1971 · action · martial-arts · crime
The Big Boss (1971)
Directed by Lo Wei1h 39m1971
Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.
Our read: The Big Boss (1971) (1971) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · martial-arts · crime entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / martial-arts, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
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