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The Big Boss
1971
· Movie
· 99 min
C
MEANRANK
70/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #2396
- IMDb #2519
- Rotten Tomatoes #2538
- Letterboxd #2679
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #2331
- Criticker #1963
Every rating
47–86
out of 100
A young man moves to Thailand to work at an ice factory with his cousins, having sworn a vow of non-violence to his family. When his cousins begin to disappear after discovering the factory's secret drug-smuggling operation, he is forced to break his oath and use his extraordinary martial arts skills to seek revenge.
Details
- Director
- Lo Wei
- Writer
- Lo Wei
- Studio
- Orange Sky Golden Harvest
- Released
- 23 October 1971
- Country
- Hong Kong
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $100.0K
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