This was Bruce Lee's cinema debut. After his success in Hong Kong his film made the journey to the states where prejudice still ran high in 1971. The film was an overnight success and paved the way for Bruce in American cinema with Enter The Dragon.

This was also the worlds first real taste of a martial arts film. Not only that, it was the oppertunity to see one of the few masters perform on film. This little Chinese man has to be one of if not the greatest Gung Fu masters of all time.

The Big Boss is set in Hong Kong where a restaurant owner is being hassled by the local hoods for protection money that he refuses to pay. Needless to say, everyone gets a good hiding from the hoods. Bruce is contracted in to discourage the hoods from muscling in. After some exceptional martial arts displays, the Big Boss contracts in an American champion to 'deal' with this troublesome little geezer with the flying feet.

If you can see the original Chinese uncut version, there are some superb fight scenes that were cut out of the UK version due to the 'Exceptional violence deemed uneccessary top the plot'. Still worth seeing as a historical piece of cinema.