New Fist of Fury

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This movie is not made by the Golden Harvest, but by a company called Lo Wei Motion Picture Company Limited. Lo Wei is the director who directed the original "Fist of Fury". A director who purportedly didn't get along so well with Bruce Lee, because he was listening to horse races while he was directing. He's the director in this movie as well. Good of this movie is the very beautiful Nora Miao, and young Jacky Chan. There's more comedic touch in this movie compared to the intense Bruce Lee's version. Jacky Chan is not the almighty kung fu expert, but more of an average good guy. Story is similar to the original Fist of Fury. Japanese karate school is harassing the Chinese kung fu school. At one point, grand master dies from heart attack caused by the Japanese. From that point on, everyone at the Jing Wu school unite to defeat the Japanese, with similar result in the end. This movie out does the original Fist of Fury. Production is better, and the story is exciting. It's one great kung fu movie, and definitely makes it to the A list.

It was a mistake in trying to model Jackie Chan as the new Bruce Lee. There will only be one Bruce Lee. "Golden Harvest" attempted to make Chan's character in "New Fist of Fury" another version of Chen Chen (Lee) from the previous "Fist of Fury" movie. In the above film, Chan is angry, hard-edged and determined but none of that suited him. Jackie Chan needed a chance to develop his own personality and identity in the Asian film community. Eventually, he succeeded as we know. The plot picks up where "Fist of Fury" left off and the narrative here is a rambling mess! I can't be sure but I reckon the DVD I have of this movie is heavily edited. There is poor continuity and the film's depressing tone doesn't help. It is rather obvious that Chan and the school he belongs to, haven't a chance against their Japanese enemies. The film may have a generous dose of location shooting but that doesn't compensate for much. The fight scenes are still pretty good and at least they provide some distraction from the film's weaknesses.

"New Fist of Fury" is a sequel to Bruce Lee's "Fist of Fury" (also known as "The Chinese Connection"). Bruce Lee's movie takes place in Japanese-controlled Shanghai, where Bruce Lee's character (whose name I've forgotten) tries to take revenge on the Japanese who poisoned and killed the leader of his Chiang Wu kung fu school. Bruce Lee eventually solves the murder and gets his revenge, but with severe consequences - both his and the Japanese schools are destroyed, and he is killed in the end. "New Fist of Fury" starts out with the police inspector from Shanghai smuggling the three remaining members of the Chiang Wu school to Taiwan. At Taiwan, these three plan to take revenge on the Japanese, and the story goes on from there. In this movie, Jackie Chan plays a petty thief who initially has no kung fu skills and has no interest in learning martial arts or fighting against the Japanese. With time however, he gets fed up with the Japanese oppression, and joins Chiang Wu. If you are expecting a typical Jackie Chan movie, you won't find it here. "New Fist of Fury" does NOT have much fighting until the latter half of the movie. Additionally, this movie does NOT have the usual goofy Jackie Chan-type humor. Note that in "New Fist of Fury," the Japanese are portrayed as jerks, and any Chinese that cooperate with them are jerks AND traitors. If you can't handle the extreme one-sidedness, you may not like this movie or Bruce Lee's "Fist of Fury," which has a very similar vibe. For you Girl Power types, it is worth noting that Nora Miao plays a strong female protagonist as the leader of the revived Chiang Wu school. All in all, I liked this movie, even more so than Bruce Lee's original. It's not a great movie, but good nonetheless. It has some good martial arts action, including some nice weapon fights. And the story is actually not that bad compared to the horrid stuff in other films of the genre.

Am I the only one that likes this film? I got this for 5 bucks and was extremely happy because I didn't want to waste good money on a bad film. This was anything but. I got the dubbed version, but the voices were standable, expecially Jackie's. His is done by the same man that does many of his other early dubbing. I'll admit that I haven't seen the original, and I'm not really planning on it. If you are a fan of Jackie (a big fan, not casual viewer) then you should check out this film; realize that it was his first starring role.

i am a huge chan fan but i knew what the movie was about so when i watched it i watched it as a sequel to one of my fave movies fist of fury, and in that respect i thought it was a great sequel and followed from the original very well. chan was great in it occasionally showing what would later make him a star. i feel this is a very underrated movie that people should view before they bash it. a solid kung fu movie,although chan does not really fight during the beginning of the movie but the build up is worth it believe me. some people don't like the ending but i thought it was a powerful ending to a powerful movie. as a chan movie it may not deliver on all levels but as a follow up to fist of fury this is a very good companion.

Fairly drawn-out and sometimes frustrating Kung Fu film about the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. This film is not too bad, you just have to make it to the final reel - something that I expect only enthusiasts of this genre will do. So why is it frustrating? Well, Jackie (or Jacky as credited here), does virtually nothing until fellow Chinese literally drag him into a Kung Fu school in the last quarter of the (2 hour) film. Sure, he has one action scene early in the film, but he succeeds only in getting pounded nicely by two Japanese fighters. A nice motive for him to learn Kung Fu, I thought. But I was wrong. He does nothing about it... Anyway, this is one of the more coherent Wei Lo films, and the tension builds fairly steadily. The main villain played by Sing Chen is a believable and decidedly confronting and dangerous man - he's great. The references to Bruce Lee are tastelessly rammed down your throat, but the final fight is great and suitably brutal. It's a good revenge story, with an unusual ending.

Review: This is a very authentic Kung Fu movie which I found quite amusing because of its funny dubbing and old skool storyline, we're a pupil is out to revenge his master. The old ones are always the best! Jackie Chan was a young looking 22 year old when he starred in this movie and his martial arts skills wasn't as polished as they are in his latter movies but the epic showdown at the end was still quite good. Chan plays A Lung, who steals from the rich with his father, who he also lives with. After turning down many Kung Fu schools because he doesn't like the fact that he would have to change his lifestyle, he finally joins a school because he is fed up with the way that the Japanese are putting down the Chinese way of training. One of the Japanese Kung Fu school leaders, wants to make all of the Chinese martial arts schools come under his umbrella but all of them want to stay independent so the conflict turns to violence. He offers all of the schools to a battle for power but his elite squad easily take out the Chinese top fighters. When he finally gets to challenge A Lungs school, an epic showdown between there top fighters takes place and the Japanese leader uses underarm tactics to try and take out A Lung. I just admit, the action scenes were not the best and some of the fighting was really slow but the determination from Chan in the final showdown was great. There was a hint of silly comedy at the beginning but once the movie gets going, the politics between the Japanese and Chinese schools was quite interesting. I doubt they could make a movie like this in this day and age because it's not really politically correct but with that aside you can really see how much Chan stood out from the rest at such a young age. I can't really see how it's connected to the original Fist of Fury, which Chan also starred in and I do think that people will be a bit disappointing because they might be expecting something close to the original, which starred the brilliant Bruce Lee. Anyway, you can't fault this movie for its authenticity and believable cinematography but the action scenes were a bit weak. Watchable! Round-Up: This movie was made a few years before Chan hit it big with Drunken Master but he still had a few movies behind him so he wasn't new to the big screen. His acting was quite impressive, for that day and age and the straight forward storyline was interesting throughout. The director, Wei Lo, who died in 1996 of heart failure, also directed the original Fist of Fury and the Big Boss which both starred the great Bruce Lee, so he was one of the lucky directors to have worked with the best in the martial arts world. He had made over 60 movies in his career, most of which I can't pronounce because they were made in China but he will always be remembered for the movies that he made with Bruce Lee which have become timeless masterpieces. Budget: N/A Worldwide Gross: HK$456,787.20 I recommend this movie to people who are into their action/martial arts/dramas starring Jackie Chan, Ming Cheng Chang and Shen Lin Chang. 5/10

This is the first film for Jackie as a new Kung-Fu star after the miss of Bruce Lee. Jackie has kept being very popular in Japan since late 70's. When I was a kid,I saw the picture of original Hong Kong made poster of this and dreamed to see this film in the theatre someday -- because this is "part-2" of that Bruce Lee's masterpiece, and the director was Lo-Wei, the same guy who directed original Fist of Fury!!!!...But this one has never shown in Japanese movie theatre at all. Some of Jackie's Kung-Fu films in 70's are so shabby, they are almost garbages (Mostly because of Lo-Wei).But Jackie's Kung-Fu actions in this one is one of the best in his 70's. But if you are Bruce Lee fan and will see this as "Part-2" of his masterpiece "FIST OF FURY", DON'T TOUCH THIS!! Maybe you will be mad and burn this video.