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New Fist of Fury - New Fists f Fury (1976)
IMDb Rating 5.3
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Jackie Chan A Lung
Nora Miao
Sing Chang
Siu Siu Cheng
Yin-Chieh Han
Wei Lo
Yim Chan Tang
Plot
This early film of Jackie Chan's was meant to shepherd him into the '70s kung fu genre pantheon made internationally popular by Bruce Lee. Indirectly it did, but probably more out of positioning than performance. Chan was to assume Lee's position as kung fu superstar, made evident by his role in New Fist of Fury (1976), the somewhat clunky chop-socky sequel to The Chinese Connection (on which Chan had worked as a stunt man). Directed by Wei Lo, New Fist of Fury picks up with two siblings fleeing a Japanese-occupied Shanghai for Taiwan, where their grandfather runs a Kung Fu school. However, a Japanese martial arts teacher has plans to run all the schools under his own name, eventually killing the grandfather. Chan plays a young thief who, at first, wants nothing to do with fighting but then finds his calling as the new leader of rebels against the Japanese occupation. Chan of course is no Bruce Lee (although during one dramatic sequence, a still of Lee is cut into the frame to "remind" viewers of the filmmakers' intentions) but New Fist of Fury marks Chan's first entry as a leading actor in Hong Kong action films. --Shannon Gee
Movie Details
Genre Action; Drama
Director Wei Lo
Producer Hsu Li Hwa; Wei Lo
Writer Wei Lo; Lei Pan
Studio Simitar
Country USA
Language English
Audience Rating NR (Not Rated)
Running Time 114 mins
Movie Release Date 1/1/1976
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 132
Collection Status In Collection
Location Shelf
Pete
Loan Date 8/8/2007
Due Date 8/29/2007
Overdue No
Product Details
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 1.33:1
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
UPC (Barcode) 082551726028
Chapters 8
Release Date 11/14/1997
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color
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