The Way Of The Dragon (Special Collector's Edition) (Wide Screen)

Advantages: cool a** kicking
Disadvantages: awful dubbing

...it my bestest friends in the whole wide world (well they are now anyway) bought me the back2back Bruce Lee feature – Dragon (The Bruce Lee Story – starring Jason Scott Lee – no relation, I think) and Way of the Dragon (aka Return of the Dragon – no one actually seems to be able to decide what it’s correct title is). My review here is on the classic Martial Arts comedy Way of the Dragon – Bruce Lee had perfected ...
...means Little Phoenix) to confuse the spirits which Lee’s father believed would claim every son born in their family – as they had previously taken Lee’s older brother, apparently. However, his American birth certificate had Bruce Lee on it and he was encouraged to travel to America as a citizen at the tender age of 18, again to avoid the malevolent family spirits and hopefully make his fortune in the land of the free (ha ha). He ... Read review

Advantages: Lee at this uncompromised best, superb fight sequences, best fight ever choreographed, wonderful extras
Disadvantages: absolutely catagorically emphatically NONE

...actually believe that this is the film was pure Bruce. It was the first that Bruce directed and choreographed and that becomes abundantly clear on seeing the fight scenes and some of the small comedy clips within the film. It was the third of the Hong Kong trilogy and made after his break with Chinese director Lo Wei and is set in Rome although Lee only spent a couple of days in the city with most of the filming being done in Hong Kong. The film ...
...toilets or speak any of the language which sets up a couple of comedy sequences early on. His relatives are somewhat disappointed to see that all he brings with him are his skills as a kung fu fighter. This soon turns to adoration as he uses his skills to dispose of the thugs who turn up at the restaurant and scare off customers. Lee gives a dazzling display of the nunchaku's and a shorter display of the long staff. There is one sequence when Lee ... Read review

Advantages: Supreme martial arts choreography, humourous and most memorable final fight scene.
Disadvantages: If I HAD to nitpick, I suppose the comedy is quite basic

The Martial Arts genre has, ever since I started watching movies, been at the very top in my mind and has never lost its place to any other type of movie. My heart was stolen the first minute I watched Enter the Dragon, starring Bruce Lee, when I was 4 years old. It's an 18 certificate movie, but my parents were far from strict about prohibiting me from watching films of a violent nature. As I watched Bruce kick and punch his enemies all over the ...
...blockbusters for me, and over the last 20 years I have watched them all countless times and never lost an iota of enthusiasm for any. However, there is one film that surpasses the rest in storyline and quality of fight sequences and that is Way of The Dragon. Background ++++++++++ This film came at a major juncture in Bruce Lee's life. He had just featured as the leading man in two box office smash hits in China, The Big Boss and Fist of Fury. ... Read review

Advantages: Good Films
Disadvantages: none

...by Bruce Lee is Enter The Dragon, It's his best film of the series of films he made. I want to discuss a bit about Bruce as well and I hope this doesn't make this in the wrong category, if it is I will get it moved... It was between the years of 1974-75 that Bruce Lee became really big, it was the Kung Fu phase and everyone was watching it. It all started with the weekly Kung Fu series starring David Carradine, now if ever a guy needed to get a life ...
...Anyway back to the master that was Bruce Lee, the guy that could stand straight while slowly lifting one leg until it was level with his stomach. I remember watching him doing this in “ Enter the Dragon” and thinking I could do that, needless to say I fell flat on my backside. The fitness and physique of Lee were just something to be envied by a skinny teenager growing up in Belfast. My mates all loved the Bruce Lee films from “Big ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic Battle Scenes
Disadvantages: Crudely Shot, Poor lighting

...beloved arts. Way of the Dragon was something a disappointment. Don't get me wrong, it was a good film, but when you take into account the other films Bruce Lee starred in, you cannot label 'Way of the Dragon' as anything other than a disappointment. The basic storyline is good but it is conducted in such a way that it has the feel of an episode of a programme on television, rather than a film. What I mean by this is that there is not the tension ...
...more should be made of the threat of the mafia. As it is, the mafia are portrayed as a joke and they are turned into images of humour rather than threat. This is a big mistake with the film and it would be far more exciting to see Bruce Lee fighting against people posing a genuine threat to him rather than 'clowns' who he can neutralize in seconds. Nevertheless there are two sequences that absolutely make this film. The first is a double nunchaku ... Read review