Bruce Lee - The Fighter (2015) User Reviews

One Time Watch!

[arundathi · 5/10 · 29 June 2016]

The film had some great plus points such as music, cinematography, story line and direction however the weak script made this movie boring. Even the title of the film did not make sense to the story.

Ram Charan falls into the same trap as many actors: choosing generic scripts. He over acts with his dialogue delivery and he is unable to carry the movie.

Rakul Preet as his love interest does a really good job but she is trapped with over the top dialogues. However, some credit should be given for a character that is different from generic portrayal of love interests.

Kriti, as the sister, is able to help move the movie forward. But, again, the script does not really give her a chance to take charge.

Arun Vijay as the antagonist was also a victim to poor screenplay. His role was not needed in this film.

Overall, the film had a good concept but it was not brought to life.

The usual

[Abdulxoxo · 6/10 · 7 January 2021]

Direction by Sreenu Vaitla is a major disappointment; he has chosen a decent concept but he has failed to turn this concept into good cinema. The film keeps dragging and it gets boring after the interval. The story is all over the place, and our protagonist is a typical hero in masala movies. There's nothing refreshing about the characters, we've all seen them before: perfect hero, beautiful heroine, two to three comic relief supporting characters, and of course the bad guy. The action scenes are well choreographed tho, and it's entertaining to watch. The music is energetic and there are one or two songs that are actually catchy, the locations, costumes and choreography of the music videos are pretty good. The performances are decent, Ram Charan does his best in the lead role and tries to carry the movie but it's the movie in whole, that doesn't want to be carried.

A mass entertainer, with good family sentiments. After a great 1st half, the 2nd half is so so but Chiru makes up for it and HOW!!!

[jmoneyjohal · 7/10 · 16 October 2015]

Director Srinu Vaitla is back after the disastrous flop Aagudu, and Ram Charan has also been going through a lean phase with his last release GAV doing just average business. Bruce Lee The Fighter therefore comes with huge expectations of becoming a hit, the film has to bring both superstar director and actor to the top again. Thankfully Bruce Lee works, and one can see the film going on a successful run. The film is a entertaining mass entertainer, that has good family sentiments. The first half is really breezy and good. The second half does drag, and the stories twists are not really suspenseful. Also the story does follow the predictable clichéd mass entertainer model. But Megastar's entry, and Brahmi's comedy keep the second half afloat. But more on that later.

Story wise the film is about a boy named Karthik and his sister who come from a middle class family, and there father cant afford both of them going into higher studies.The father wants Karthik to become a collector, but seeing his sisters eagerness to study and become a collector Karthik scarifies his studies. He purposely does bad in school so his sister can go to college etc, he also earns his fathers wrath but he doesn't care. He grows up to become a stunt man to help his father support his sisters educations, but his father is oblivious of this. He then after an encounter with a girl obsessed with cops, gets into crazy whirlwind of confusion where the girl thinks he is a cop, and she gets him into a lot of trouble. After awhile Karthik's sister gets herself caught up in a drug case, and Karthik then has to face some unwanted trouble. What happens next forms the rest of the plot.

Acting wise Ram Charan, is in top form, his action, and especially dancing are amazing. Rakul Preet Singh is good in a comic role, and looks extremely beautiful. Kriti is good. Rao Ramesh is getting typecast. Arun Vijay hams. Sampath Raj is great. Brahmanandam is hilarious. Posani is funny.

The films main positive is the brother sister sentiment, we don't get to see a track like this in most films,the track works wonders, and tugs at ones heart strings. The first half in general is very good and breezy,its well done. The action is stylish and top notch.The music is really good, and Ram Charan dances like a dream he is probably one of India's best. All things that make a mass entertainer a hit are in Bruce Lee. But Bruce Lee, like many other films after a great first half has a so so second half. The film starts to drag a lot, and the films twists are not really suspenseful. The films starts to head into the regular masala route. However the films biggest asset comes in the climax, and that is Mega Star Chiranjeevi's intro.His action sequence, his dialogue delivery, arises goosebumps. A mind blowing scene. Also Brahmi's comedy track is hilarious in the 2nd half. Both these tracks cover up a mediocre 2nd half to a extent.

Overall watch Bruce Lee The fighter for some good family entertainment, and you will not be disappointed. Charan, and Vaitla are back, and if your a Mega Star fan run to the theaters, because his 5 min special appearance is worth the ticket price alone.

3.5/5* or 7/10

Ps. Finally watched a Telugu film in a premier show on Thursday in Surrey BC!!!

A routine flick that tests patience

[prafulb · 2/10 · 16 October 2015]

This movie has everything that a successful Tollywood flick needs, a larger than life hero who cannot act to save his life, a bimbo heroine whose skirts magically reduce an inch or more of length in songs, a family patriarch who is strict, a doting mother, a sister (who thankfully does not gets violated albeit she does gets drugged), 5 songs that sound stale (Trademark Thaman who like the director Srinu Vaitla rehashes the same tunes over and over again), slo-mo fight scenes with bodies flying around defying all earthly laws of physics, a brahmanandam comedy track that can barely invoke a simper (let alone a laugh) and so on. This is supposedly a "family entertainer for masses" movie that gets routinely churned out from Tollywood (and elsewhere in India too). Absolutely nothing new in the content and presentation. If you had seen Srinu Vaitla's previous films, you will have a feeling of deja vu because that's exactly this movie is, stale ! Ramcharan tries hard but he appears to be more wooden than ever. He dances well though. Rest of the people in the movie are just there as fillers. Yet another clichéd, predictable fare that makes you feel that probably watching a wet paint getting dried up is a better time-pass. The horror is that such movies rule and make the most money inspiring more clones and the eternal vicious cycle. I have no problems with mass movies if they do provide a wholesome entertainment or a fresh take. This one provides neither and is just a usual over-hyped movie. The golden moment in the film is Chiranjeevi's entry but it is too late to redeem it. But for him alone I give this movie 2 stars. If he had been the main lead, probably this would have been a different experience. IMDb says people who liked this movie also liked Aagadu, I think thats sums it up ! This one can be skipped and forgotten along with Srinu Vaitla's last venture Aagadu.

Fun but generic

[shritanvarma · 6/10 · 24 October 2015]

SHORT REVIEW- Rating- 3/5

+ Ram Charan and Rakul Preet Singh are rocking + visually striking songs with good beats + choreography + light hearted first half +Chiranjeevi's cameo - generic plot - mostly weak comedy in second half

• Arun Vijay is wasted

It's very routine in screenplay and plot, so if you are looking for something new then try some other movie. The lead pair do very well and are great in the songs. Thaman has composed three good songs while the other two are monotonous. Although it is just like Vaitla's other films, it's choreography and lead actors save it from turning into another Aagadu...if you go in with very low expectations you will enjoy it more

Undercover Stuntman

[snaidu422 · 3/10 · 18 October 2015]

An IB chief who handovers an important mission concerning national security (or so as he believes) to an ordinary stuntman who is in love with is daughter.

A dumb heroine who does not even get to put 2 and 2 together even though her boyfriend on numerous occasions says things, like shooting, lights, director, stuntmen, bathas and still believes he is a policeman and not a stuntman and at every impromptu occasions wears dresses made of ribbons and breaks into a song with him.

A Villain who organizes a mass killing in a restaurant and blames it on Al-qaida just to silence two people.

A IB officer who goes to Afghanistan on an undercover mission and sets up a barber shop there and still the IB manages to have him in the department.

A hero who has nothing to do with Bruce lee except a tattoo of him on his hand and still prefers people calling him Bruce Lee.

The above is a list of characters of the tollywood flick "BRUCELEE- THE FIGHTER". I guess this would be enough to make a judgment on how the filmmakers take the intelligence of the audience for granted. Coming to the story (if you can call it that) Karthik is an intelligent student as a kid who sacrifices his education so that his elder sister Kavya (Kriti Kharbanda) can get to study and become an IAS officer. His father Ramchander Rao (Rao Ramesh) has enough financial capacity to educate only one of the kids. Karthik becomes a stuntman and for some whacko reason people call him Bruce Lee.

Enters a dumb girl Riya(Rakul Preet Singh) who wants to get married only to a police officer and seeing Karthik in a police costume beating a goon mistakes him for the real one and designs a computer game on him as the lead character (?????).

Karthik and Riya fall in love. Riya on numerous occasions manages to pull Karthik into situations where he has to behave as a police officer and actually fight hardcore criminals.

On one of his escapades, Karthik sends a notorious gang leader Deepak Raj (Arun Vijay) into a coma and his father Jayaraj (Sampath Raj) screams vengeance.

Now Jayaraj is legally wedded to Vasundhara (Nadia) whose son is getting married to Kavya and Deepak is his secret legal wife (???) Malini (Tisca Chopra)'s son.

When Karthik learns about Jayaraj's double life, he decides to play a trick like all Sreenu Vaitla's heroes and lands up in his house and using IB officer Suzuki Subramanyam (Brahmandam) as a scapegoat manages to uncover his evil deeds to Vasundhara.

Phew! That's what the movie has to offer people, if this is one side of it, the other thing which actually makes us laugh out loud is the reason why Chiranjeevi makes an appearance in this flick. Comeon people! You don't rescue a girl and then leave her in the villain's hideout while you go horse-riding with your pal, that's exactly what Ramcharan and Chiranjeevi do.

The one positive factor of the movie are the dances, Ramcharan is a good dancer and it would have worked better if they had named the movie "micheal Jackson" or "Prabhudeva" or "birju Maharaj" instead of Bruce Lee. The guy has a single expression throughout the movie, be it love, anger or ecstasy.

Rakul Preet Singh cannot act to save her life. The less said about her the better.

Kriti Kharbanda has nothing much to do except cry, run and hug her brother in every scene she is in.

Sampath Raj is good as the suave villain who leads a double life, if only his character had been worked on a little more, we would had a real dark villain, but alas!

Music by Thaman is average and not a single song is worth remembering.

Srinu Vaitla's direction is pathetic, he only uses his own movie making template which he has been using for a decade and every movie of his is the same.

His proclamation is loud and clear "no matter what, I will not change. I will continue making the same story with different lead actors".

I would give it 3 on 10, just for the well choreographed dance sequences, would I recommend this to anyone? Please embrace the plague but not this movie

Decent time pass

[atj-19320 · 7/10 · 20 March 2021]

Family time pass movie. The movie mainly runs on comedy and I think it mostly worked. The music is really well done and bgm is nice too. Dancing is good as always. Acting is decent. It's a decent entertainer

not at all up to expectations.......

[vishwanatharaajasekhar · 1/10 · 18 October 2015]

There is no much need of watching this movie moreover it sounds as baadshah-2,dookudu-3.lack of entertainment has been the worst aspect. even though ramcharan's action and dance has been good it is a routine story and i can even tell is as a waste of time.this can be exactly said as 'NO MATTER IN MEGA METER'. Rakul shares a superb chemistry with Ram Charan though she doesn't have much of a role in the movie. Kriti as sister has done adequate job. Thaman's songs have become popular even before the release and couple of them are even better on the screen. Drawbacks: Lack of entertainment Hurried second half Predictable story Narration lacks fizz Total failure of Brahmi and comedy gang.

Utter waste of time and money. Plz don't watch it the hall.. Wait for the DVD

[aryatarak · 1/10 · 31 October 2015]

Srinu Vaitla-Ram Charan's latest action- revenge-comedy-family+1000s of other genres movie Bruce Lee is not the break that the lead actor was looking for after a dismal show in his previous outing.

The writers follow a principle known as reuse-recycle-recreate.I can call it Dookudu 4 as it follows the same template of villain harming the hero's family and the hero users a comedian as a bait to trick the villain and end the movie with a fight.Dialogues are routine and nothing much to talk about.The screenplay is highly predictable and direction is not executed well.

Brahmanandam is the official mascot of Srinu Vaitla movies and his comedy is the same slapstick humor.Rakul Preet doesn't have much to do. Ram Charan is okay and has improved and Rao Ramesh does justice to his role which saves the movie.Chiranjeevi cameo is the only saving grace and that's the only stuff that mega fans can rejoice about.Arun Vijay is the perfect example of an amazing talent gone waste.

Thaman background score is good in a few scenes and the cinematography is really good. But that isn't enough to save this movie.

Bottomline :Go n watch it if you have a lot of time to kill this festive season

Bruce Lee - a good entertainer again from Sreenu Vaitla.

[ImJoelJayakar · 8/10 · 15 October 2015]

Bruce Lee is a good family entertainer. Sreenu Vaitla along with Kona Venkat and Gopi Mohan delivered another successful entertainer, but this time he changes his style. You have to watch it on screen. Ram Charan is at his best. His dances and fights are the highlight. Acting is good but not enough for an actor of his range. Rakul Preet simply dominates everything whenever she appears on screen. Especially in the song Le Chalo she is at her best. Her beauty and locations compete with each others,but she finally manages to take over. Kriti Kharbanda is the true hero of this film. Being a successful heroine in Kannada, she accepted the role of a sister rather than lead role. For that she deserves special appreciation and proves that she is apt for the role. All the remaining characters are good. If I start mentioning about each and every actor, I may miss a few. Music by Thaman is good and he manages to score a decent BGM. Cinematography is good. Editing is smooth. Breathtaking stunts are another asset for the film. Megastar Chiranjeevi appears in a cameo which will be a special attraction but will not have a great impact. Production values are rich. Bruce Lee is a good entertainer but not as expected. So, go and watch without expectations.

Just a below average telugu masala movie

[soumyaprakashbhoin · 2/10 · 13 April 2022]

Just a below average south Indian movie with no logic, week plot, worst actings by the casts.

Like almost all telugu masala movies, they take the system and police department as a joke. Story line and plot is do weak. And the cinemagraphy, omg can't say anything. When will Ram Charan learn acting!!!

🙏🙏🙏

[Srikanth_Chowdary-Sandireddy · 1/10 · 18 August 2020]

Money waste , time waste Don't spend your money and time for this type of films ..

A movie festival

[venkatyanamandra · 10/10 · 15 October 2015]

BRUCE LEE THE FIGHTER is a nice movie. It has to be a correct film to hit the screens for festival season.ram acting,dance,performance was superb.OUR MEGA STAR comeback very nice.His entrance is superb from helicopter which is undoubtedly need for movie.His cameo is nice. direction is nice. songs are nice which makes you dance in theater. our comedian comedy is nice. a big movie festival for families,fans,movie lovers. nice climax. heroine performance,acting is nice. screenplay,sequence of film is nice.production is good.In Ram char an movies this is one of best best film.A family entertainer based on sister sentiment

Too good

[patrickyanthan · 10/10 · 12 July 2022]

The movie is good but is inspired from a hindi movie phata poster nikla hero starring shahid kapoor and ileana.the movie is also a good entertainer as it shows the love between a brother and his sister and the lengths he goes through for her happiness even sacrificing his own happiness.

fire

[z-01989 · 10/10 · 3 March 2021]

This movie is a good movie to watch with family and enjoy seeing some top characters. its really worth to watch