Franknitti1
This film was marketed about Bruce Lee, and its more focused on Steve McQueen's character. After watching this film with so many inconsistencies about the history of Bruce Lee, I am baffled at how many mistakes this film made. Plus BL is a very unlike able character in this film. This film is not what it was marketed to be.
adrianmaddox
That was the worse most disrespectful depiction of the greatest kung fu master the world has known. Shame on all of the directors and producers for putting out that horrible film.
remoadventure
This is a brilliant movie if you see what it for what it is - not a movie intended to glorify Bruce Lee - but a movie intended to present a plausible account of the duel that transpired between Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man.To appreciate the film better, it helps to be acquainted with the source material, Mike Dogan's "Official Karate" article "Bruce Lee's Toughest Fight" Reading that, one would give Wong Jack Man's version of the fight the benefit of the doubt. His description is more plausible and, more importantly, he published the entire account in a newspaper with an invitation for a public duel if Bruce Lee disagreed, and Bruce Lee never disagreed (which is unusual for such a loud, aggressive, and self-righteous fellow).
lojitsu
Here's a Better Late than Never review of "Birth of the Dragon" (PG-13 - 2016 - US)...I will accept your challenge!!Genre: Action/Martial
My Score: 5.3Cast=4 Acting=5 Plot=7 Ending=6 Story=3
Violent=7 Pace=5 F/X=6 Fights=6 History=4 Inspired by the legendary fight between Bruce Lee, an up and coming master in San Francisco...and Wong Jack Man, great Shaolin monk traveling to the city to workout his own issues."Your technique is impressive, but it has one limitation...you." I love all things Bruce Lee...and I was interested in this story that focused on this fight. The fight scenes were decent, but they could have been better. The biggest problem I had was they butchered the story to something akin to the old "save the girl" ploy. This was a big time letdown for me and no better then a meh...even if you are a martial arts movie fan.
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