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Summary: Tremendous
Review: Jason Scott Lee, who had no martial arts training before he got this role, is incredible here. Great stunts that defies camera trickery. Good acting, too, because you really feel Lee's pain and pride. Lauren Holly is jaw-droppingly beautiful and does a great job as a defiant woman who fell in love with a maverick and pioneer. Soundtrack is awesome, fantasy sequences scary. A moving movie that should have been a bigger box office hit.
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Summary: Too many acrobatic moves ... (not JKD philso.)
Review: Good movie, but if you've seen Game of Death, Enter the Dragon etc, you will find that Jason Scott Lee puts too much of a show. I don't think that JKD includes all these acrobatic moves :)Overall, good story, good fighting scene.
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Summary: Good telling of Lee's life
Review: Good Hollywood retelling of Lee's rise to stardom. It is necessarily abbreviated, but captures the essence of his experiences. I would have like to see more on his philosphical side and his training techniques, but I suppose that's for other videos.
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Summary: CULT MOVIES 52
Review: 52. DRAGON: the Bruce Lee story (action, 1993) A re-telling of the life of legendary martial-arts star Bruce Lee (played by Jason Scott Lee). From his brief childhood days in native Hong Kong to his days as a dishwasher, martial-arts teacher and eventual cinema superstar in Hollywood. Critique: The life and death of Bruce Lee has inspired many a film and documentaries since his time. Most of these accounts center around Lee's 'mysterious' death from a 'brain edema'. They never develop anything really new of interest, just speculations. Incredibly it has taken over 20 years for a film to finally put to rest the many theories and innuendoes. "Dragon" is by far the best of the legendary Lee story not only for omitting the many death scenarios but also for presenting an (almost) accurate account of the man. Apart from the tasteful omissions the film wouldn't have worked without Jason Scott Lee in the role of Lee. He gives a spirited, charismatic performance that captures the zest for life that Lee possessed. It's a long way from one of his first 'extra' roles as an Asian immigrant in the rather forgetful "Born in East L.A." (1988). Scott Lee is totally appealing here, filling such a role and making us believe that Lee is truly up there once again on the screen. The film's major theme of the "demon curse" Lee's family was escaping from had a frighteningly real resonance when after the movie opened Lee's eldest son, Brandon (for whom the film is dedicated to), was accidentally killed on the set of "The Crow". (The film that made him known world-wide, the same way Lee's last film, "Enter the Dragon", made him a world star.) This gives the film an added, prophetic note that puts it in a category all its own. Based on Linda Lee Cadwell's book, "Bruce Lee: the man only I knew", directed with skillful restraint by Rob Cohen (who also co-scripted). Randy Edelman created the unforgettable musical score (you'll be humming the tune for hours after seeing the movie). QUOTES: Linda: "All these years later people still wonder about the way he died. I prefer to remember the way he lived."
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Summary: A truly great biopic!!!
Review: Not to be missed by any true Bruce Lee fan (or any other martial arts afficionado for that matter), "Dragon : The Bruce Lee Story" provides a unique and thought-provoking insight into the life of one of the greatest and most talented fighters in history. Dramatic elements such as anti-racist themes add flavor and realism to a film which, not quite unexpectedly, also has a good dose of action for good measure. Move over Royce Gracie; Bruce Lee still rules!!!
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Summary: its great
Review: i'll tell you Jason scott Lee is the only guy ive seen that can accuratly capture bruce's pesonality this is a great movie.
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Summary: Great movie with some surprising themes.
Review: Jason Scott Lee is wonderful as an imperfect, animated and likeable Bruce Lee. I found the fight scenes well shot and exciting, though the story intrigued me more than anything. As a child, Bruce's father sends him to America as a final attempt at fooling a demon that haunts the males in their family. (He also gave Bruce a girl's name upon birth for the same reason.) Bruce is excited to be in America at first, but finds the bitter racism and other blocks to opportunity disheartening as he makes some immature mistakes in life. Bruce's stubbornness, combined with his willingness to teach martial arts to all races, finds him success as well as enemies in the US. Eventually, Bruce gets his break, and even seems to conquer his demon. We all know what the end has to be, but the movie does a good job of not dwelling on it and uses extensive poetic liscense to bring it about. I loved it.
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Summary: Bruce Lee lives on !!!
Review: BRUCE LEE - The Best of the Best (bar none). This exciting movie attempts to portray the greatest Martial Artist in history life story in a very exhilarating fashion. I've studied the Artist throughout my college career and this movie although, fictional, wrapped everything up nicely. The key points to Bruce Lee's indomitable character are finely portrayed throughout the movie in its entirety with great cinematic scenes.
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Summary: Inspiring
Review: "Dragon" is an epic depicting the life of Bruce Lee. In my opinion, it is one of the most entertaining biopics of recent times. It follows the life of Bruce Lee from his childhood in Hong Kong to right before his death. The DVD version is particularly interesting because it comes with a few interviews that really shed light on Bruce Lee the man. This movie doesn't just focus on his martial arts, but it also shows his life as a family man, and an American. I found his struggle against racism to be the most moving point in this movie. Prior to Bruce Lee, the roles of Asians in Hollywood were restricted to laundrymen, villians, and caricatures. Through his effort and self-confidence, Bruce was able to make Asians into Hollywood heros. Suddenly Asia was cool. Jason Scott Lee does a great job of portraying Bruce Lee and it's a shame that we can't see more of him these days. You can really feel the power of his performance on the screen. If you have any interest in Bruce Lee, you have to check out this film. It's sure to inspire you to reach for your own impossible dreams.
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Summary: A life worth remembering
Review: Rob Cohen's DRAGON THE BRUCE LEE STORY is the best film that Bruce Lee never made. Though Cohen recounts the man's life in some kind of chronological order, he doesn't simply "tell it like it was", preferring instead to visualise Lee's major achievements in terms of his philosophy and beliefs. Therefore, alongside the development of Lee's martial arts techniques (demonstrated in a series of increasingly fluid fight sequences) and his relationship with his wife and children, Lee's inner demons are personified by way of a spectral Ming warrior who seems to intrude on his everyday reality, prior to claiming him forever in 1973 at the age of 32. Perhaps the film's major triumph is the fortuitous casting of Jason Scott Lee in the title role, giving the performance of a lifetime under what must have been hugely difficult circumstances, and he dominates a fine cast of supporting players, including newcomers Lauren Holly and Sterling Macer, and veterans Robert Wagner, Michael Learned and Nancy Kwan. Universal's region 1 DVD is a replica of their 'Signature Collection' laserdisc, and is probably the last word on this exceptional film. Presented in glorious Panavision widescreen (though not, alas, anamorphically - the disc's only real flaw), the images are solid and colorful, and Randy Edelman's evocative music score is well-served by the Dolby Digital soundtrack. There's a wealth of extras, too, including the obligatory (but very welcome!) trailers, production notes, star profiles, and an eye-opening director's commentary which manages to bridge the difficult gap between education and entertainment. The "Making of" documentary could have been longer and more detailed, I suppose, and it took me ages to figure out that the storyboards and photo-gallery sections could only be manipulated using the chapter-skip function on my remote control, but the disc is otherwise an essential purchase for anyone even remotely interested in the subject matter. All in all, a worthy tribute to the enduring legacy of a remarkable man.
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