This is Bruce Lee's final film and perhaps his best. It was definately his most popular and well known on a global scale. This film see Bruce as a Man named Lee who is a martial artist. He is invited to a tournament on an island owned by a man named Han. Not much s known about Han at first other than he is very rich and powerful. Lee isnt going to enter the tournament but it approced by a government agent who tells Lee they are investigating Han for crimes linked to drugs and prostitution. They have no proof however and need Bruce to investigate whilst he is there. Bruce goes to the island and as you can expect there are many fights and Han ends up being a bad guy. The plot then may not be the most complex but it provides easy watching. The main reason to watch tis movie is the action. Lee is on top form despite being is quite a lot of pain due to a recuring back problem. Bruce was very proud however and still did all his own stunts and many difficult fight scenes. Bruce was also challenged by the extras on the set, many of whom were actual chinese gang members. Im sure if Bruce had his way he would have fought them all but most of the time fights were dissolved quickly. Bruce also loved being involved in the camera work and the direction in general. This film then really is his prode and joy. He was very proud of what had been accomplished. This was the first film in which a chinese crew and an American worked together. It was also one of the first movies to be shown in America which had an Asian man as the lead. I find it very sad the Bruce died before the premier of this movie but it possibly helped to cement this movie in history. Unfortunately the back problem got much worse and whilst the actual events leading to his death are not known it is generaly thought Bruce died from an overdose or reaction to a pain killer. There is a sad bit of trivia that goes hand in hand with this as Brandon Lee unfortunately died before the premier of the Crow, That too was to be his big blockbuster movie! To give you a nice bit of trivia Jackie Chan also acted as a stunt man and stunt co-ordinator on this movie. Im pretty sure the only scene featuring China's two biggest stars involves Bruce punching jackie through a window! Brilliant! Bruce was a great martial Artist but he was also a pioneer of Kung-fu. Bruce developed his own Martial art after practising Kung-fu for many years. This would be known as Jeet kun do. Bruce used his street fighting background to develop a very powerful martial art that was pretty much unbeatable! In this movie he is seen using nun-chucks, but this was something he mastered ofr the movie. One example of his dedication. Bruce really deservs all his praise he gets and this movie is a good cataylst for that praise. Also at around £3 it is a bargain! If you don't own it you should go out now and buy it. If you havn't seen it then im confused as to why you are reading this review...go watch it!!!!
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Martial Arts - Director: Prachya Pinkaew - Original Language: English\Vietnamese\Thai\Mandarin - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Tony Jaa, Bongkoj Khongmalai, Petchtai Wongkamlao
Martial Arts - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Bruce Lee, Sho Kosugi, James Ryan, Jim Kelly, Jimmy Wang Yu, Bolo Yeung, Christopher Lee
Production Year: 1991 - Martial Arts - Director: Tsui Hark - Original Language: Cantonese - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Donnie Yen, Jet Lee, Rosamund Kwan, Yuen Biao, Mok Sui Chung
I see this has been posted in the category for the Blu-Ray DVD, but mentions nothing about the new Blu-Ray format. Given that this has been posted in this specialised category, I would like to know about the quality of the new format.
torr 06.10.2008 19:12
Certainly a classic of its kind.
headcase44 03.10.2008 20:04
Sounds a decent film... The review was well put together. Thanks. J.
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