Fist of Fury (1972)
It's hard to deny the lasting legacy Bruce Lee has had on the world of action cinema. Maybe he didn't make that many films as one would have liked, but every one is pretty legendary. Or cult. Or both. This one is no exception. Set in the past when Japan still dominated Shanghai, student Chen (Lee) returns home to find his beloved master has died. He is really shaken up by this, as shown in a few scenes where Lee chews the scenery to bits. There will be quite a lot of this along the way. You have been warned. During the remembrance event, some students from a Japanese school disrupt the proceedings by giving an open challenge and an insult to the Jing Mo school (our kung fu cast's home). The teacher keeps his students in line, but Chen is seething at the disrespect and eventually pays the bushido school a visit, kicking the everloving crap out of all the students. And then we're off to a game of retaliation, where things escalate. In the meantime, Chen also discovers t...
