The Big Boss
Movies page Green Hornet Marlowe Big Boss Fist of Fury Way of the Dragon Game of Death Enter the Dragon		(Lo Wei, 1971,HK) Bruce Lee, Maria Yi, NOra Miao, James Tien, 100 Minutes Golden Harvest	Bruce Lee's debut (Adult) Chinese action movie, is suprisingly the most censored (worldwide) of all his movies. Made on a shoestring budget in Pak Chong Thailand, the movie is thin on Plot.Country bumpkin Chen, (Lee) moves to thailand to work with relatives in local Ice factory. Chen has promised his family to refrain from fighting, and carries an 'Amulet' to remind him of his promise. All hell breaks loose when he accidentally uncovers drugs concealed in the ice, and his amulet is ripped from his neck in the melee'. Bruce aquits himself with great charm, much of the 'cocky - nose touching' evident in later films, is simply not here, instead its much more of an instinctive performance and all the better for it.
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