Netflix pick for 6/10/2014 – ‘The Big Boss’

“The Big Boss” is the first Bruce Lee movie from 1971 and by golly did Bruce Lee get off to a hot start with a pretty bad ass movie. Known here in America as “Fists of Fury,” this is the story of a simple Chinese farmer who moves to Thailand to work at an ice factory with a bunch of cousins, and when they accidentally uncover a drug smuggling operation within the ice factory, things get just a little hairy, ESPECIALLY when seduction and bribery proves as effective as it does.

Of course as this is a film from China circa 1971, very little money was put into making this movie, as that was just the way things were done at the time, so “The Big Boss” is a fairly cheap looking movie and really just competently made, just well enough to not screw up the main attraction, the star of the show, the reason this movie is worth watching whereas so many other hundreds of movies from the same era have slipped away from memory, the one and only Bruce Lee. Even here in his first movie we can see the magnetism and star power that made this guy so watchable, and then of course comes the kicks and quick moves and excellent athleticism and kung fu prowess displayed throughout the several fight scenes in this movie, and we get the full package of what made this guy so fascinating.

So watch “The Big Boss” on Netflix Instant right here and see where the world’s love affair with kung fu and Chinese boxing began.