Fists of Fury

It benefits from a solid performance by Lee as the blue-collar fighter who takes justice with punches and kicks, but it often falls into a vacuum of redundancy that takes all the pulse out of its predictable revenge plot. [Full review in Spanish]

clear tension between Lo's desire for more comical violence (at one point Cheng throws a character through a wall, leaving a Looney Tunes-esque person-shaped hole) and Lee's desire for more realistic fighting

The story is largely pointless, full of irrational decisions by unthinking, broadly drawn stereotypes, and ultimately used as a meager setup for grand melees.

Efficiently paced, well-choreographed and full of entertaining moments featuring Lee, The Big Boss is the prototype for the template Lee would use over his next three features.