New Fists of Fury (1976)

A young man sets out to avenge his grandfather's death and prove his martial arts mastery.

Director:

Wei Lo

Writers:

Wei Lo, Lei Pan

Stars:

Jackie Chan, Nora Miao, Sing Chen

Cast

Credited cast:
Jackie Chan	...	A Lung (as Chen Yuen Lung)
Nora Miao
Sing Chen
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chung-Kuei Chang
Ming Cheng Chang
Shen Lin Chang
Chao Yung Chen
Jen Chen
Siu Siu Cheng
Kam Cheung
Lung Chin
Kuo Chung Ching
Su Han
Ying-Chieh Han
Ming Shao Ho

Storyline

A brother and sister escape from Japanese-occupied Shanghai to Japanese-occupied Taiwan, to stay with their grandfather who runs a Kung-Fu school there. However, the master of a Japanese Kung- Fu school in Taiwan has designs on bringing all other schools on the island under his domination, and part of his plan involves the murder of the siblings' grandfather. Undaunted, the brother and sister reestablish their grandfather's school, leading to a final confrontation with the Japanese Kung Fu master. Jackie Chan plays a young thief who at first does not want to learn Kung-Fu, but finally realizes that he can no longer stand by and let the Japanese trample the rights of the Chinese people. He proves extremely adept at the martial arts, and carries the fight to its final conclusion.

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Plot Keywords:

art | martial arts | kung fu | taiwan | fight | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Hong Kong Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

8 July 1976 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

New Fists of Fury

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lo Wei Motion Picture Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

114 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first using Chan's stage name Sing Lung (literally meaning "becoming a dragon", by which Chan is still known today in Asia).

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Alternate Versions

UK video version is cut by 3 min.

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Connections

Followed by Jing wu men xu ji (1977)

User Reviews

Jackie Chan stars in this disappointing follow-up to Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury.

The first of several movies directed by Lo Wei to feature up 'n' coming martial arts star Jackie Chan, New Fist of Fury was devised as a sequel to Bruce Lee's popular film Fist of Fury (which was also directed by Wei).

Chan plays Lung, a layabout thief in Japanese-occupied Taiwan who hates the Japs and enjoys a brawl, but has no interest in learning kung fu, meaning that he regularly gets his ass handed to him by his opponents.

After being discovered left for dead in a ditch after one particularly severe beating, Lung is nursed back to health by the students of a local kung fu school run by kindly Master Su and his pretty grand-daughter, Miss Lee (Nora Miao). Lung is invited to train at the school but refuses, unwilling to give up his freedom as a thief.

However, when Akumora (Chan Sing), the local Japanese official, takes his bully boy tactics too far, eventually causing the death of Master Su, Lung has a change of heart, becomes a highly skilled martial artist overnight (or so it seems) and kicks some major Japanese butt (before being shot to death in the film's closing frames!!!).

With the star spending most of this film as a punching bag for his enemies, and very little evidence of the innovative slapstick comedy/fight action that one generally associates with his later movies, New Fist of Fury is bound to disappoint many Chan fans. Unless you are a rabid fan of JC and wish to see all of his early work, you would probably be better off giving this one a miss (or watch either the Bruce Lee original, or the excellent Jet Li version of the story, Fist of Legend).