Lee as you've never seen him before! (The Big Boss (DVD))

Member Name: rmay666

Product:	The Big Boss (DVD)
Date:	24/02/02 (175 review reads)
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Advantages: Good plot, Superb action scenes

Disadvantages: Missing scenes in any version

When Bruce Lee came from the US to Hong Kong, he was surprised that he had become a hero to many through The Green Hornet series.

The Hong Kong film industry was really small scale notable only for their films designed to tap into the Chinese film markets.Lee and The Big Boss would change everything.

In Hong Kong the title refers to Our Brother From China rather then The Big Boss thus putting emphasis on Lee.

The backstory to the film is that Lee's character Chen Chow Ann has been sent away by his mother to stay and work with his cousins in Indonesia at an Ice Factory. His father has died in a fighting tournament and so Chen Chow Ann was forced to promise by his mother that he would never fight again.

When his two cousins go missing at the ice factory Ann must decide if he should fight alongside his cousins or break his promise ot his mother and bring the owners to justice.

The films plot is basic but that it really routine for a film that most people thought would be lucky to really break even.

Lee is outstanding and gets the timing and cinematography of the blows is almost perfect.

There are missing scenes which have since gone missing in the Golden Harvest vaults. One of these is Lee visiting a prostitute and another is the (in)famous Saw in the head scene. On the Hong Kong Legends DVD you can clearly see the saw thrown but it then dissapears in mid air!

For the best DVD you are ever likely to get for this film you should go for the Hong Kong Legends DVD. It is as Uncut as it can be and the trailer included on the DVD has one of the deleted scenes partially included. The DVD will tell you what to look for. Also,Look for the hidden easter egg!

When the film came out it became an instant hit and Lee was a megastar in Hong Kong.It is almost impossible to over-estimate what an impact Lee and his films had on the Hong Kong film industry.Indeed it has been argued that without Lee the f
ilm industry would continue to just target China but Lee forced them onto the world stage.

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