The Chinese Connection | Jun Arimura, Robert Baker

The Chinese Connection | Jun Arimura, Robert Baker | The oriental revenge!

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	The Chinese Connection Jun Arimura, Robert Baker 20th Century Fox, 2002 average customer review:based on 84 reviews view larger image
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a true classic for all time

i remember the first time i viewed this film and how it blew me away.still does.while many may consider "enter the dragon" bruce lee's best film,i have to put my money on "chinese connection",or
"fists of fury" as it was known in hong kong.the story is loosely
based on a factual incident in the death of ho yuen chiou,a famous and outstanding martial artist who did in fact die under rather mysterious circumstances.there are other historical footnotes in the film,such as the ching wu school, signs saying,"sick man of asia"and "no dogs or chinese allowed" at the gate to the park on the Bund in Shanghai.it is easy to understand the chinese viewers reaction to this picture when bruce lee stands up for the honor of china against the foreign(japanese,french,american,etc.)imperialists.this is a movie for the people.the oppressed and downtrodden...."now you listen to me, and i'll only say it once.We are not sick men". and to this day there exists a ching wu school of martial arts in china.right on brothers!

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The oriental revenge!

Shangai , first years of the new century. The schoolmaster of Chen Chen (Bruce Lee)is murdered , so his pupil decides to take revenge.
First at all , the films that look around this argument are certainly , countless , but it what it remarks this film is the particular commitment and approach given by Lee . The main rival comes from a japanese bushido school.
Lee wasn't an actor ; and that's what it becomes his main strength ; he makes a tour de force loaded with enraged fury with a level of enrage and no mercy sense fighting simply spelling.
Lo wei was the director ; and since the plot is extremely predictable ; the charismatic presence of Lee and some kung fu fights are of first rate.
Obviously ; this work remains under Enter the dragon level . This last one is hold by a finest script and a a punch cast, but the violence is not free ; it comes from the inside to the outside and that's a good point .
I watched this film when I was a teenager and also it became the first time I saw Lee on the screen. But the last sequence fight still floats in my memories.
When you leave the exhibition hall you feel the catharsis in its major expression and besides such a kind of cosmical justice!
You'll find out in this film interesting clues about the meaning of the Kung Fu discipline , that had in the TV series an unvaluable shelter like David Carradine meant.

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Bruce Lee at his finest!

This is the best of Bruce Lee's work. The fight sequences are amazing! And director Lo Wei did a perfect job as well - camera angles, zooms, script, everything! The Chinese Connection is a must have for any martial arts fan. Even if you've never seen a Bruce Lee film, YOU MUST SEE THIS ONE! The only complaint I have is that it is dubbed in English. I wish there was a DVD in the States that had the original audio with English subtitles, but I think the only way to get it is to special order an import. Still, it's a great movie well worth owning.

Intense action

While this film doesn't have the noteriety of Lee's other films such as Enter the Dragon or Game of Death, it has some of the most violent and intense action of all of them. The English dubbing is immediately off-putting and most of the acting is just so-so, but never have I seen Bruce Lee act with such intensity in his fight scenes. His acting is the best by far, especially when he is on the run and acting in disguise, such as the goofy telephone repairman. As in most of Lee's films, there's also some female "skin" scenes thrown in, which is never a bad thing. But watch this movie and take note of the super-intensity Lee exhibits in the fight scenes, which may indeed have its roots in Chinese-Japanese racism (a reality, but fading with new generations.)

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