How A Jet Li Movie Flipped An Iconic Bruce Lee Moment
Jet Li's 1994 movie Fist of Legend flipps the iconic ending of Bruce Lee's Fist of Fury in a big way. In Fist of Fury, Bruce Lee plays Chen Zhen, who returns to China's Jing Wu Men martial arts academy to learn that his sifu Huo Yuanjia has died. Suspecting foul play, Chen Zhen comes to learn that he was poisoned by a spy on behalf of the Japanese occupation of China, and sets about seeking revenge.
Fist of Fury is regarded not only as one of the best Bruce Lee movies, but a timelss martial arts classic, and its remake Fist of Legend is equally revered as a classic itself. Fist of Legend follows the same general story of Chen Zhen's mission of vengeance and the culture war of Japan's occupation of China, including iconic moments like Chen Zhen taking on an entire Japanese dojo single-handedly. However, Fist of Legend...
Fist of Fury is regarded not only as one of the best Bruce Lee movies, but a timelss martial arts classic, and its remake Fist of Legend is equally revered as a classic itself. Fist of Legend follows the same general story of Chen Zhen's mission of vengeance and the culture war of Japan's occupation of China, including iconic moments like Chen Zhen taking on an entire Japanese dojo single-handedly. However, Fist of Legend...
- 4/19/2023
- by Brad Curran
- ScreenRant
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