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Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story (1977)

Yong chun jie quan (original title)
R | | Drama, Action | September 1981 (USA)
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Bruce Li plays a young kung fu expert (and waiter) who is trying to live peacefully in San Francisco with his marital arts-challenged friend. But they run afoul of some American thugs, and the fight is on...right!

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Credited cast:
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Carter Wong ...
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Kuei Chang
Chi-Min Chin
Jang Lee Hwang ...
Ching Yun-Cheh (as Wang Chang-Li)
Alan Ellerton ...
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Hsiao-Hu Lin
Robert Kerver ...
Mr. Grace
Roy Horan ...
Charlie
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Charles Bonet
Phil Cohen ...
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Kuan-Hsien Huang
Fa Yuan Li
Chung Lin
Fong Lung
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Bruce Li plays a young kung fu expert (and waiter) who is trying to live peacefully in San Francisco with his marital arts-challenged friend. But they run afoul of some American thugs, and the fight is on...right!

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Surprisingly enjoyable
29 June 2003 | by (Canada) – See all my reviews

Hey, I've seen my share of kung-fu garbage, and this film is something I wasted a good boring Monday night on. Expectingly nothing but garbage, I just popped in the tape and thought I'd just let it run. To tell the truth, it's surprisingly decent. Bruce Li is no Bruce Lee, but he's certainly the best of the imitators, and this film is one of his better moments.

Another of those bad-yet-enjoyable films. Worthwhile if you're a kung-fu / Bruce Lee fan though.

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