Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) 6.8
A lionized account of the life of the martial arts superstar. Director:Rob Cohen |
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993) 6.8
A lionized account of the life of the martial arts superstar. Director:Rob Cohen |
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| Lauren Holly | ... | ||
| Robert Wagner | ... | ||
| Michael Learned | ... |
Vivian Emery
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Gussie Yang
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Kay Tong Lim | ... |
Philip Tan
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| Ric Young | ... |
Bruce's Father
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Luoyong Wang | ... | |
| Sterling Macer Jr. | ... |
Jerome Sprout
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| Sven-Ole Thorsen | ... |
The Demon
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Ong Soo Han | ... |
Luke Sun
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| Eric Bruskotter | ... |
Joe Henderson
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| Aki Aleong | ... |
Principal Elder
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| Chao Li Chi | ... |
Elder
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Sam Hau | ... |
Young Bruce
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Based on the life and career of Martial Arts superstar, Bruce Lee. Haunted by demons. Bruce was taught Martial arts at childhood. Bruce then was told by his father to flee to the United States. There, he opened up a Martial Arts school, then was chosen to be the Green Hornet's sidekick, Kato. Then, his big movie career that included "The Big Boss" and "Enter the Dragon". Fighting many enemies along the way, including his childhood demon. Written by John Wiggins
The story told in the movie is really excellent and entertaining. However it feels more like a story based on the life of Bruce Lee rather then an actual biopic of his life.
Jason Scott Lee perfectly plays Kung Fu legend Bruce Lee. Not only the way he plays Lee is impressive but also his fighting skills.
The music by Randy Edelman was also surprising good.
There are way too many fictitious and untrue things added in the movie to be considered a fair biography. But does it really matter for the movie? It's like "Ed Wood" that was also filled with altered things and false truths but still it was a movie that told us the story of an unique character and what drove him. "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" isn't much different in that way. OK it's not completely fair to compare this movie to "Ed Wood" since that was a far superior movie to "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story" (what a horrible title by the way).
The fight sequence are probably the best thing about the movie and they were highly entertaining, although very hard to believe that they actually really happened that way.
It's a good entertaining movie but if you want to get to know more about Bruce Lee this isn't the best material for you to start with.
7/10
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