Return of the Dragon

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Summary: Martial Arts-Comedy
Review: Return of The Dragon had me rolling more than many comedies I've seen. From the ghetto looking opening animation scene, predictably bad dubbing, and the very sight of this scrawny pimped out gay guy (gotta see the outfit) among other subtleties, its pretty damn funny.

The action in the movie is also pretty good. Not as great as some of Bruce's other films but still impressive. The pinnacle of the fighting comes at the end with Bruce taking on a furry looking Chuck Norris at the Colliseum (whats the deal with that cat? lol). As usual Bruce performs throughout the movie with his trademark charisma and brashness...he's simply the man.

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Summary: Fast hands just as fast feet
Review: This is the first bruce lee movie i ever owned or saw and I was pleasently surprised with it, as a matter of fact it sent me spining into the world of martial arts and kung fu movies. But all the Bruce Lee collection is equally good except Game of Death because he isnt in the whole movie because he died while filming. Bruce is so fast with his feet its no wonder he is amazing on screen i love this movie and the collection and you should check them out. The dubing isnt too bad but not great.

The chuck noris and bruce lee fight is a pretty good end fight sceen too.

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Summary: The Classic Return of the Dragon with Bruce Lee
Review: Bruce Lee wrote, directed and stars in this masterpiece.. The original title was Way of the Dragon, but after the tremendous success of Enter The Dragon (1973), the title was renamed "Return of the Dragon." Lee is a country boy going to Italy help a family friend whose Chinese restaurant is being bullied by local gangsters.

The movie is nothing short of brilliant and it has several themes to it, and yes I'll explain everyone of them.

Bruce Lee in all his films managed to maintain a family element in his films. He is either fighting alongside family members against crooked politicians or Chinese gangs. In short, he comes to his family's defense when they need him.

Also unlike most Hollywood directors who use people for a film and throw them away, Lee always wanted to include his friends in his films (Chuck Norris, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Nora Miao and others).

The costar of this film, Nora Miao was in The Chinese Connection and Fists of Fury. She is a pretty decent actress in those films.

So Bruce comes in to help his family from these thugs threating their humble establishment and he beats the hell out of them. LOL

I remember the first time as a kid I saw Bruce Lee's movie in the U.S. not only were they good ,but soon after many Asian stars (Jet Li, Chow Yung Fat, Jackie Chan) saw there was a market for martial arts action and gave their best efforts to live up to the same high quality Bruce Lee had in his movies.

On top of that, the whole Martial Arts movement have inspired many people to take self defense karate courses and martial arts training. A kick can do much more damage than a fist sometimes.

Anyhow, soon the head crime boss (Robert Wall who is the godfather of Freddie Prince Jr.) enlist the help of a famous US martial artist named Colt (Chuck Norris) to eliminate Bruce.

The action scenes are incredible. To see Bruce go into his routine and execute his moves to perfection is inspiring.

Especially the fight with Chuck Norris, before fights him he goes into a mind boggling array of stretch exercises that were soon copied by bogus Bruce Lee imitators including Chuck Norris.

Without giving too much away, the film is jam-packed with flying fists, kicks and humor.

In one scene for example, an Italian thug tries to use Bruce Lee's nunchucks against him and ends up hurting himself!!!

The movie is a great buy for any action fan, and if you're a Bruce Lee fan, you should have this in you're collection.

More info about the movie:

On Amazon.com, the movie has gotten great feedback from it's viewers, including Leonard Maltin.

Chuck Norris was a student of Bruce Lee's martial arts school along with James Coburn, Kareem Abdul Jabbar and others.

Raymond Chow produced this film but it was Lee who wrote ,directed and starred in it.

Raymond Chow has executively produced other great martial arts films like "Police Story" by Jackie Chan and the Bruce Lee movies "Fists of Fury" , "Chinese Connection" and "Enter the Dragon."

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Summary: Pretty Good Bruce Lee Movie, Mediocre DVD
Review: "Return of the Dragon" (originally released as "Way of the Dragon") is no masterpiece, but it's a reasonably enjoyable kung-fu romp. The simple story involves Bruce Lee's character going to Rome to help out with his relatives' restaurant. When he gets there, he pretty much beats up the gang members who are terrorizing the restaurant one by one. The climactic fight scene has Lee duking it out with Chuck Norris, and is very memorable. The movie even has a few comedic moments early on, and this has the distinction of being the only movie that Bruce Lee ever wrote and directed (besides "Game of Death," which was completed after his death).
The DVD has "Return of the Dragon" in its original 2.35:1 aspect ratio. The opening scenes are a little scratchy and there is occasional distortion, but for the most part, it looks as good as you could wish. The only audio is the English dubbed track. The voices are very wooden, and it makes one wish that the original track had been included with subtitles. Unfortunately, besides some extremely brief liner notes, there are no extra features. A theatrical trailer is advertised on the box, but it is nowhere to be found.

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Summary: The best fight scenes ever
Review: Bruce leave used a simple plot to tie together the best fight scenes ever captured on film! Forget Enter the Dragon. If you want to see Bruce Lee at the top of his form, this is the movie! The fight between Bruce and Chuck Norris will have you repeating that fight over and over again, to watch in awe a true master! Every movement prue poetry!!!