Comments on: Fist of Fury (1972) Review https://cityonfire.com/fist-of-fury-1972-aka-chinese-connection/ Asian Cinema and Martial Arts News, Reviews and Blu-ray & DVD Release Dates Mon, 04 Sep 2023 05:33:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: Andrew Hernandez https://cityonfire.com/fist-of-fury-1972-aka-chinese-connection/#comment-361576 Wed, 30 Aug 2023 22:31:19 +0000 http://www.cityonfire.com/?p=4879#comment-361576 It’s unfortunate that Alan Canvan views this as his least favorite Bruce movie. It terms of pure action, Fist of Fury hit the spot.

I liked Bruce Lee vs Robert Baker. He certainly did learn a great deal from Bruce and made for a convincing opponent. Bruce once joked that if someone put him in an arm bar, he’d get out of it by biting the attacker, and I guess that was adapted here.

It’s funny since in real life, if someone has you in an arm bar and you bite them, not only will they not let go, but they’ll get so angry that they’ll take your arm as a trophy. One thing HK cinema needed more of was grappling.

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By: Andrew Hernandez https://cityonfire.com/fist-of-fury-1972-aka-chinese-connection/#comment-361388 Mon, 28 Aug 2023 03:53:52 +0000 http://www.cityonfire.com/?p=4879#comment-361388 In reply to Killer Meteor.

It’s still never clear cut. The doctor who prescribed the medicine was a Japanese guy recommended by the judo instructor Huo fought. At the same time though, arsenic trioxide had been used as medicine for 2400 years, so people are still confused about the truth.

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By: Killer Meteor https://cityonfire.com/fist-of-fury-1972-aka-chinese-connection/#comment-361326 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 06:09:43 +0000 http://www.cityonfire.com/?p=4879#comment-361326 The real life Huo Yuan-chiaa died of arsenic poisoning…but he was being prescribed it for his jaundice!

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By: Aerosmith https://cityonfire.com/fist-of-fury-1972-aka-chinese-connection/#comment-361279 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 03:01:51 +0000 http://www.cityonfire.com/?p=4879#comment-361279 I hate movies like Top gun (only seen the first one, so, I passed), giant publicities for the U$$ marine and the U$$ militaro industrial complex, Rambo II, Rambo III, Rambo V (let’s kill all those Mexicans drug lords), the list is huge (The green berets with that coward John Wayne,…,…,…,…) They ain’t patriotic (it’s not an ugly word by the way), but nationalistic, imperialistic pieces of … Come on, give us freedom fries and freedom with your amazing bombs.

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By: Typo https://cityonfire.com/fist-of-fury-1972-aka-chinese-connection/#comment-361278 Sat, 26 Aug 2023 02:49:12 +0000 http://www.cityonfire.com/?p=4879#comment-361278 OK but miles away from Fist of legend (fights included). Never been a Bruce fan anyway…

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By: Ska Martes https://cityonfire.com/fist-of-fury-1972-aka-chinese-connection/#comment-361261 Fri, 25 Aug 2023 18:09:56 +0000 http://www.cityonfire.com/?p=4879#comment-361261 The best Bruce Lee movie action and storywise. Just the right amount of chinese patriotism without giving a pat on the back to the commies. I’m surprised Wu Jing hasn;t made Wolf Warrior 3 a time travel film where he quantum leaps into Chen Zhen’s body and beats up the Japanese, Germans, English and French

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By: Fist of Fury (aka Chinese Connection) (1972) | Old Old Films https://cityonfire.com/fist-of-fury-1972-aka-chinese-connection/#comment-4863 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:32:03 +0000 http://www.cityonfire.com/?p=4879#comment-4863 […] cityonfire.com […]

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