earlier films better than Enter the Dragon, but Enter the Dragon is still a great movie.
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Same here! I actually prefer Fists of Fury more than Enter the Dragon. Both masterpieces and classics though!
Wow, one of Bruce Lee’s best! He’s so scary in this movie! He’s facial expressions just say fury!
Also, Kung Fu was is considered “Chinese boxing” in most old school martial arts movies, and there’s also a racial theme going on as well, especially the park scene.
Great movie overall.
Chen Zhen was scary for real. Practicaly a psychopath.
I can see why you removed the "dance" scene, probably best. Few people realize its actually a plot point where Suzuki is actually a flesh peddler among other things as within the settlement many of the Japanese higher ups in government go to him for "leisure" supplies from the home land, (also why Petrov is his close friend internationally as well on the drug front as some suggested), which is why they are quick to come to his aid and why he wanted the Jing Wu School out of the picture. It is also a reflection of character as you can see the Japanese are shown more evil with little to no respect for their women, while the Chinese have strong women fighters. Its one of those "Yes the scene exists for mature entertainment." but it at least adds to the plot as well.
Nice reaction ! Interesting thing about this film - when the last fight between Bruce and japanese boss ended, you can see the bad guy fly through the doors and land on his back. Soo, it wasnt the japanise actor who did this stunt, it was non other than Jackie Chan himself, at that time he did a lot of stunt work include this one. Jackie also was one of the fighters who did fight against Bruce in Enter the Dragon movie.
Jackie is also visible practising before the first attack on the Jing-Wu School after Chen Zhen's (Bruce Lee) initial attack on the Japanese school. Although it's blurry in this video reaction, one of the bits is at 18:00, although Jackie does look different because this was before his cosmetic surgery to give him his more open-eyed look that we know him better for today (that surgery didn't happen until 1976).
@@Texy88 Yeah, thats right, he did cosmetic surgery in mid 70s. Good knowledge!
@@shadow_dancer We also see Jackie's former Peking Opera classmate Yuen Wah as one of the men taunting Chen Zhen at the park gate (he doubled Bruce for the gymnastics in this film).
Another face you might spot as one of the Japanese fighters wearing the black trousers and grey gi tops is Lam Ching-Ying, who gets his biggest moment in this by attacking Chen Zhen with a broom when Chen Zhen takes on the Japanese school for the second time (in the film you see his face very clearly when Chen whacks him -38:27 is where the reactionary close-up of Lam occurs in this reaction).
Peter Chan Lung is another one who, like Lam, appears in this and would appear in a lot of Sammo Hung's films. He is the *second* person to challenge Chen when the Japanese school is first challenged (he jumps up at 11:29).
Robert Baker, the guy with the suspenders was actually Bruce Lee's friend and bodyguard in real life. If you notice in his movies, Bruce Lee always had some of the same actors in several of his movies.
Subscribed! and Thank You, as Bruce Lee brings back memories of my Highschool days, so long ago.
You asked which movie should you watch next.
"The Big Boss" (1971) was Bruce Lee's first movie. As I remember, the picture quality was poor. But it is the one, that inspired all of us kids to learn Kung Fu.
Next, "Fist Of Fury" (1972) which you just watched. Then...
"The Way Of The Dragon"
(1972) (Excellent!) This movie established Bruce as the World's Greatest Champion. With epic battles against the Japanese champion, European champion, and finally the American champion who's name I will not mention as you already know of him, and I don't want to spoil it for you. But I will say, the picture quality is great, and You're Gonna Love it!
Next:
"Enter The Dragon" (1973)
His best! (which you've already done.)
Then, last but not least;
"Game Of Death"
Unfortunately Bruce died before finishing this movie, himself. And therefore this movie is shrouded in controversy. All tolled, you should definitely react to this movie, Last!
So, to clarify.
1. The Big Boss
2. The Way Of The Dragon
3. Game Of Death
And again, Thank You!
The dubbing takes some getting used to if you didn't grow up watching old Kung Fu movies, but Bruce Lee's fight choreography was light years ahead of it's time. Great reaction.
Even now in 2023 Bruce Lee is still decades ahead of everyone else.
Examine "Game Of Death" there were no stunt men.
First is Dan Inosanto martial arts instructor of:
Jeet Kune Do
Arnis
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Pencak silat
Next is Ji Han-jae martial arts instructor of:
South Korean Hapkido and founder of Sin Moo Hapkido
And finally Kareem Abdul-Jabbar a student of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kune Do
"Way Of The Dragon" had:
Hwang In-shik a grandmaster of Hapkido
Bob Wall a disciple of
Karate
Aikido
Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu
Finally there is Chuck Norris
8th Degree Black Belt and Grand Master of Tae Kwon Do
No one has even imagined the brilliance and beauty of those two movies, let alone attempt the level of that excellence.
The next movie would be Way of the Dragon with one of the greatest fight scenes ever as Bruce Lee faces Chuck Norris. Not the best acting but the martial arts alone are worth the watch
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You probably noticed the sole credit for action choreography was Han Ying-Chieh, who also had a small role in _Fist of Fury._ Despite this, in reality all of the fight scenes that have Bruce Lee in them were choreographed by Bruce himself (which also explains why the overall "feel" of fight scenes without his character on-screen, such as the one where the Japanese duff up the Jing-Wu members in retaliation to Bruce's character doing the same thing to their school just beforehand, is so different). Bruce surrendered credit to Han out of respect to an elder.
Han plays the man visible on the left in the window at 23:22.
Great movie. I hope you also see Fist Of Legend the Jet Lee remake of this movie. Also there Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story which is a great bio pic of Bruce Lee life. Jet Lee also made a movie named Fearless which tells the story of the teacher that died at the start of the movie.
Back in the 80s 90s this movie was called "Chinese Connection".
I watched this film when I was young, after that, I became a big fan of Bruce Lee. In this film, there are many stunt men who become famous after ten years. For example, you can find young Jackie Chen at 18:06 and 43:38, Yuen Wah at 17:28, Lam Ching-ying at 38:27.
It's an absolutely Bruce Lee's movie.Fist of Fury is very beautiful film. Rest in peace Bruce...☯️🐉🎥
I watched this movie so many times I can it quote it word for word.
*“We are not sick men.”*
Same, I can quote it word for word. For some reason, my favorite part is when after he gets knocked out with the shovel, when they go to the 4 still pictures of him shirtless or wearing white and his hair is combed back with the violin playing....gets me every time.
The killing and fights had me laughing so hard😂😂😂💀
Bruce lee is so dramatic which makes this so good❤❤
In Jet Li's film Fearless. Jet Li portrays Huo Yuanjia who is Bruce Lee's dead teacher in this film . Shows his lifestory and you can catch a glimpse of Chen Zhen as well
Me and my dad are heartfelt fans of the legendary Bruce Lee. I see all the uncut scenes in each of his movies. My favourite movie is all of them.
Bless his soul 🙏🏾
Big fan of Bruce Lee since 5 years old, we had his movies in video tapes and used to watch it with entire family. My personal favorites: way of the dragon- loved his more positive character in there , fist of fury -love the tragic revenge story and his final fight. RIP Legend, gone way too soon.
Thank you for this reaction, thourley enjoyed it. For someone who was so influencial in modern cinema, his films are often overlooked by reactors
My favorite of Bruce's finishing moves is his first punch or kick because the second he hits you once you are finished sooner than later!!!
Love this reaction, even though there is factual elements to the story, it is also fictionalised. However, the premise of the movie took place during World War II, when Japan was on the side of Germany and occupied parts of China, including Shanghai. The Japanese committed bad atrocities against the Chinese during WWII, so when this movie was released in 1972, those atrocities were still fresh in the minds of Chinese people, and when Bruce Lee made them eat their words after the first school fight, people in Chinese Theatres were going crazy, jumping up and down, screaming and shouting with excitement. They almost felt like Bruce Lee had taken revenge on the Japanese for what they have done during WWII.
The premise of this film was set in Shanghai 1912 during the time of the death of Fok Yuen Gap or Huo Jian Ja in Cantonese, many years before the outbreak of WWII and the invasion of China by the Japanese...
He gives his life at the end.....proud
Great reaction! The next BL film you should watch should be Way Of The Dragon aka Return Of The Dragon. It was BL’s third film. He wrote, starred, directed and produced the film. It also features martial arts living legend, Chuck Norris.
I saw this movie when it came out in theaters (yes I'm that old!). It changed my life. Because of it, I started training, became a martial arts teacher (50 years of training this September). That's how impactful this movie has been to me and many others throughout the world. Glad you enjoyed it.
Some little trivia for you:
The fat policeman is played by Lo Wei, the director of the film.
Fang the cook trying to kill Chen with a cleaver is played by fight choregrapher Han Ying Chieh (although Lee obviously put his own unique stamp on it). That guy also played the big boss in Big Boss.
The Russian fighter is played by Bob Baker, a US student of Lee.
The stunt double that gets kick through the shoji wall at the end was a young debuting Jackie Chan.
The nunchuks were added by Lee as he felt that it would be more realistic when fighting so many opponents and then a master swordsman at the end. It became his trademark afterwards.
The suicide run at the end was scripted in by Lee who felt his character should die for all the people he killed. The audience saw it as a hero's death.
When Bruce Lee was acting in the American TV SHOW, THE GREEN LATERN, His speed was so fast, that the film had to be slowed down, to actually see his kicks & punches. There is a documentary on this.
Nice reaction. If you like Bruce Lee's version, there's also Jet Li's version called "Fist of Legend" and Donnie Yen's version called "Legend of the Fist." They're all good in their own ways.
So cool to see someone watching this film, honestly one of the greats intro credit scenes in all of cinema
Fun facts petrov the Russian fighting bruce lee is his real life student and also bruce lee dubbed his voice plus the guy playing the policeman is also the director of the movie.
Yes, that Russian guy was Bob Baker, Bruce Lee's friend and illicit drug procurer as evidenced in the recently uncovered drug letters.
Classic! Story is Beautiful! You should also check out the Remake.
No, Bruce did not dub his own voice. However, he *did* dub Robert Baker's lines in both the Mandarin and Cantonese versions (you can tell by the unique "twang" in the delivery of the lines). At the time Hong Kong movies were not shot in sync-sound so all dialogue was recorded and dubbed in later. It was not until _Police Story III: Supercop_ (1992) that at last a Hong Kong movie was shot sync-sound, with the actors' real voices being heard for the first time.
In July I was lucky enough to see a 4K remastered version of the original Mandarin-language version of _Fist of Fury_ in a specific London cinema. It was such an amazing experience finally seeing a Bruce Lee film on the big screen with an audience!
"Enter the Dragon" can be Bruce's swan song and ticket to worldwide success, but "Fist of Fury" is my favorite one. To me, everything in this movie is perfect.
Superstar bruce lee🔥🔥🔥
As I'm sure you noticed Bob Wall (O'hara in Enter the Dragon) was in the movie. He is also in the movies Game of Death & Way of the Dragon. In Way of the Dragon, the locker room scene. Count how many times Bruce kicks Bob in a row. your jaw will drop.
Bob Wall was NOT in The Chinese Connection
The Russian boxer was American Robert Baker . He died in 1993 twenty years after Bruce Lee.
@@waltersimmons946 Thank you for correcting me.
@dlaszacs You're fine. I had to stop and put myself in your position. If I hadn't paid close attention, I would have thought Baker and Wall looked physically similar too. If you look at Bruce's Long Beach tournament demonstrations around 1967/1968 . The guy that was the recipient of Lee's ONE INCH PUNCH during the demonstrations was Bob Baker. He was one of Lee's students.
My favorite is when he killed Chuck Norris/Colt in Way of the Dragon as he covered him in his Gi and Belt. Its ironic to watch these films as it may seem silly now to younger people but there were no martial arts movies until Bruce Lee and Bruce Li films back then as i remember as a kid. Afterwards with the tragic death of Bruce there were plenti but he started this era of martial arts /action fighting movies.
Bruce Lee’s famous “1 inch Punch“ is my favorite finishing move.
I talked to him for 5 seconds on the phone in 1971 . He said keep working at it .
i love bruce lee movies hes a lenged
This is my favorite movie by Bruce Lee
You must react the way of the dragon his opponent was chuck norris
Bruce Lee's kicks r the best.
"For me, Mr. Suzuki is the environmentalist on TV"
For that statement alone I'd give you a thumbs up ! 😅👌🏻👍🏻
those glasses which Bruce wore as a telephone repair man were his actual glasses...
You're gonna love this. Right before the first fight at the school. They will eat the sign haha
48:30 lol in the end, the group of people standing behind Bruce in the background were most likely shot too
Bruce Lee is a man of legend
I dont know if anyone suggested this film yet but I think you would really enjoy it. Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon (1985)
Amazing Classic flick this is the First Flim i saw on Video tape of Bruce Lee and was stunned and from then on i did not miss any of his films and i seen them many times over the years along with every jackie chan flick as well.
My favorite movie is the Chinese connection(fist of fury) Bruce Lee movie. The man is a legend
You are phenomenal . Thank you for taking the time to watch master Bruce.
@24.43 The guy's ribs who Bruce Lee turn in to KFC, is the Big Boss :D
When I was a kid, this movie was called "The Chinese Connection".
This movie is my favorite Bruce Lee film. The final Fight is perfect in my opinion against the white guy. If you studied WingChun martial arts, it is fantastic display of WC in action, executed perfectly.... and so god damn fast! He was a beast of a martial artist. People can argue he wasnt a fighter.... even though he had an extensive reputation on the streets for fighting and a police record to back that up. He was a western boxer in his highschool days and became the regional champion. His older brother was a national competitor in fencing and taught Bruce distancing with fencing footwork which is on clear display with his Chuck Noris fight right before the oblique foot-check. He was absolutely a fighter.
He was in phenomenal shape, of the most top tier bodybuilders ever. That alone is a reason not to tangle with him. While a person could argue it was all choreographed moves, Bruce came up with all the choreography and implemented it perfectly. He was highly skilled in his ways.
Any moment that Bruce used the Nunchucks still makes my eyes get wide.
My late fathers favourite bruce lee movie fist of fury aka Chinese connection over seas America, yeah Chinese boxing, you will definitely find out why in the way of the dragon, I'm a professional martial artist and avid bruce lee fan and collector of his membroblia, he is an inspiration and a worldwide icon, his inspiration continues to guide us towards our Personal Liberation 50, actually 51yrs this July 20th, i just got recommended to watch your great reaction to my favourite bruce lee movie enter the dragon, and fist of fury, bruce lee Claims his revenge through death and beyond, #BRUCELEE #JACKIECHAN #NORAMIAO #JAMESTIEN #JINGWUMEN
They refer to martial arts as Chinese Boxing in several Bruce Lee movies.
This movie was also called “The Chinese Connection “ and I consider it the best Bruce Lee movie👍🏽
Little Dragon they called Bruce love your comments respect
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This is the first Kung Fu movie I ever seen and have been a fan ever since.I was 14 I am now 64
We love Bruce Lee and I love this movie always,
I saw this movie when it first came to the US. But it was titled, " Chinese Connection". Bruce Lee open the doors to Martial Arts, into the US and the rest of the world. Though every culture have there own form of fighting arts. From Greco-Roman Wrestling to Boxing. Even the Native Indigenise of the US, have there own fighting art. I also would like to say, I've been asked, Which Martial Art is the best? Due to my own studies of Martial arts. My answer is alway," A good teacher can direct you to being a good student. But its up you the student, to put in the time and learn as much as possible and explore different technic and styles to become a well rounded fighter.
This is my favorite movie right here. Chinese connection aka fist of fury.❤️💖💗
I'm no expert on martial arts, but I think a lot of Bruce Lee's moves in the movies are Wing Chun. All those rapid combos.
Wingchun yes. But he had already trained in various styles that show up in his movies. Boxing styles strikes, karate/taekwondo style kicks, a few grappling/clinch moves. Though yes, wingchun is the center of his moveset.
@@fireeaglefitnessmartialart935 Yes, I know he had been learning any martial arts that worked and he would incorporate it into his martial arts, but when I see his fighting, I see lots of Wing Chun moves.
@@DV80s I'm just confirming your observation. It mostly is. Maybe a little kali as well. Both styles have some similar hand movements.
When you are through with the Bruce Lee movies you wanna watch you can check out Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story from 1993 with Jason Scott which is kinda a biofictional movie of Bruce Lee's life.
Fun fact: When Chen kicks Mr Suzuki through the glass, the stunt man is none other than... Jackie Chan.
Bruce was the first ever action star.
Robert Baker( suspenders) was one of Bruce's students.
This was awesome. Saw it with my dad in 1973 when I was 6. Check out Way of the Dragon (aka Return of the Dragon) where he fights Chuck Norris
What IP MAN (2008). It's about Ip Man, Bruce Lee's master. It's a fantastic martial arts film.
I meant Watch IP MAN
a woman with good taste in films -- martial arts movies are my fav
Saw this out in Flatbush with a tre bag and pint of Bacardi. Bought a large Coke at the snack bar as a mixer (and some popcorn for da munchies)😆
He achieved a punching power of 350 pounds, which is actually the same as Muhammad Ali. Even more impressive when you consider Ali weighed twice as much as Lee. 👀 That's why he's punches so hard and so fast ⚡
He could lift 360 lbs and he only weighed 140 lbs. He hits like a heavy weight boxer and could knock your dick in the dirt in 2 seconds(:.
Heartbreaking film. Just subscribed notifications bell on!!!
Thanks for react to Bruce Lee ❤
“How could a healthy man die?”
Ironic.
When the english colonised parts of china, they gave the name chinese boxing to the kung fu styles. Hence he says boxing in the movie.
A series of wars and confrontations took place between 1880 and 1945, with Japan invading and seizing Taiwan, Manchuria and most of China. Japan was eventually defeated and withdrew in 1945. There's multiple of Chinese martial arts movie revolving around this time including Jet Li with Fist Of Legend, Ip Man 2 with Donnie Yen.
@23:57, this is some awesome Wing Chun movements, and quick!
Chen found out his teacher was murdered. He vowed to avenge his death. With vast amounts of knowledge he is known as Fist Of Fury! He avenged his teacher but he knew there would be consequences. The police are waiting for him. He gives off a flying kick and is gunned down. This is my favorite movie Bruce was in. It is worth the effort.
For me, this is Bruce Lee's best film.
The Chinese Connection and then Return of the Dragon.
The end of Game of Death is the only appearance of Bruce and his idea for fighting through levels to get to the boss.
Sorry. You are watching the Chinese Connection (known as in America).
You’ll want to look for Fists of Fury (The Big Boss, 1971).
When release in Asia this movie was called Fist of Fury and later changed to The Chinese Connection.
Ur are watchg ONE OF A KIND SUPERSTAR
0:18..My fav Bruce Lee move? Game of Death..Took out the Akido/Judo guy with some good old fashioned WWF style wrestling, including a backbreaker to finish.
43.45 the man flying out of the window..was jackie chan(that time stunt guy).
great movie, but it is such of its time and production values back then. I kind of wish they just released it in the original language instead of the english dubbing, but then again, maybe that is part of its charm from those old Hong Kong movies? But you gotta love a revenge movie!
Unfortunately back then Hong Kong's subtitled films had those often incorrect, unintentionally-comic, sometimes typo-ridden English subtitles with the Chinese characters above them, with them sometimes reading off the screen so people would have had to guess what the far left and far right of the English lines said whenever that happened. Later DVD/Blu-Ray/4K Ultra HD releases did away with those and replaced them with subtitles that did a far better job.
It is also not just production values of the time that affected this film and others of its kind back then; Hong Kong studios didn't have anything like the kind of budget of Hollywood studios (they couldn't even afford optical/chromakey effects nor sugar-glass at the best of times!). The vast majority of this film was shot on studio sets in Golden Harvest; very little was shot on location.
The English dubs such as the one you're hearing here were actually done in Golden Harvest in Hong with a *very limited* number of voice actors doing it all at breakneck speed (again, monetary constraints).
so beautiful as always. What style of martial arts did you do? I did ITF Taekwondo 🙂
You should make a video of playing your guitar or saxophone! A friend in high school used to say he practices Safe Sax because he always cleans the mouthpiece before playing it. lmao 🙂
I love him Bruce Lee
50 years 🎂 I like the nunchaku scene and dojo scenes.
RIP Bruce Lee, et al.
Suggested next martial arts 🥋 movie 🎥 Game of Death. 💀
Way of the dragon and enter the dragon are epic too
This i think. is Bruces second best movie after Enter The Dragon.
For the record at that time there were no special effects.... So everything that we've seen in this movie is 100% real.
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Now you gonna have to watch Ipman the teacher of Bruce Lee. You’re going to Love Ipman. I promise 🤩
It might be a little useful sometimes to do a little research before watching a movie, the movie is supposed to take place during a period in history where Japan took over China. Although the character of Chen avenging his teacher is a work of fiction, but Huo Yuan Jia was definitely a real famous chinese kung fu fighter. That's why the Japanese in this movie has so much power and influence. Additionally Chinese kung fu is sometimes referred to as chinese boxing, this is not to be confused with western boxing.
In this Era of movies they often called kung-fu Chinese boxing or just boxing in the dubs
You can have this power too. It is hard to get to this level of martial arts. There are many schools that teach this technique. All martial arts can give you an advantage in self protection. It is addictive as the training gets more intense. Going home drenched in sweat is a great feeling. As you become more powerful, you want more of it. The first day will leave you crippled and sore and willing to give up. Don`t fall for it. it simply shows you how weak you really are. You must want to be great or else you will give up. To be great is to take it on and become super human no matter the cost. I got my black belt in 4 yrs. It was not easy but it was worth all the effort. It feels great to leave class each day drenched in sweat! You can`t imagine the feeling of being pushed and wanting more. The human body can do amazing things if you want to push it. These people are super human and you can be that too. Pain can be pleasure if applied a certain way. Imagine being able to kick anyone`s ass just from training. The black belt is the gold standard of human being. If you saw what I saw getting to that belt, you would want it too. Super human power! That is what the black belt gives you! Movies mean nothing. The real thing is much different. I have seen things that defy human ability. 100 squats on one leg and then the other. 200 pushups on fingertips I saw it done! The real truth is KUK SOOL WON is the monster martial arts of all martial arts. These men are not human. Now I am like them. I got my black belt after 8 hours of grueling test and I was bed ridden for two days after! KUK SOOL WON is banned from the UFC and there is a reason for that. It is a war fighting technique and it is banned for that reason. It focuses on killing the aggressor. It is a very old martial art. I have a black belt in this sect and it was not easy to get! It was very painful to spar with the grand master! He kicked my ass! 8 hours of getting my ass kicked and I stood up at the end. That got me my black belt. KUK SOOL WON is no joke! It is brutal!