Fist of Fury
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: September 9, 1972 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
68
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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80
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
A patently absurd and funny movie, involving a series of spectacular fight routines, often filmed in slow motion, which are highly acrobatic and exciting. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Matthew Polly
It doesn’t quite work, but Lee’s fight choreography is so riveting it doesn’t matter. Read full review
70
The New York TimesA.H. Weiler
The action here is as black-and-white and as pleasantly, if naively, diverting as that in any western even though it was all shot in vivid colors. Read full review
60
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Lee has a good deal of aggressive boyish charm. However, pic is archaically simple-minded in its storyline and marginally professional in its production. Lo Wei’s direction is a juvenile match for his own screenplay. Read full review
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