Story: (From Wikipedia)
Tang Lung is sent from Hong Kong to Rome to help his friend's niece Chen Ching Hua and some family friends whose restaurant is being targeted by the local Mafia, which has been trying to force them to sign a contract handing over ownership of the restaurant to the Mafia boss. After their offers to purchase the restaurant are repeatedly turned down, the gangsters resort to intimidation. Tang fends off the local gangsters and wins Chen's admiration, who had initially looked down on him for his innocence. Tang had earlier been reluctant in putting all his savings into a bank and had even unknowingly went home with a prostitute while touring Rome with Chen.
The Mafia boss sends a gunman to kill Tang, but Tang defeats him by throwing wooden darts and fracturing his neck. The angry boss then takes a personal trip to the restaurant with his thugs to force Chen to sign the contract. Although they are armed with guns, Tang manages to defeat them after the boss forbids them to use the guns. Tang uses a Bo staff and a pair of Nunchakus during the fight. He warns the boss that he will take firm action against him if he continues to harass his friends. The boss then sends a sniper (the gunman earlier who now wears a neck brace) to kill Tang at Chen's apartment but he fails again. Chen is kidnapped by the boss and compelled to sign the contract at his headquarters, but Tang and his friends appear and rescue her once more.
The Mafia boss hires foreign martial artists who have trouble communicating with each other to challenge Tang Lung. Tang defeats them with help from his friends in the countryside near the Colosseum. Tang has an iconic final showdown inside the Colosseum with the Karate fighter Colt, the best of the hired fighters. Tang kills Colt, but he covers the body with Colt's white Gi to show his respect and admiration after the fight. The Mafia boss is finally arrested while the other villains are killed. Tang leaves Rome alone after bidding farewell to Chen
Cast:
Bruce Lee as Tang Lung (a.k.a. "China Dragon")
Nora Miao as Chen Ching Hua
Chuck Norris as Colt
Robert Wall as Fred (a.k.a. "Bob Fred")
Hwang In-Shik as Japanese martial artist
Paul Wei Ping-Ao as Ho
Wang Chung-Hsin as (Uncle) Wang
Tony Liu as Tony
Unicorn Chan as Jimmy
Tommy Chen as Tommy
Chin Ti as Ah Quen
Wu Ngan as Ah Chuan
Robert Chen as Robert
John Benn as Mafia boss
It just keeps getting better and better. I thought this movie was better than "Fist Of Fury" (1972). Rome was an excellent place to shot the movie and the fights seem more realistic and stunning as ever. One of Bruce Lee's best movies! This movie does has brief nudity but is nothing too graphic. The plot (above) is amazing and it shows that Bruce Lee is one tough guy even though he doesn't really talk a lot in the movie and it may make him seem timid, but once he gets serious, don't f**k with him!!!, cuz he's dangerous. What also makes this film amazingly stunning is that Bruce Lee actually brawls with none other than Chuck Norris, which is also one of my favorite scenes of the entire movie. The way all the fights are staged and the way Bruce Lee uses the nunchaku in combat will make you want to become a martial artist or at least study it. The differences from this movie and Bruce Lee's previous ones are that this one is an action-comedy and the other ones are action-dramas...That's why I love this movie. Like I said before, this is a must-get if you want the best martial arts movie, you're a Bruce Lee fan, or anybody else. If you've never seen it before, then I suggests picking it up from the electronic departments.
Bruce Lee VS. Chuck Norris
Bruce Lee showing off his nunchaku skills!
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