The Way Of The Dragon [1972]

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-09-13 rating:
Loved this!
This is actually my favourite Bruce Lee film.Bruce goes to help out gorgeous Nora Miao in Italy,as she's being threatened by mobsters,who want her restaurant.At first,she isn't pleased when she meets him,thinking he'll be of no help whatsoever.His fight skills soon prove her very wrong.The highlight of the film is the final battle between Bruce and Chuck Norris.Both men had great fun working out the duel,and I think its timeless! Personally,a great martial arts action film!

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review by: date: 2008-04-15 rating:
Fighting Genius
Badly dubbed, sloppily edited, poor translation, not very good acting and muddy colours. So why would you want to watch this movie? For Bruce Lee of course! The honorable country boy who just happens to be a fighting genius. He comes over from Hong Kong to Italy to sort out the syndicate trying to muscle in on his friends nieces restaurant. There is a great fight at the end between Lee and Chuck Norris(his film debut). But beware the video version has been very badly cut to censor a fight in the restaurant which I presume involved NumChukkas and is an insult to the viewers intelligence so its probably best to seek out the DVD version which I'm sure is uncut.

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review by: mj1001 date: 2007-07-12 rating:
Highly watchable directorial debut
After two successful films, Bruce Lee ended his partnership with director Lo Wei and decided to direct his own film. The difference is huge and the result is 'Way of the Dragon'!

Once again Bruce Lee is the fish out of water, arriving in Rome to help out a family restaurant, which is being threatened by gangsters. Expecting his uncle, the restaurant staff are disappointed by the arrival of Tang Lung, a seemingly naive country boy. However, their doubts are laid to rest when Tang Lung quickly dispatches the gangster's heavies, leading to a showdown between Lung and top karate expert Colt (Chuck Norris).

As with 'The Big Boss', the build-up is slow and only shows glimpses of Tang Lung's skill. However, the slow-start is made more enjoyable by Bruce Lee's quirky humour which the film opens to. Instead of a big opening for an action film, we see Lung arrive in Rome, struggling to cope with the language barrier and bumbling around. It's these little touches, not to mention the massively camp henchman, that make 'Way of the Dragon' more enjoyable than Lee's earlier films.

But of course the action is the key thing and I'm glad to say that there's plenty, and its all great. This time, Bruce handles two nunchukas instead of one and takes on Chuck Norris in the colosseum during two iconic film moments. This film is probably the best paced out of Lee's three Hong Kong films and the most well-known.

The plot may be paper-thin and some of the acting wooden, but the fight sequences are hard-as-nails.

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review by: The Amazon Reviewer date: 2007-04-22 rating:
Dont miss the fight between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris
Bruce Lee demonstrates why without ever being a tournament champion that he was one of the best martial artists of all times. His speed and technique easily out class the other real martial artisits this film presents. His fight with Chuck Norris in this film is legendary. Watching Chuck in his prime is intense, high speed and accuracy. What scares me is that Bruce is faster. And even though he is lacking size, its obvious that the little dragons power is intense. Yes the scenes in these movies may be choreographed, but it's hard to make duplicate the skills shown by these fighters with trick photography and ballet lessons.

This is the first film Bruce took a major role in both on and off the set. He searched for quality martial artists for the fight scenes and was the one who recommended Italy for this shoot.

The film revolves around a restaurant in Italy run by Lee's uncle and his cousins. Local gangsters try to close the restaurant down and get a piece of the action. To avoid complications with the law, they try and man handle the restaurant owner and workers and Lee comes to the rescue.


review by: Film Fanatic date: 2007-04-15 rating:
BRUCE LEE DOES IT AGAIN!!!
Never mind 'GREATEST MARTIAL ARTIST OF THE 20th CENTURY', Bruce Lee was the greatest martial artist there ever was and ever will be. His fight scenes are realistic and beautifully choreographed and his acting is pretty good too! Buy the film just for the end fight scene where he beats seven kinds of stuffing out of poor old Chuck Norris!

Bruce Lee films rock! BUY,BUY,BUY! NOW!

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