Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Jun Arimura

A young man sworn to an oath of non-violence works with his cousins in an ice factory where they mysteriously begin to disappear.

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R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Wei Lo

Release Date: April 1, 1972

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DVD Release Date: December 13, 2005

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  • October 15, 2009
    Throughout this film you see a constrained Bruce Lee. Lo Wei is deliberately holding him back in order to introduce him to audiences and to save the best of his fighting for the second film. What we see here is a humane Bruce Lee who has feelings, a sense of humour, enjoys sex an...( read more)d is in control of his temper. He strikes up a good friendship with Shu Sheng who life is eventually claimed by the antagonists. When Bruce witnesses the mistreatment of his family in the workplace, he still holds back. Until...they break his necklace. At that moment, he explodes into action with centrifugal force, picking off each opponent with pin-point accurate kicks. It is a work of art that is akin to 'Samson and Delilah'.
  • December 25, 2008
    "Beat it or I'll kill you right now"

    A low-budget smash hit that made Bruce Lee the action legend we know.

    It may have been a hit in its production year but it has not lasted time that well. The fight scenes without Bruce Lee are just plain boring but damn when Mr Lee starts k...( read more)icking ass... Good stuff. His charisma saves this movie from failing totally.

    The basic story is interesting but the lines that come from the mouths of 'em are just silly. The acting is also throughout the movie bad, almost horrible.

    On the positive side, this is the start of the legend. Ok, he has done some stuff before "The Big Boss" but this movie made him The martial arts God we know.
  • March 20, 2008
    Why do we like Bruce Lee movies...? Is it for the sophisticated plotting and intelligent, well-dubbed dialogue? Is it for the complex and in-depth characterisation? Of course not. So when I tell you that the basic premise for this story is a promise Bruce made to his mother NOT t...( read more)o fight, can you see the flaw in whole concept?! Of course he finally is "forced" to fight, but Destry Rides Again it ain't. When Bruce finally gets his freak on, he is as magnificent as always but you have to wade through a hell of a lot of cornball and inept movie making to get there, including sound effects that sound like someone playing squash with a cricket bat in a bowling alley every time fist meets flesh and a soundtrack like something out of a 70s game show. Unless you are a fan of "kitsch" (ie watching rubbish films because they are "funny") I would fast forward to the last 15 minutes, because they are the only part of the film worth watching. But DAMN he's good...
  • February 5, 2008
    Bruce Lee greatness.
  • July 31, 2007
    This had much more story and a lot less action than I thought it would. When I say more story I don't mean good storyline, just more talking. It was everything a Kung Fu movie from the early 70's starring Bruce Lee could be so I was pleasantly surprised by all the cheesey stunt...( read more)s and special effects instead of annoyed by them. There were some gems let me tell you! LOL i.e. the dogs flying through the air when attacking Bruce, the neon orange blood, and the all time best was when Bruce pushed that one bad guy through the wall of a building and it left a whole in the shape of a person's silhouette SO FUNNY we had to rewind that part! Seeing Bruce with his shirt off was great.
  • November 5, 2009
    A little known Bruce Lee film that's probably his best one.
  • September 22, 2009
    Not the greatest, but it was mediocre.
  • August 21, 2009
    Well okay Bruce Lee is supposed to be really awesome so sure.
  • July 25, 2009
    i like it this movie,bcos bruce lee is the legend of martial art.
  • July 19, 2009
    The first film, after seeing him I love his talent to fight

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  • rayman0071
    January 30, 2007
    This was the movie that put Bruce Lee on the map as one of the greatest martial arts experts of all time as well as cemented his superstar status as one of the successful Asian actors of his time....This came out when the kung-fu craze was sweeping the nation and with this movie the action comes at you at a rapid pace...non-stop....Even though it may run under 90 minutes,it packs a wallop with every action scene imaginable. One of the top-ten highest grossing movies the came from the year 1971.

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