The Big Boss was Bruce Lee's debut kung-fu film and was completed in 1971, starring Bruce Lee, Maria Yi and James Tien.
Chen Chao-An (Bruce Lee) arrives in Taiwan to stay with his cousins, and starts work on the local ice factory. Chen had previously promised to his mother to never fight again, but when two of the workers discover a stash of drugs in one of the blocks, trouble soon begins. The two workers are disposed of after refusing a large sum of money to join the scam, and frozen in a block of ice. When Chen's cousin and his friend go to the "Big Bosses" house to investigate their disappearance, they too are killed and the family become suspicious. When they are still not at work the next day, the workers refuse to work and a fight breaks out. Chen steps in to save them, causing the henchmen to run away, and breaking his promise. Chen is then promoted to foremen in an attempt to calm the workers down, but obviously the two still don't appear.
When a local prostitute who used to work at the ice factory tells Chen that the bosses are up to no good, he decides that he shall later investigate the factory. But when the bosses son realises that Chen has found out, the henchmen visit the family home and murder them all, whilst Chen investigates the factory, and finds not only the drugs, but the remains of the two workers. The bosses son and his gang enter the factory, and an excellent fight scene takes place, in which Chen single-handedly defeats the lot of them and kills the bosses son. When Chen returns home that night, he discovers his cousins dead and decides to get revenge on the boss. He visits the house, and kills the boss in an absolutely superb fight scene to end the film with Chen being arrested.
Rating : 9/10 Brilliant, one of my favourite films. A good plot and although not much fighting due to Chens promise, the end fight is brilliant.
