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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

  • 19931993
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
32K
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Jason Scott Lee in Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
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A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.A fictionalized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.
IMDb RATING
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32K
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    • Rob Cohen
  • Writers
    • Robert Clouse(book "Bruce Lee: The Biography")
    • Linda Lee Cadwell(book "Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew")
    • Edward Khmara(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jason Scott Lee
    • Lauren Holly
    • Robert Wagner
    • Rob Cohen
  • Writers
    • Robert Clouse(book "Bruce Lee: The Biography")
    • Linda Lee Cadwell(book "Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew")
    • Edward Khmara(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Jason Scott Lee
    • Lauren Holly
    • Robert Wagner
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    • 120User reviews
    • 41Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
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    Jason Scott Lee
    Jason Scott Lee
    • Bruce Lee
    Lauren Holly
    Lauren Holly
    • Linda Lee
    Robert Wagner
    Robert Wagner
    • Bill Krieger
    Michael Learned
    Michael Learned
    • Vivian Emery
    Nancy Kwan
    Nancy Kwan
    • Gussie Yang
    Kay Tong Lim
    • Philip Tan
    Ric Young
    Ric Young
    • Bruce's Father
    Luoyong Wang
    Luoyong Wang
    • Yip Man
    Sterling Macer Jr.
    Sterling Macer Jr.
    • Jerome Sprout
    • (as Sterling Macer)
    Sven-Ole Thorsen
    Sven-Ole Thorsen
    • The Demon
    Ong Soo Han
    • Luke Sun
    Eric Bruskotter
    Eric Bruskotter
    • Joe Henderson
    Aki Aleong
    Aki Aleong
    • Principal Elder
    Chao Li Chi
    Chao Li Chi
    • Elder
    • (as Chao-Li Chi)
    Iain M. Parker
    • Brandon Lee
    Sam Hau
    • Young Bruce
    Michelle Tennant
    • Shannon Lee
    Clyde Kusatsu
    Clyde Kusatsu
    • History Teacher
      • Rob Cohen
    • Writers
      • Robert Clouse(book "Bruce Lee: The Biography")
      • Linda Lee Cadwell(book "Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew")
      • Edward Khmara(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In this film, when Linda tells Bruce that she's pregnant, a musical band is visible in the background. The lead singer of this band is played by Shannon Lee, Bruce Lee's real-life daughter.
    • Goofs
      The Tao of Jeet Kune Do was published in 1979 after Lee's death. He did not get it in the mail like he did in the movie.
    • Quotes

      Bruce Lee: The key to immortality is first living a life worth remembering.

    • Crazy credits
      "This motion picture is inspired by the life of Bruce Lee. For dramatic purposes, many of the events and characters have been created and fictionalized. Although Bruce Lee was involved in a martial arts contest in San Francisco, his opponent did not engage in unfair tactics and Bruce Lee was not injured."
    • Alternate versions
      The theatrical release had a different camera angle in a few scenes that different in the video or DVD releases. One of these includes when Bruce Lee (Jason Scott Lee) says "This is the first Bruce Lee Kung Fu Institute.", and punches the air. In the theatrical version the shot of him is a closeup from the front and the punch looks fast and powerful. In the video and DVD release this shot is a distance shot that shows his back and the punch seems fast, but lacking in power.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Splitting Heirs/Sidekicks/Three of Hearts/Bound by Honor/The Night We Never Met (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Hong Kong Cha Cha
      Music by Robert Randles

      Lyrics by Rob Cohen

    User reviews120

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    Dragon Review And General Feelings On Bruce's Death
    Very Good But Horribly Inaccurate Account Of His Life

    If you are watching this as someone who has no knowledge of Bruce Lee's life then this is a good fun action film but someone who knows the history and the story of his life may be dissapointed as this is not at all accurate. And knowing Bey Logan, he must cringe watching this. The film depicts Bruce's early childhood in Hong Kong, his teenage years in the US right way through to his eventual death in 1973. The element that I think drags this film down the most is the mythological side of it, if it had just been a realistic account of his life without the myths and demons, it would have faired much better. There are many innacurate scenes and occurences in this film which understandably makes the film more exciting for mainstream audiences but as a Bruce fan myself i wish they would have stuck to what actually happened. I wish there were more scenes where Bruce was on set of one of his films, like Way Of The Dragon or Fist Of Fury. There could have been more scenes with Bruce with Yip Man or Brandon. There could have been scenes of Bruce being challenged on the street in his infamous street fights, the episode of the green hornet they portrayed i don't think was an actual episode. And Bruce was not injured by the fighter at the martial arts challenge in Chinatown it was when he was weightlifting and pulled his back out. But the fight scenes are well choreographed.

    Jason Scott Lee has got his portrayal of the man spot on, he brings the right amount emotion and power to the role, he's clearly done his research on Bruce's mannerism's and got himself in shape for the role as well as training for the fight scenes. Its hard to imagine anyone else who could have played the role, maybe Jet Li who at the time the film was made was 30 and roughly the right age to play Bruce, but Jet spoke very little English. Lauren Holly is equally as good in her role as Linda. The strong portrayals are in many ways successful because of the on set help of the real Linda and Shannon(who makes a cameo as a singer). The music is perhaps the film's strongest part, somehow the main score seems to catch the right emotion of Bruce's death and Brandon's death in 1993. I like the way the film captures the aura of Bruce Lee.

    There will indeed never be another Bruce Lee. I find it fascinating to imagine what Bruce would have done if he had lived, the 80's and 90's would have been very different if Arnie, Stallone, Wiilis, Seagal and Van Damme had Bruce to compete with, Bruce is sometimes critcised for being a bad actor, but i disagree, if anyone has seen his episodes of `Longstreet' or `Marlowe' they will see that Bruce could convincingly carry a dramatic scene given the right script and no dubbing and he oozed charisma, and he showed glimpses of good acting in Enter The Dragon.

    Being a Bruce fan i kind of wish that Jet Li would do the films that bruce did or was planning on doing, Jet's early work in Honk Kong like the Shaolin Temple or more recent stuff like Fist Of Legend(remake of Fist Of Fury) and Once Upon A Time In China was very promising and it seemed he was the successor to Bruce but instead now he's doing crap in Hollywood with DMX and Jason Statham. Strangely the mediocre Lethal Weapon 4 is Jet's best Hollywood film, Maybe Jet should do a project with John Woo, it would be interesting and they'd probably get the best out of each other.
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    • Release date
      • May 7, 1993 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Cantonese
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      • Macau, China
    • Production companies
      • Raffaella De Laurentiis Productions
      • Universal Pictures
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    • 2 hours
      • Color
      • Dolby Stereo

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