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Post by hman on Oct 22, 2004 19:11:44 GMT -8
Today I watched the DVD of Fist of Fury. It's the second half of a Chinese TV show edited into a two hour movie. It stars Donnie Yen and is basically a lengthy series based on Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury (Chinese Connection).
As you can imagine, several hours of a TV series edited down into a two hour feature is sure have hole and a lot of other stuff. That's definitely there. The fighting is really good, although it's very undercranked...even more so than Donnie Yen movies tend to be. Donnie Yen does more Bruce Lee impersonating than his usual trademark style, although I understand that the first part of the series is more traditional Donnie. I think that because of the way it's filmed, the undercranking is a lot more jarring than it is on a regular film. It's worth a look though, for curiosity's sake.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Oct 22, 2004 20:17:42 GMT -8
man, this sure is a popular story- how many versions of it have been done? i'd watch it i reckon, but would rather just see the entire series. is there a review coming soon (on your site)?
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Post by hman on Oct 22, 2004 20:49:10 GMT -8
I've considered reviewing this DVD, although I'm not sure. If I get the DVD of the first half of the series, I'll probably write something.
As far as other reviews are concerned, I have two articles that I need to finish and get up. One is science fiction-related, the other is martial arts related.
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Post by Xenorama ™ on Nov 2, 2007 23:08:41 GMT -8
i'm watching Bruce in this right now (his movie) and while there are really good set pieces, and the story is emotional, it's not very well directed, and Bruce was still learning his acting in some parts. could be the dubbing that didn't help that bit.
still, Lo Wei is an adequate director. the fight scenes are good, but got better when Bruce was directing. no surprise there!
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