For me the best movie from Bruce Lee
A must see for any fighting movie fanatic. This film perfects the art of capturing fighting sequences. Also, Chuck Norris and Bruce Lee.. what more do you want really?
7/10
Good movie
that shouldn't work
for me and I shouldn't have
enjoyed but there was something very engaging
about it that kept my
attention from start to
finish, gas it aged well
Certainly not, but
with a story I could follow
with some pretty Slick fight
Choreography made for
an entertaining watch,
Bringing "Chuck" into
it really elevated the film
and gave the audience
Something to look
Forward to for the end
Fight on the movie.
This was probably one
of my favourite on
Lee's movies as it still
makes for an entertaining
Watch but my favourite
Bruce Lee's stories
of all time is definitely
"Dragon The Bruce Lee Story"
That baby is Timeless
and definitely a 10/10,
and no matter how many
times I watch it, there is
Never a dry eye at the end.
While it has some of the most terrible dialogues of all Lee movies, it has some of the best fighting scenes : combining great moves and lot of humour.
The first act is a bit painful to watch (though it has a subtle hommage to Chaplin) and an embarrassing scene at the airport and its restaurant.
After the first big fight behind the restaurants, the second act can begin and its a great epic of a movie and perhaps the best thing Bruce Lee ever done.
In this movie, the only Lee Jun-fan ever wrote and directed, there are traces of what was for him a new direction in acting and writing and what could have been the great beginning of the new Hong Kong Kung-fu style of movies. You can imagine how great would have been Game of Death if he ever completed it.
As with the The Big Boss and Fist of Fury, it’s an highly entertaining movie, even if it sometime borders on being ludicrous.
Best Bruce Lee movie, with Enter the Dragon a close second.
Bruce Lee at his best.
Review by PorterUkVIP 5BlockedParent2020-09-17T04:14:41Z
There's so much to rave about in this film.
Bruce is directing. Of course he is fight choreographer. But the most praise goes for bringing his sense of humour and humanity to it.
It doesn't always work - the attempt to get food at the airport and frightening a young Italian child falls flat. But in the whole, his humour with the waiters at the restaurant is very funny.
The fighting is sensational. Avoid the terrible dubbed copies and get the Cantonese with English subtitles. You'll be given the full uncut fights and an introduction (for many at least) to the nunchaku. The scenes at the back of the restaurant make this a contender for best Bruce film. He is simply captivating.
The fight with Chuck Norris at the end has influenced everyone from Stallone to the Rock! It is brilliantly choreographed.
(FYI... Play his normal fighting slower and the slow mo faster. They run everything a quarter fast and the slow bits are slowed by a third. Watching them at real speed is an absolute joy)
The final word. This film looked to be the start of a series of Tang Lung films. Possibly Bruce's idea to replicate his Kung Fu TV series idea on the big screen. It would have worked too as this character had real longevity going from fish-out-of-water to gun-for-hire.
8/10
(there's only really at most 3 films of Bruce's to recommend to a casual fan. Enter, Way and Fists of Fury - in that order. But for a fan, this is most likely the most revered and most enjoyable watch for the most Bruce for your buck)