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Brandon Lee was a self-confessed Jackie Chan fan, who in turn was a fan of Lee's father Bruce Lee. Brandon pays homage to Chan by incorporating key moves from Police Story and Dragons Forever in the final fight scenes.
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Brandon Lee originally wanted Hong Kong director John Woo to direct the film. however, the studio wanted a martial arts film rather than the type of films that Woo made. The director role then went to Dwight H. Little.
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Brandon Lee (I)' stated in an US Magazine interview shortly after filming completed, that he had filmed a scene where he had to kick open a large oak door. He stated "we filmed this scene where I had to nail this huge oak door, so I go to do the scene and I broke one of my toes. My foot swelled up to the size of a watermelon and we had to end filming for the day." Adding insult to injury, he said, the scene was never included in the film.
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Prior to the scene in which where Powers Boothe's character Ryan interrogates Frank, he asks Brandon Lee's character Jake to take his "Fists of Fury" outside. The Chinese Connection (aka "Fists of Fury") was one of Bruce Lee, Brandon's father, first films.
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