The Way Of The Dragon (DVD)

Bruce Lee is an American, born in San Francisco. Yep! I bet you didn't know that, as I didn't know that. He also had one leg shorter than the other by an inch and he was myopic (short-sighted) from birth, equally unexpected revelations, considering he also went on to be the most famous martial arts star of all time-and that is why you should always listen to audio commentaries when you get the chance as you find out all sorts of interesting and revealing things on classic movies. After enjoying the layered track on Fist of Fury, one of Lee's other classics (the cult film that including the bizarre scene where the words greatest Kung-Fu master is caught off ...  Read the complete review

Looks like i'm the first to write about this film. Well this is probably Bruce Lee's second best film, like the rest of his chinese offerings it is quite simple in storyline but very hard hitting in martial arts fun. The story that there is, is about Bruce Lee's character Tung Lao who is brought over from China to Italy to help protect his uncles restaurant from a gang of thugs who want to take over the restaurant. After a series of defeats at the hands of Bruce Lee the group bring in Chuck Norris the (i think) 6 time world karate champion. The fight that comes off of this has become legendary, mainly because it brings two of the ...  Read the complete review

As a fan of Bruce Lee, I was genuinely looking forward to watching Way of the Dragon as it is starring, written and directed by the man himself. The plot, like most good kung fu movies, is relatively simple. Lee is Tang Lung (literally "Chinese Dragon), a country boy from China who has been sent to Rome to help his niece and some family friends defend their restaurant from local mafia thugs. The sides of good and evil are clearly marked out. It's a matter of family and brotherhood against the manpower of the mafia. I feel obliged to say that I don't think the fact that the story is simple is a valid criticism given that this is a kung fu movie ...  Read the complete 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." It's actual Asian name is "Meng long guojiang " Before there was Jackie Chan, Jet Li or any other martial arts wannabees there was Bruce Lee (in fact Jackie had a minor role as a good in "Enter the Dragon"). Bruce was and shall ever be the master when it comes to martial arts entertainment. Of course we have more high risk stunts today, but the heart of many of these flicks nowadays draws inspiration from ...  Read the complete review