TOTALLY agree with you on the sound track. The Mandarin cut freaked me out, I grew up with the Cantonese version since the 80's with the Bruce Lee 'sounds' and music. I can't watch the Mandarin cut anymore. Best wishes
It's funny how you get so used to a certain soundtrack of a movie and when it alters its quite jarring in a way 🥴 Although the Mandarin Cut is a really amazing thing to watch but the original cut is the one that I will play the most! Cheers mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Just watched the Cantonese version and I thought, I'll see if anyone else agrees with my view on YT and you did! Cheers, it's not only me that loves the version 😍
It's funny DLB, when you start asking around (thinking you might be the only one thinking something) plenty of other people share your views! 😁😁 yeah can't go past that version for me, it's funny over the years there have been tweaks to these movies or alternate audio and your like "whhhhhaaaa??" You can notice it a mile off! Thanks again mate 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies saw uncut Boss on vhs late 80s so it mustve been out there already then , maybe it was a bootleg. Version i saw prolly had keyhole scene too so there could be more footage out there , cant recall any saw scene
Thank you for reviewing this film. I saw The Big Boss on its original release in the cinemas in the '70s, I was a big Martial Arts fan back then (and still am really) and was a young practicing Martial Artist too, as I was born in the late '50s in the U.K. I saw this film numerous times (under age I might add, but I looked older than my years back then) in various cinemas in different towns near where I lived whenever it was being screened, I did this with all the best Martial Arts films of the time, the other Bruce Lee films of course, and many other ones too. I can tell you for certain that the 'saw in the head' scene quite definitely did exist in The Big Boss, and I was shocked when I found that it along with some other scenes had been cut from, firstly, the VHS release and later DVD releases, the same it true for Fist of Fury, and to a lesser extent to Way of The Dragon and even Enter The Dragon, we all know about what happened with Game of Death sadly post Bruce's untimely death.
Thanks for this great comment Adam 🤩👍 it must have been amazing to see these on release in the cinema mate!! 👌👌😊😊 wow you have seen the infamous Saw in the head scene!! 😲🤩 was that in the cinema? I've seen a few mock ups and animations of it over the years, have you seen any that look like the one you saw (pun intended) 🤯😁 yeah Bruce lee movies were chopped to bits for ages weren't they 😱😵💫 it's just great and fitting that they are available in the fullest versions possible.....*nearly 😁 cheers for sharing your journey Adam 🤩🤩👏👏
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Thank you. Yes, I saw the saw scene (there's a mouthful) in the cinemas at the time, funnily enough there were different prints doing the rounds, some which had different cuts in them, this was possibly due to different cinema groups who owned the particular cinema, these were the days before the big chains, like Odeon, Vue, etc, etc, all you had was the name of the local cinema, in my town at the time it was 'The Scala', the only real cinema chain which I can remember was ABC Cinemas but many were independent. The places were often small in comparison to todays standards but what they would do is do certain weeks with a theme, for example, in one week I saw every Sean Connery James Bond film, as they'd show two films at a time for two days, then the next two days another two, and then the last two days another two so, six films in one week. I saw many great films because you'd have your main feature and a 'B' film, many times the 'B' film was better than the main one, of the Martial Arts films some of my favourites from back then were, 'Hapkido', 'Ten Fingers of Steel', 'One Armed Boxer', 'Blind, Deaf Mute', and the Bruce Lee ones of course, a few years later there was 'The Man from Hong Kong' which starred Jimmy Wang Yu who was in One Armed Boxer, it was like Enter The Dragon as it was a collaboration with an American company, it was supposed to launch Jimmy in the USA but he got in trouble with the Hong Kong Mafia and ended up either killing or badly injuring someone (sorry, I can't remember exactly it was so long ago) and he ended up going to prison.
I remember the old cinemas before multiplexes! There was always a cinema near it seemed and usually you knew or someone you knew, knew the people who worked in them! 🤩 it was like a different world back then wasn't it! 2 movies on every time you went, I saw some great B movies and double bills on there Adam, although those days will never return, The Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle is the closet we have up here to those days mate! Oh for a time machine!! Not that I remember too much about different cuts I remember seeing Dawn of the Dead- the shorter cut with all of the gore in (head shooting) and when I got the VHS those bits were all gone 😲😲😵💫😵💫🤩🤩
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Yes, they were great days, they didn't "clean" up films so much back then I feel. I can't be too far away from you, I now live in Darlington, I moved there with work in 1990/91 and have lived there off and on ever since.
No movies were literally what you see is what you get and you would never think to ask for a better version!! 😲🤩 I passed by Darlington yesterday, been on a round trip to Barnsley to see my wife's family, I'm in Whitley Bay so it's not too far Adam 🤩 👍👍
nice review mate , I went to the Tyneside cinema in the Toon to watch The big boss and later bought the box set from arrow .. its a superb box set for Bruce Lee fans ! think ive watched the Raw cut of BB a few times now I love the unmastered look of the rare version we all waited over 40 years to see again !!
Bet that was a great experience Steven 😁😁👏👏 the box set is insane!! Just the zenith of his collected works 😊😊👍👍 hadn't seen the rough cut before but it was a revelation to get those missing parts that expanded the story just thst little bit more Steven 🤔😁😁👏👏👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies yes , it was surreal seeing this version after we all thought it lost to the ravages of time since about 1979 when it was shown at the 1979 KFM convention in London . I love watching the Raw mandarin version im so pleased they included 'the as is ' scan of the unmastered reels of the movie . The sound track is terrible you can understand why they re-scored it with the Pete Thomas one .. I hope that more footage gets located in the future from maybe a different edit .
Excellent video, Jon. The Mandarin cut, blew my mind. I'm still going through all the extras on The Big Boss. The audio commentaries, very informative stuff. Arrow have done an amazing job. The Yellow box we have, has sold out now mate 👍
Loved the bits I've checked out thus far......dived into Final Game of Death Stripey......I HAD to 😁😁😁 we are waiting to see The Dickies now mate 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤘🤘🤘🤘
It’s a shame Arrow haven’t done the same job with their packaging! mine arrived bashed to hell and am now waiting on a replacement from them, it’s appalling paying £124 and then they ship it in a paper thin box with little to no protection.👎
@rkashby78 Arrow need to look into packing these high end editions better!! Its a disgrace the amount of people who have got this set damaged by choosing the wrong packaging!!! Hopefully the replacement will be perfect.....but you shouldn't have to be even thinking this Richard!!! Hopefully it gets sorted for you mate 😁😁👍👍
@StripeyR I'm definitely checking them out Stripey.....I've completed The Final Game of Death WOW!!!!!! Next up is Game of Death 2, which I'll talk about my ways of watching this set on an upcoming video, its the Zenith for us Bruce Lee fans.....and we haven't even had the Enter the Dragon 4k yet!!! 🤩🤩🤩👌👌👌
Thanks Steve, appreciate you watching mate and wow amazing to hear you like the opening mate 🤩🤩 if you drop me an email I'll send you the full song if you want Steve 😁👍👍
Great review John. I totally agree, the iconic music played a big part and the Mandarin soundtrack was a little jarring. The extra 10 minutes footage was excellent though. Never seen before, even on the old 80s VHS. Well worth it. I've watched the final GOD. You're going to love it. The new previously unreleased footage is amazing.
Cheers Mig, yeah I need to get used to that soundtrack a bit more mate 🤔🤩 watched Final Game of Death today and wow!!! What an experience!!! You're right Mig, I loved it mate 😁😁👏👏👍👍
i did see uncut Boss on vhs late 80s , maybe it was a bootleg. Ive heard rumors of a swedish uncut edition on vhs so who knows. Version i saw prolly had keyhole scene but afaik not a saw scene in it.
Wonder how many versions there was made for Big Boss?? I'm really hoping someone stumbles across the saw scene.....even in terrible condition, it'll be so awesome to see 😲😲😁😁🤩🤩
Back in 1979 they released GOD at the cinema and I saw it with The Big Boss. That was the Mandarin version. I remember the carts and how they used reverse motion jumping out of the way, because there were a few sniggers. The only missing scene was, of course, the saw in the head. Until this Arrow release, that was the one and only time I ever saw the Mandarin cut.
Would have been amazing to see the Mandarin cut at the Cinema Marcus 😲😁😁👍👍I bet it became the stuff of legend with it being fairly unavailable until recently (in the UK ) I loved seeing the Mandarin Cut, just saw photos until this release!! Cheers for commenting Marcus 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies yup. At the local Odeon. Back then you never knew what you'd see. I saw Enter with all the nunchuck footage removed. The double chuck fight in Way removed. It's so great that the footage has been restored. When you think they shot 3 hours of film for Boss, hopefully, one day that will be discovered but Arrow have done a fine job. However, like you, having grown up with the English dub, I find the audio for Boss hard to take on the Mandarin cut.
@marcushawkes392 sadly I never saw any Bruce Lee stuff at the Cinema (even on re-release) I can imagine the prints being widely different at times 😲 nunchucks were SO forbidden for a long time it's crazy!! Yeah so glad to see that returned and we get the full versions, I do think there is more footage out there that will be discovered (if it hasn't already 😉) but for now Arrow are king with this release 🤩👍 yep gotta do my familiar audio, takes me out of the film if I don't Cheers Marcus 😵💫🤩🤩👍👍
still missing also is the killing of the last two guys just b4 the final big boss fight one being just under the tree where Bruce breaks his back over his shoulders, rem seeing this back in the 80s b4 the vids where recalled and cut
It's probably going to be released on a 60th anniversary edition 😵💫 it would be great to find a first pressing of the pre cert to find these clips out mate 😊😊👍👍
Hi mate got this delivered to Germany today unfortunately i had to pay£130 from Amazon for the red box version however it really is something special and once the 4k enter the dragon arrives it will be the ultimate Bruce Lee collection probably never to be betterd. So yes it's not cheap but now it's on my shelf and it's only money😊
Excellent mate 🤩🤩👌👌 its a big ticket to pay but the set more than delivers on every level for me 😁😁👏👏 yep 4K Enter the Dragon is tye icing on the cake and as you say I can't see anything coming close to it!! Only if some really crazy Undiscovered archive material emerged, but it probably be such a small amount to could get put into a disc of stuff.....but as a set everything I remember liking about Bruce Lee is in here! 🤣 yeah you can't take it with you and you have it now!! Enjoy your set bud 🤩🤩👍👍
I don't know if it is 🤔 I would imagine there is a limited amount to it as it seems to grandiose to run forever, saying that the equally amazing Shawscope sets are still going, but they might not sell as fast as the Bruce Lee set seems to be going! At a guess I would say 6000 tops 🤔🤔👍👍
Nice video as usual John, always informative and entertaining. I saw The Big Boss Years ago on one of the Shout Factory Blu Ray releases, but Shout didn't do as good a job as I was hoping for on the film, so I'm hoping Arrow's work on the film gives me a better experience. Didn't realize there were so many different cuts of the film before, that is interesting and amazing. Bruce Lee was originally meant to be a supporting character in the film while costar James Tien was slated for the hero role, but midway through filming Lee's popularity skyrocketed when The Green Hornet, a show he was the co-lead in, aired in Hong Kong and Raymond Chow had Lo Wei do rewrites that made Lee's character into the hero. At first there was confusion among audiences as the first half of the film did focus a little more on James Tien with Lee kind of being an observer to everything going, but interviews with Lee and others cleared it all up. I've heard of the infamous chainsaw scene before, but I was starting to think it was more of an Urban Legend until I heard you say there's a snippet of it on RUclips, so I'll be looking for it. I do plan on picking up that Arrow set down the road at some point, just saving up and hoping for another sale. Take care my friend, hope you and the Debs are well, and speak to you soon.
Loving this set. I've watched The Big Boss Mandarin cut with extras, Game of Death with extras, and Enter The Dragon without extras (seen them all before). Arrow have done an amazing job here, without a doubt the best release of the year. And I wasn't going to get this set, I own them already and I've seen the films many times, but there is so much extra content in this set that it's worth every penny of that price tag. So dear Arrow, can we have a Brucesploitation box set next?
Yeah Stephen, it's delivered on every level for me and I'm only 2 discs in!! 😱 I'm putting at best release of year by far at the moment, can't see it being bettered Stephen 😁👏👏 as you say we have seen these movies countless times but the presentation and extras (which are plentiful) make ut an essential buy for Bruce Lee fans 👏👏 Severin are releasing a Brucesploitation documentary soon, which should be great but a box set of the best Brucesploitation movies would be amazing wouldn't it Stephen 😲😲🤩🤩👍👍
Personally I would say yes Kieran 🤔👍 although I haven't got the Criterion set myself....I would check the specs of the both sets and see if the Arrow video offers significant increase in extras, I would assume that the Mandarin cut and the Final Game of Death is exclusive to this set.....maybe if all the stuff on Criterion is on here you can upgrade to the Arrow set and sell the Criterion to offset the price? Will you be doing blu Ray or 4k mate? 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Blu-ray, I don’t have a 4k player anymore! It broke and they were pricey to replace at the time! A proper ball-ache! My region A blus are useless now! I had a great 4K multi-region player too. Luckily I had a mate convert them to region Bs and I learned a valuable lesson! Thanks for the heads up, I don’t think I can resist the upgrade but might just ask for it for my birthday to avoid shelling out for more! I’ve bought every format of Lee’s movies from VHS and beta days to blus nowadays. It’s costly! Ha ha!
@kierank1982 that's a bummer Kieran 😲😲 nothing worse than when that happens! I think you will have a great time with the set and I hope there is enough new stuff to keep you busy mate....I'm probably going to Game of Death 2 next to see what the versions are like compared to my Honk Kong Legends DVD version 🤔🤔😁😁👍👍
Hi , I remember seeing The Big Boss multiple times at the cinema then getting it on video and the soundtrack was different ... it had music by Pink Floyd on it which I'm sure you have seen yourself. I have a question ... Bruce Lee's warcry was never in the original. Is that restored ? It will be interesting to find out about Game of Death as there are 2 versions ... One - terrible war crys from some idiot, and the 2nd overdubs of Bruce himself from previous movies, & Kareems eyes different when the shades are knocked off. Looking forward to more from this box set. Thankyou so much for this post. Regards Jim !
The 1982 Cantonese soundtrack with Pink Floyd and King Crimson, and Bruce's war cries (lifted from Enter the Dragon) is also included in the Arrow boxset. The 1971 original Mandarin version didn't have Bruce's war cries or his own voice.
@@jasonhart751 Thankyou that's one of the versions I have but did wonder if there was his actual warcry for The Big Boss that still existed rather than overdubbed from E.T.D.
The whole background to Bruce's war crys is really fascinating and also hard to navigate!! I hope somewhere in the box it might answer some questions about them and say who did what on which version 🤞🤞 I haven't heard the Pink Floyd soundtrack though Jim 🤯😲😁😁 be interesting to hear that 🤔😊😊👍👍
@jasonhart751 thanks for the info Jason, as I was saying I would love to see a documentary on his war cries and who did what on what movie 🤔🤔 fascinating subject 😁😁👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies You will love that version. Pink Floyd music actually works. ... As for the war cries ... whoever did the original version of Game of Death should be shot !!! Lol - " Ha gaa ha gaa ha gaa wooo " That is all he could do ? Sooo bad !!!
It’s NOT original language. Bruce spoke Cantonese. Mandarin doesn’t have his fighting screams. That’s a big minus, for me. Agree it adds to the story, but I’m all about the original screams. Couldn’t Arrow have offered the Mandarin film with the Cantonese sound? That’s what I want 🤷♂️
I did miss the war cries from Bruce in the Mandarin cut, as much as its a fascinating watch, I'm so used to the soundtrack I've heard all my life, it kind of alters the movie 🤔👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Well, John, given these have the clever branching tech, it would’ve been easy to offer a choice. Interestingly, Arrows Streaming service has 4 choices to watch Big Boss and None are Cantonese 🙄
It might be that "rights issue" problem that seems to plague every release these days, who knows 🤔🤔 there are 4 Big Boss versions on the box set but not sure if any are in Cantonese 🤔 all his Hong Kong movies were shot without sound so there's probably no audio of Bruce Lee from these movies sadly 😔
Another interesting video John. This new box set is mind blowing! Do you know why disc 1 of The Big Boss has an 18 certificate and disc 2 has a 15 certificate?
Hmmm interesting mate! The box set is truly amazing not sure about that I would imagine it might be an extra feature that has something more violent or adult? I'll be interested to know myself 🤔🤔🤩🤩
How many extra minutes do you get with this version, John, I prefer the extended versions to movies. I always think it's how we should have seen them. Enjoy your salad John, not trying to rub it in but I had a delicious steak, yummy yummy. Next to Enter the Dragon I think The Big Boss is his next best film, I think you prefer Way of the Dragon don't you.
@@MondoChelloveckMovies but will the missing FoF trailer be found as well as HK TV appearances ?? , they also did a Game trailer in HK cinemas in January '73 alleged
I'm getting itchy fingers on this, I have the criterion edition so ...........I'll think on it a bit more, every time I open the oul wallet all I hear is (Are you haven a laugh)
🤣🤣 it's such a tempting one Mack!! If they had struck a deal up with Warner for at least a 4k transfer of Enter the Dragon (but not the extras even) I think that would have been the tipping point for all Bruce Lee fans 🤔😊😊 yeah my wallet has been hammered recently for sure 😵💫😵💫😵💫🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
That's a good question Rico....I'm pretty sure they are all on a 4k disc....whether or not they all are in 4k is another thing.....ill check the cuts this evening and get back to you (great question mate) 🤩🤩🤔🤔👍👍
@ricogomez4020 yeah I can definitely confirm the blu rays in this set are Region B locked, I tried them out on my region A player today and they came up this disc will not play on this machine, going to see if the Big Boss cuts are in 4k now mate 👍👍
4 out of the 5 cuts are in 4K....the only one not in 4k is the unrestored grindhouse version of the Mandarin Cut .. which is still on a 4k so you get a bit of a boost I suppose...only good thing is that this cut is all the same quality so you don't get any shifts in quality (but it's all the lower Grindhouse quality) hope that makes sense Rico 🤩🤩👍👍
Personally I think so Paul, add the Enter the Dragon 4k and basically that's the whole Bruce Lee experience right there! Expensive Yes, but wow! It's worth it 😁😁👍👍
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Yeah, the UK Big Boss music is incredible and I cant do without it.
It's so iconic isn't it mate! Grew up with that music 😁😁👍👍
A true masterpiece and the one that marked the arrival of Bruce lee after which the world of action cinama would never be the same again
Totally agree there mate 👏👏 the landscape of Action Cinema was changed forever 🤩🤩👍👍
TOTALLY agree with you on the sound track. The Mandarin cut freaked me out, I grew up with the Cantonese version since the 80's with the Bruce Lee 'sounds' and music. I can't watch the Mandarin cut anymore. Best wishes
It's funny how you get so used to a certain soundtrack of a movie and when it alters its quite jarring in a way 🥴 Although the Mandarin Cut is a really amazing thing to watch but the original cut is the one that I will play the most! Cheers mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Just watched the Cantonese version and I thought, I'll see if anyone else agrees with my view on YT and you did! Cheers, it's not only me that loves the version 😍
It's funny DLB, when you start asking around (thinking you might be the only one thinking something) plenty of other people share your views! 😁😁 yeah can't go past that version for me, it's funny over the years there have been tweaks to these movies or alternate audio and your like "whhhhhaaaa??" You can notice it a mile off! Thanks again mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Really pleased to see you're going to tackle the individual films from the set. It's an absolute treasure trove. Great to hear your thoughts.
Thanks mate, next up is The final Game of Death, just finished that this morning 😱😱 WOW....just Wow 😁😁😁😁
@@MondoChelloveckMovies saw uncut Boss on vhs late 80s so it mustve been out there already then , maybe it was a bootleg. Version i saw prolly had keyhole scene too so there could be more footage out there , cant recall any saw scene
Thank you for reviewing this film.
I saw The Big Boss on its original release in the cinemas in the '70s, I was a big Martial Arts fan back then (and still am really) and was a young practicing Martial Artist too, as I was born in the late '50s in the U.K. I saw this film numerous times (under age I might add, but I looked older than my years back then) in various cinemas in different towns near where I lived whenever it was being screened, I did this with all the best Martial Arts films of the time, the other Bruce Lee films of course, and many other ones too. I can tell you for certain that the 'saw in the head' scene quite definitely did exist in The Big Boss, and I was shocked when I found that it along with some other scenes had been cut from, firstly, the VHS release and later DVD releases, the same it true for Fist of Fury, and to a lesser extent to Way of The Dragon and even Enter The Dragon, we all know about what happened with Game of Death sadly post Bruce's untimely death.
Thanks for this great comment Adam 🤩👍 it must have been amazing to see these on release in the cinema mate!! 👌👌😊😊 wow you have seen the infamous Saw in the head scene!! 😲🤩 was that in the cinema? I've seen a few mock ups and animations of it over the years, have you seen any that look like the one you saw (pun intended) 🤯😁 yeah Bruce lee movies were chopped to bits for ages weren't they 😱😵💫 it's just great and fitting that they are available in the fullest versions possible.....*nearly 😁 cheers for sharing your journey Adam 🤩🤩👏👏
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Thank you. Yes, I saw the saw scene (there's a mouthful) in the cinemas at the time, funnily enough there were different prints doing the rounds, some which had different cuts in them, this was possibly due to different cinema groups who owned the particular cinema, these were the days before the big chains, like Odeon, Vue, etc, etc, all you had was the name of the local cinema, in my town at the time it was 'The Scala', the only real cinema chain which I can remember was ABC Cinemas but many were independent. The places were often small in comparison to todays standards but what they would do is do certain weeks with a theme, for example, in one week I saw every Sean Connery James Bond film, as they'd show two films at a time for two days, then the next two days another two, and then the last two days another two so, six films in one week. I saw many great films because you'd have your main feature and a 'B' film, many times the 'B' film was better than the main one, of the Martial Arts films some of my favourites from back then were, 'Hapkido', 'Ten Fingers of Steel', 'One Armed Boxer', 'Blind, Deaf Mute', and the Bruce Lee ones of course, a few years later there was 'The Man from Hong Kong' which starred Jimmy Wang Yu who was in One Armed Boxer, it was like Enter The Dragon as it was a collaboration with an American company, it was supposed to launch Jimmy in the USA but he got in trouble with the Hong Kong Mafia and ended up either killing or badly injuring someone (sorry, I can't remember exactly it was so long ago) and he ended up going to prison.
I remember the old cinemas before multiplexes! There was always a cinema near it seemed and usually you knew or someone you knew, knew the people who worked in them! 🤩 it was like a different world back then wasn't it! 2 movies on every time you went, I saw some great B movies and double bills on there Adam, although those days will never return, The Tyneside Cinema in Newcastle is the closet we have up here to those days mate! Oh for a time machine!! Not that I remember too much about different cuts I remember seeing Dawn of the Dead- the shorter cut with all of the gore in (head shooting) and when I got the VHS those bits were all gone 😲😲😵💫😵💫🤩🤩
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Yes, they were great days, they didn't "clean" up films so much back then I feel. I can't be too far away from you, I now live in Darlington, I moved there with work in 1990/91 and have lived there off and on ever since.
No movies were literally what you see is what you get and you would never think to ask for a better version!! 😲🤩 I passed by Darlington yesterday, been on a round trip to Barnsley to see my wife's family, I'm in Whitley Bay so it's not too far Adam 🤩 👍👍
nice review mate , I went to the Tyneside cinema in the Toon to watch The big boss and later bought the box set from arrow .. its a superb box set for Bruce Lee fans ! think ive watched the Raw cut of BB a few times now I love the unmastered look of the rare version we all waited over 40 years to see again !!
Bet that was a great experience Steven 😁😁👏👏 the box set is insane!! Just the zenith of his collected works 😊😊👍👍 hadn't seen the rough cut before but it was a revelation to get those missing parts that expanded the story just thst little bit more Steven 🤔😁😁👏👏👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies yes , it was surreal seeing this version after we all thought it lost to the ravages of time since about 1979 when it was shown at the 1979 KFM convention in London .
I love watching the Raw mandarin version im so pleased they included 'the as is ' scan of the unmastered reels of the movie .
The sound track is terrible you can understand why they re-scored it with the Pete Thomas one ..
I hope that more footage gets located in the future from maybe a different edit .
Excellent video, Jon. The Mandarin cut, blew my mind. I'm still going through all the extras on The Big Boss. The audio commentaries, very informative stuff.
Arrow have done an amazing job.
The Yellow box we have, has sold out now mate 👍
Loved the bits I've checked out thus far......dived into Final Game of Death Stripey......I HAD to 😁😁😁 we are waiting to see The Dickies now mate 🤩🤩🤩🤩🤘🤘🤘🤘
It’s a shame Arrow haven’t done the same job with their packaging! mine arrived bashed to hell and am now waiting on a replacement from them, it’s appalling paying £124 and then they ship it in a paper thin box with little to no protection.👎
@rkashby78 Arrow need to look into packing these high end editions better!! Its a disgrace the amount of people who have got this set damaged by choosing the wrong packaging!!! Hopefully the replacement will be perfect.....but you shouldn't have to be even thinking this Richard!!! Hopefully it gets sorted for you mate 😁😁👍👍
@BrandonLovesTheMovies the commentary tracks by Dave Desser & Brandon Bentley are fantastic, mate.
@StripeyR I'm definitely checking them out Stripey.....I've completed The Final Game of Death WOW!!!!!! Next up is Game of Death 2, which I'll talk about my ways of watching this set on an upcoming video, its the Zenith for us Bruce Lee fans.....and we haven't even had the Enter the Dragon 4k yet!!! 🤩🤩🤩👌👌👌
I remember the saw in the head scene. Back in the eighties. The bleeding ribcage claw scene at the end.
Would be great to see that one mate 😁😁👌👌
Looking forward to your collaboration with TheFanaticalDragon. 🤩
So am I Cheekster 😊😊👍👍 hopefully soon mate 👌
Great review! Thanks for sharing it. And might I say your opening kicks ass!
Thanks Steve, appreciate you watching mate and wow amazing to hear you like the opening mate 🤩🤩 if you drop me an email I'll send you the full song if you want Steve 😁👍👍
Great video John. Looking forward to diving into this box set soon 👍
Thanks Matt, yeah can't believe how good this set is!! You're going to love it Matt 🤩🤩👍👍
Great review John. I totally agree, the iconic music played a big part and the Mandarin soundtrack was a little jarring. The extra 10 minutes footage was excellent though. Never seen before, even on the old 80s VHS. Well worth it.
I've watched the final GOD. You're going to love it. The new previously unreleased footage is amazing.
Cheers Mig, yeah I need to get used to that soundtrack a bit more mate 🤔🤩 watched Final Game of Death today and wow!!! What an experience!!! You're right Mig, I loved it mate 😁😁👏👏👍👍
i did see uncut Boss on vhs late 80s , maybe it was a bootleg. Ive heard rumors of a swedish uncut edition on vhs so who knows. Version i saw prolly had keyhole scene but afaik not a saw scene in it.
Wonder how many versions there was made for Big Boss?? I'm really hoping someone stumbles across the saw scene.....even in terrible condition, it'll be so awesome to see 😲😲😁😁🤩🤩
Thank you so much John.
Your very welcome Cheekster 😊😊👍👍
Back in 1979 they released GOD at the cinema and I saw it with The Big Boss. That was the Mandarin version. I remember the carts and how they used reverse motion jumping out of the way, because there were a few sniggers. The only missing scene was, of course, the saw in the head. Until this Arrow release, that was the one and only time I ever saw the Mandarin cut.
Would have been amazing to see the Mandarin cut at the Cinema Marcus 😲😁😁👍👍I bet it became the stuff of legend with it being fairly unavailable until recently (in the UK ) I loved seeing the Mandarin Cut, just saw photos until this release!! Cheers for commenting Marcus 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies yup. At the local Odeon. Back then you never knew what you'd see. I saw Enter with all the nunchuck footage removed. The double chuck fight in Way removed. It's so great that the footage has been restored. When you think they shot 3 hours of film for Boss, hopefully, one day that will be discovered but Arrow have done a fine job. However, like you, having grown up with the English dub, I find the audio for Boss hard to take on the Mandarin cut.
@marcushawkes392 sadly I never saw any Bruce Lee stuff at the Cinema (even on re-release) I can imagine the prints being widely different at times 😲 nunchucks were SO forbidden for a long time it's crazy!! Yeah so glad to see that returned and we get the full versions, I do think there is more footage out there that will be discovered (if it hasn't already 😉) but for now Arrow are king with this release 🤩👍 yep gotta do my familiar audio, takes me out of the film if I don't Cheers Marcus 😵💫🤩🤩👍👍
Yes we are getting a 4k collector's set the exorcist steelbook pre order from midnight 😊
I saw that Gary, it's a cracker mate!!!
still missing also is the killing of the last two guys just b4 the final big boss fight one being just under the tree where Bruce breaks his back over his shoulders, rem seeing this back in the 80s b4 the vids where recalled and cut
It's probably going to be released on a 60th anniversary edition 😵💫 it would be great to find a first pressing of the pre cert to find these clips out mate 😊😊👍👍
were not getting any younger lol by this rate all the grand children will get to see the ultimute version while ppl like me will miss out lol
@@pitney77 🤣🤣 haha good point!! Hope the missing bits come out before we shuffle off Pitney!!! 🤞🤞😉🤩🤩👍👍
Hi mate got this delivered to Germany today unfortunately i had to pay£130 from Amazon for the red box version however it really is something special and once the 4k enter the dragon arrives it will be the ultimate Bruce Lee collection probably never to be betterd. So yes it's not cheap but now it's on my shelf and it's only money😊
Excellent mate 🤩🤩👌👌 its a big ticket to pay but the set more than delivers on every level for me 😁😁👏👏 yep 4K Enter the Dragon is tye icing on the cake and as you say I can't see anything coming close to it!! Only if some really crazy Undiscovered archive material emerged, but it probably be such a small amount to could get put into a disc of stuff.....but as a set everything I remember liking about Bruce Lee is in here! 🤣 yeah you can't take it with you and you have it now!! Enjoy your set bud 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies is the red box set also limited edition do you know?
I don't know if it is 🤔 I would imagine there is a limited amount to it as it seems to grandiose to run forever, saying that the equally amazing Shawscope sets are still going, but they might not sell as fast as the Bruce Lee set seems to be going! At a guess I would say 6000 tops 🤔🤔👍👍
Nice video as usual John, always informative and entertaining. I saw The Big Boss Years ago on one of the Shout Factory Blu Ray releases, but Shout didn't do as good a job as I was hoping for on the film, so I'm hoping Arrow's work on the film gives me a better experience. Didn't realize there were so many different cuts of the film before, that is interesting and amazing. Bruce Lee was originally meant to be a supporting character in the film while costar James Tien was slated for the hero role, but midway through filming Lee's popularity skyrocketed when The Green Hornet, a show he was the co-lead in, aired in Hong Kong and Raymond Chow had Lo Wei do rewrites that made Lee's character into the hero. At first there was confusion among audiences as the first half of the film did focus a little more on James Tien with Lee kind of being an observer to everything going, but interviews with Lee and others cleared it all up. I've heard of the infamous chainsaw scene before, but I was starting to think it was more of an Urban Legend until I heard you say there's a snippet of it on RUclips, so I'll be looking for it. I do plan on picking up that Arrow set down the road at some point, just saving up and hoping for another sale. Take care my friend, hope you and the Debs are well, and speak to you soon.
Good video John & have a good weekend.
Thanks Mark 😊😊 you too bud 😁😁👍👍
Loving this set. I've watched The Big Boss Mandarin cut with extras, Game of Death with extras, and Enter The Dragon without extras (seen them all before). Arrow have done an amazing job here, without a doubt the best release of the year.
And I wasn't going to get this set, I own them already and I've seen the films many times, but there is so much extra content in this set that it's worth every penny of that price tag. So dear Arrow, can we have a Brucesploitation box set next?
Yeah Stephen, it's delivered on every level for me and I'm only 2 discs in!! 😱 I'm putting at best release of year by far at the moment, can't see it being bettered Stephen 😁👏👏 as you say we have seen these movies countless times but the presentation and extras (which are plentiful) make ut an essential buy for Bruce Lee fans 👏👏 Severin are releasing a Brucesploitation documentary soon, which should be great but a box set of the best Brucesploitation movies would be amazing wouldn't it Stephen 😲😲🤩🤩👍👍
id like Ninja strikes back with Le & Hwang Jang Lee commentary , dont care if it has to be subbed lol
So far watched big boss mandarin cut, fist of fury, way of the dragon 😍 started a channel my first video is up 😅lol im no Steven Spielberg 😅
I'll take a look at that video Stuart....we are waiting to see The Dickies at the moment 🤩🤩🤩🤘🤘🤘
I've already got the master collection on blu though! Is it still worth the double dip?
Personally I would say yes Kieran 🤔👍 although I haven't got the Criterion set myself....I would check the specs of the both sets and see if the Arrow video offers significant increase in extras, I would assume that the Mandarin cut and the Final Game of Death is exclusive to this set.....maybe if all the stuff on Criterion is on here you can upgrade to the Arrow set and sell the Criterion to offset the price? Will you be doing blu Ray or 4k mate? 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Blu-ray, I don’t have a 4k player anymore! It broke and they were pricey to replace at the time! A proper ball-ache! My region A blus are useless now! I had a great 4K multi-region player too. Luckily I had a mate convert them to region Bs and I learned a valuable lesson! Thanks for the heads up, I don’t think I can resist the upgrade but might just ask for it for my birthday to avoid shelling out for more! I’ve bought every format of Lee’s movies from VHS and beta days to blus nowadays. It’s costly! Ha ha!
@kierank1982 that's a bummer Kieran 😲😲 nothing worse than when that happens! I think you will have a great time with the set and I hope there is enough new stuff to keep you busy mate....I'm probably going to Game of Death 2 next to see what the versions are like compared to my Honk Kong Legends DVD version 🤔🤔😁😁👍👍
I want that undubbed cut
The Mandarin audio Panda? 👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies yes! Sir. I watched the original undubbed Game of Death! It’s so much better. It’s only 20 mins.
Never seen that version Panda 🤔🤩👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies ruclips.net/video/CJFq64B_5EQ/видео.html
@@MondoChelloveckMovies check it out. I mean it’s 40 mins
Has this collection been released in the USA? (Can’t find it on Amazon)
It's a UK release only sadly, if you do import it the blu ray discs are Region B locked mate 👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Ahh! Ok. What’s it like knowing that this collection is out and I’m on an indefinite waiting list?? Me:😤😖😫
@CuzCutz it's really annoying when a great release comes out in a different territory and it's hard to get mate 😔😔 hope you can find it 🤞👍👍👍
Hi , I remember seeing The Big Boss multiple times at the cinema then getting it on video and the soundtrack was different ... it had music by Pink Floyd on it which I'm sure you have seen yourself. I have a question ... Bruce Lee's warcry was never in the original. Is that restored ? It will be interesting to find out about Game of Death as there are 2 versions ... One - terrible war crys from some idiot, and the 2nd overdubs of Bruce himself from previous movies, & Kareems eyes different when the shades are knocked off. Looking forward to more from this box set. Thankyou so much for this post. Regards Jim !
The 1982 Cantonese soundtrack with Pink Floyd and King Crimson, and Bruce's war cries (lifted from Enter the Dragon) is also included in the Arrow boxset. The 1971 original Mandarin version didn't have Bruce's war cries or his own voice.
@@jasonhart751 Thankyou that's one of the versions I have but did wonder if there was his actual warcry for The Big Boss that still existed rather than overdubbed from E.T.D.
The whole background to Bruce's war crys is really fascinating and also hard to navigate!! I hope somewhere in the box it might answer some questions about them and say who did what on which version 🤞🤞 I haven't heard the Pink Floyd soundtrack though Jim 🤯😲😁😁 be interesting to hear that 🤔😊😊👍👍
@jasonhart751 thanks for the info Jason, as I was saying I would love to see a documentary on his war cries and who did what on what movie 🤔🤔 fascinating subject 😁😁👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies You will love that version. Pink Floyd music actually works. ... As for the war cries ... whoever did the original version of Game of Death should be shot !!! Lol - " Ha gaa ha gaa ha gaa wooo " That is all he could do ? Sooo bad !!!
It’s NOT original language. Bruce spoke Cantonese. Mandarin doesn’t have his fighting screams. That’s a big minus, for me.
Agree it adds to the story, but I’m all about the original screams.
Couldn’t Arrow have offered the Mandarin film with the Cantonese sound? That’s what I want 🤷♂️
I did miss the war cries from Bruce in the Mandarin cut, as much as its a fascinating watch, I'm so used to the soundtrack I've heard all my life, it kind of alters the movie 🤔👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Well, John, given these have the clever branching tech, it would’ve been easy to offer a choice.
Interestingly, Arrows Streaming service has 4 choices to watch Big Boss and None are Cantonese 🙄
It might be that "rights issue" problem that seems to plague every release these days, who knows 🤔🤔 there are 4 Big Boss versions on the box set but not sure if any are in Cantonese 🤔 all his Hong Kong movies were shot without sound so there's probably no audio of Bruce Lee from these movies sadly 😔
Another interesting video John. This new box set is mind blowing! Do you know why disc 1 of The Big Boss has an 18 certificate and disc 2 has a 15 certificate?
Hmmm interesting mate! The box set is truly amazing not sure about that I would imagine it might be an extra feature that has something more violent or adult? I'll be interested to know myself 🤔🤔🤩🤩
How many extra minutes do you get with this version, John, I prefer the extended versions to movies. I always think it's how we should have seen them. Enjoy your salad John, not trying to rub it in but I had a delicious steak, yummy yummy. Next to Enter the Dragon I think The Big Boss is his next best film, I think you prefer Way of the Dragon don't you.
10 extra minutes Gary!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I'm a veggie so salad is my steak mate.....unfortunately 🤯🤯🤣🤣
@@MondoChelloveckMovies but will the missing FoF trailer be found as well as HK TV appearances ?? , they also did a Game trailer in HK cinemas in January '73 alleged
I haven't even thought about that 😲 there must be a wealth of stuff like this that no one has seen for many years!! 😁😁 Great info mate 🤩🤩👍👍
Did you get Satan's little helper on treasured films 😊
Not yet Gary, but its on the list mate 👍
I'm getting itchy fingers on this, I have the criterion edition so ...........I'll think on it a bit more, every time I open the oul wallet all I hear is (Are you haven a laugh)
🤣🤣 it's such a tempting one Mack!! If they had struck a deal up with Warner for at least a 4k transfer of Enter the Dragon (but not the extras even) I think that would have been the tipping point for all Bruce Lee fans 🤔😊😊 yeah my wallet has been hammered recently for sure 😵💫😵💫😵💫🤣🤣🤣👍👍👍
Have you got a oled tv ?
just had the curse 2 and the torture chamber of dr satism new on 88 films😜
Dr Sadism looks a good one Gary 👍👍
U have Dolby vision to thank for the colours…
Totally agree Ed, Dolby Vision is such a good tool to have mate 😊😊👍👍
So are all 5 cuts of BIG BOSS on 4k or just 2 and the rest on bluray?
That's a good question Rico....I'm pretty sure they are all on a 4k disc....whether or not they all are in 4k is another thing.....ill check the cuts this evening and get back to you (great question mate) 🤩🤩🤔🤔👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Here is why I ask. 4k we all can watch because it's region free. But the blurays are not region free.
@ricogomez4020 yeah I can definitely confirm the blu rays in this set are Region B locked, I tried them out on my region A player today and they came up this disc will not play on this machine, going to see if the Big Boss cuts are in 4k now mate 👍👍
4 out of the 5 cuts are in 4K....the only one not in 4k is the unrestored grindhouse version of the Mandarin Cut .. which is still on a 4k so you get a bit of a boost I suppose...only good thing is that this cut is all the same quality so you don't get any shifts in quality (but it's all the lower Grindhouse quality) hope that makes sense Rico 🤩🤩👍👍
@@MondoChelloveckMovies Kareem : "When Bruce died i thought it was publicity stunt for Game"
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Is ut worth the money john ?
Personally I think so Paul, add the Enter the Dragon 4k and basically that's the whole Bruce Lee experience right there! Expensive Yes, but wow! It's worth it 😁😁👍👍
Might have to purchase soon then