I took the plunge with this one in HMV and on Blu-Ray and I honestly thought that it would turn out to be a mistake?!
Yes it is low budget but, and I never thought I would say this, I thought it better than DRAGON THE BRUCE LEE STORY?!
HE came across more like Bruce Lee, he LOOKED more like Bruce Lee and even at the end, for those that see it and missed it, he fights Ray Park. The guy famous for being big headed, or so I am told, being the Phantom Menace's Darth Maul and TOAD in the first X-MEN!
I liked it and glad I bought it in all honesty but oddly the acting by the Caucasians is a bit hammy and iffy at times. It is really weird there must be some kind of law handed out secretly by the Chinese government that states that any Westerners used if films must seriously either HAM IT UP or do a first take and the wrap it so they are crap. Or the voice overs are crap, lol. The Ip Man films with Donnie Yen are the same.
This film was produced by Shannon Lee, Bruce's very attractive daughter who was selling fan merchandise the last I looked.
Oddly I have a signed book by James W Demile, Tao of Wing Chun Do 1984 (or 86?) and keep forgetting to try and work out which films he is featured in and who he is played by, haha.
Or maybe I am just so passionate about Wing Chun, Jeet Kune Do and Bruce Lee that even the bad stuff appears good to me?!
No wait, I used to own much of the Bruce Li stuff and liked it but saw one or two again recently and they were DREADFUL! Haha!
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