

His promise to avoid fighting keeps him on the sidelines for the first forty-five minutes of the film, bringing the extremely crude nature of the film into sharp focus for the viewer. Taken at face value, there’s little, if anything, remarkable about “The Big Boss” when Bruce Lee’s involvement is taken out of the equation.

I got no time for your nonsense gents Chengs strength is immeasurable Chengs knife fighting skills know no equal The tensions at the factory eventually spark a riot that Cheng single-handedly quells after finally becoming too furious to honour his mother’s promise, and he is appointed the new foreman of the factory to appease the workers. Two of Cheng’s cousins inexplicably vanish after being summoned to the manager’s office, and Cheng, his cousins, and the rest of the factory’s workers grow increasingly frustrated with the lack of answers from the business’ upper management. Cheng manages to keep his composure despite this and the frequent gang violence in town by adhering to the promise he’d made to his late mother to refrain from fighting. Cheng takes a job at an ice factory alongside his cousins, where he is smacked across the face on his first day by the foreman after breaking an ice block. The Big Boss prepares to get his hands dirty Thats All Folks Steeling himself for battleĬheng Chao-an travels from his native China to live with his extended family who are part of the Chinese community in Pak Chong, Thailand.
