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| ACTORS: | Jet Li |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Gordon Chan |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 28 February, 1997 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Dimension Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-action/Adventure |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 717951005151 |
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Customer Reviews of Fist of Legend
Fitting tribute to Master Bruce One of the things I liked most about this move is, even though it's a remake of a classic Bruce Lee film, Jet Li never tries to imitate Bruce's mannerisms or fighting style. Instead he relies on his own charisma and fighting skills to carry the movie, and pulls it off nicely. This is probably the best martial arts film I've ever seen, excepting Bruce Lee's stuff of course.
Like a lot of other people I saw him first in Lethal Weapon, then again in Black Mask, but I wasn't really blown away until I rented Fist Of Legend - now I plan to buy every one of his movies I can get my hands on. My favorite scene in the entire movie was in the second (third?) fight scene when he punched the guy in the foot - that was awesome! Talk about making a statement. I also enjoyed being able to pick out the different styles used in the fight scenes. Especially the last fight with the General, with his straightforward, powerful striking style, the whole thing was very well done.
By the way, I just saw "Romeo Must Die" this weekend and it was great. Very well produced, with a good plot & lots of great actors, some welcome humor (not at Jet Li's expense, of course) plus the incredible fight scenes we've come to expect. A very impressive debut for Jet Li in his first starring role in the U.S. This guy does it right.
A five-star movie in a four-star release.
First off, let me say that this film is a classic. While Jet Li isn't as sleek or as menacing as Bruce Lee, he certainly managed to pack more action into this version of "Fist of Fury", aka "Chinese Connection." Jet takes on the role of Chen Zhen, the martial arts student who wages a one man war on the local Japanese when his master is murdered. The fights come fast and furious here, and the final scene where Chen fights the Japanese general Fujita is worth the hefty pricetag alone. However, I can't really bring myself to watch this version. The dubbing is horrible, and for no discernible reason, 3 minutes have been cut and lines have been changed. After I watched the American DVD version, released by Dimension, I wished that Columbia TriStar had acquired the rights instead, after the bang-up job they did with "Fearless Hyena", not to mention the other Jet Li epics, the "Once Upon a Time in China" series. Until Miramax/Dimension gets the original Cantonese language track and some subtitles in here, or until they release it in Asia, I'll probably just stick with my 8-year-old Chinese VHS version. The tape may be close to breaking by now, but it's also in letterbox, and the original version just seems to have more heart... corny music and all.
Essential To Any Kung Fu Fan.
I am already a huge fan of jet li, and this is the movie that started my whole fandom. This is my favorite kung fu movies without a doubt, the fighting scenes are terrific, the story line was in my opinion good although ive heard the talk about how this movie copies the bruce lee movie "fists of fury/chinese connection" and to me, that really didnt make the movie any less spectatular. i myself own many bruce lee and jet li movies, and personally i enjoy this movie over all of them, but thats just me.. definately a must buy for any kung fu fan. makes matrix look pathetic, and w/o all the flying either