"New Fist of Fury" is a sequel to Bruce Lee's "Fist of Fury" (also known as "The Chinese Connection"). Bruce Lee's movie takes place in Japanese-controlled Shanghai, where Bruce Lee's character (whose name I've forgotten) tries to take revenge on the Japanese who poisoned and killed the leader of his Chiang Wu kung fu school. Bruce Lee eventually solves the murder and gets his revenge, but with severe consequences - both his and the Japanese schools are destroyed, and he is killed in the end.
"New Fist of Fury" starts out with the police inspector from Shanghai smuggling the three remaining members of the Chiang Wu school to Taiwan. At Taiwan, these three plan to take revenge on the Japanese, and the story goes on from there.
In this movie, Jackie Chan plays a petty thief who initially has no kung fu skills and has no interest in learning martial arts or fighting against the Japanese. With time however, he gets fed up with the Japanese oppression, and joins Chiang Wu.
If you are expecting a typical Jackie Chan movie, you won't find it here. "New Fist of Fury" does NOT have much fighting until the latter half of the movie. Additionally, this movie does NOT have the usual goofy Jackie Chan-type humor.
Note that in "New Fist of Fury," the Japanese are portrayed as jerks, and any Chinese that cooperate with them are jerks AND traitors. If you can't handle the extreme one-sidedness, you may not like this movie or Bruce Lee's "Fist of Fury," which has a very similar vibe.
For you Girl Power types, it is worth noting that Nora Miao plays a strong female protagonist as the leader of the revived Chiang Wu school.
All in all, I liked this movie, even more so than Bruce Lee's original. It's not a great movie, but good nonetheless. It has some good martial arts action, including some nice weapon fights. And the story is actually not that bad compared to the horrid stuff in other films of the genre.
"New Fist of Fury" starts out with the police inspector from Shanghai smuggling the three remaining members of the Chiang Wu school to Taiwan. At Taiwan, these three plan to take revenge on the Japanese, and the story goes on from there.
In this movie, Jackie Chan plays a petty thief who initially has no kung fu skills and has no interest in learning martial arts or fighting against the Japanese. With time however, he gets fed up with the Japanese oppression, and joins Chiang Wu.
If you are expecting a typical Jackie Chan movie, you won't find it here. "New Fist of Fury" does NOT have much fighting until the latter half of the movie. Additionally, this movie does NOT have the usual goofy Jackie Chan-type humor.
Note that in "New Fist of Fury," the Japanese are portrayed as jerks, and any Chinese that cooperate with them are jerks AND traitors. If you can't handle the extreme one-sidedness, you may not like this movie or Bruce Lee's "Fist of Fury," which has a very similar vibe.
For you Girl Power types, it is worth noting that Nora Miao plays a strong female protagonist as the leader of the revived Chiang Wu school.
All in all, I liked this movie, even more so than Bruce Lee's original. It's not a great movie, but good nonetheless. It has some good martial arts action, including some nice weapon fights. And the story is actually not that bad compared to the horrid stuff in other films of the genre.