8/15/2023 0 Comments Second galaxy fist of fury![]() ![]() He jumped at the chance, though soon became frustrated with Wei not giving him any control over the action despite often listening to horse racing when he should have been focused on directing. Then he received a telegram from his manager Willie Chan wanting him to star in a sequel to Fist of Fury for the newly formed Lo Wei Productions and that it would be directed by Wei himself – but Chan had to sign an eight-film contract. After co-starring in Hand of Death for no less than John Woo, he retired to Australia, doing construction in the day and working in a Chinese restaurant at night. ![]() More known as a stuntman, Chan had already starred in The Little Tiger Of Canton, but that took two years to creep out to an uninterested public. Of course I watched it in the English dub which has several of the expected “but still”s. As for Chan, he doesn’t look too uncomfortable for the most part, though his acting isn’t that impressive yet. Lee directed all the action he was in for his two Wei films, and one sometimes wishes that Wei had given the job to someone else here too except for the rather good final confrontation. One thing he generally wasn’t so good with was martial arts. Yet despite its very poor reputation I don’t think it’s that bad for every weak, clumsy or unnecessary scene there’s a decent one, and the performances are generally quite strong one thing that Wei was often good with was actors. A direct sequel to director Lo Wei’s Bruce Lee-starring hit Fist Of Fury, it disappointed me intensely when I first saw it because our hero isn’t even in it very much and, apart from two very early scrapes which he loses, he doesn’t go into action until the last ten minutes – and this in a film that last two hours! It’s never actively boring, but Wei and co-screenwriter Pan Lei pack the film with scenes and even plot elements aren’t always necessary, especially in the full length cut which this review will primarily be of though I’ll describe the short version a bit in the next paragraph. I’m behind, so I’m going to be posting my write-ups on the three new 88 Films releases all today, starting with this unsatisfying, rather odd but certainly not uninteresting film. If you’re really up to date with Blu-ray releases then you’ll have noticed that I’ve been reviewing all the Jackie Chan film being released by 88 Films, this being part of a a project of my own accord to review all of his films. However, Mao’s initial problem is that a thief by the name of Ah Lung steals a box belonging to Mao which contains Chen’s deadly nunchuku…. Unfortunately, the Japanese rule there too, and Akumora the provincial leader wants to combine all the Chinese martial art schools under his Di Wah karate school and is prepared to turn nasty in order to achieve this. Survivors Mao Li Er – who was Chen’s girlfriend – and two of her friends escape to Taiwan to stay with her grandfather Master Su. The Ching Wu school of martial arts in Shanghai has been closed down and most of its students killed by the Japanese who rule there, including Chen Chao-un who was the very best of them. Somewhat light (and perhaps filtered) look of the first (second?) release.Starring: Chan Sing, Jackie Chan, Luk Yat-lung, Nora Miao Grain resolves naturally and has a more organic appearance than the ![]() Once again, there's noticeable improvement in the general look of the palette, with better suffusion and more natural lookingĬolors, though as was the case with The ChineseĬonnection there are occasional fluctuations in density and color space. Upgrades here as I was with regard to The ChineseĬonnection. Improvements in this release, perhaps because I found the first version among the more generally pleasing in the first set, I wasn't as bowled over by the Replacement version.) I gave The Big Boss one of the higher video scores in the Legacy collection, and while there are definite Also note that this release "reinstates" the 2.34:1 aspect ratio that the first Legacy version had, rather than the 2.35:1 of the (Note that the The Big Boss Blu-ray review also contains screenshots from the recalled version-see the video section of that review forĭetails. Reviews of re-releases, I've attempted to duplicate (or at least come close to) the first ten screenshots in our original The Big Boss Blu-ray review so that those interested can do their own compare andĬontrast rather than depend on my faltering descriptions. Fists of Fury is presented on Blu-ray courtesy of Shout! Factory with an AVC encoded 1080p transfer in 2.34:1. ![]()
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