Return of the Dragon (The Way of the Dragon)

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Plot: Bruce Lee wrote and directed Return of the Dragon, his third film, a mix of hard-edged kung fu and goofy humor. Once again he plays the country boy who travels to a foreign land, in this case I...( read more  )taly, where his restaurant-owning cousins face trouble from the local syndicate. Their strong-arm tactics have driven customers away and now threaten the family, but Lee refuses to buckle under their pressure and takes them on in a series of impressive confrontations. The film ends with a memorable showdown with world-champion karate artist Chuck Norris in the Roman Colosseum (though much of it is staged in a rather cheap studio set), a brutal, almost inhuman battle that revels in the intense punishment taken by the combatants. Norris is one of Lee's best opponents and a marvelous physical contrast: brawny and hairy, using power and blunt karate moves while lean, wiry Lee counters with speed, gymnastic prowess, and balletic grace. The mix of comedy and kung fu comes off as camp at times, but that's hardly the reason to see the film. When Lee gets into action, whether he's taking on a gang of knife-wielding thugs or dueling Norris to the death, he becomes the total focus. Originally titled The Way of the Dragon, this film was renamed in the wake of Enter the Dragon to cash in on that movie's popularity. --Sean Axmaker

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  June 23, 2008

  Two things about this movie...
  1...Lee kickin @$$ and takin names later.
  2...Mr. America, Chuck Norris, puttin up a fight, but gettin his up-n-comings before all his damn Delta Force garbage movies. ;-)

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  June 2, 2008

  Like every Bruce Lee film ever except Enter The Dragon. Shit up until a mega fight at the end. This fight has to top them all though. Just a side-note though: Chuck Norris is not even worthy to be in the same room as Bruce Lee.

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  May 30, 2008

  Although the plot was rather stale, Bruce Lee managed to posthumously provide us with a spectacular display of martial arts.

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  May 28, 2008

  This was a great action kung fu flick. Bruce Lee was the best. My favorite scene is when Chuck Norris fights Bruce Lee. A classic in martial arts films.

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  May 16, 2008

  This one features the immortal fight between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in the Colusseum and is the only one Bruce Lee wrote, directed, coreographed the action for as well as starred in.

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  he has died but stil seems like alive he was a great hero and supper fighter. i am still his big fan.

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• Rated: (R)
• Directed by: Bruce Lee
• Genres: Action & Adventure, Art House & International
• Released: August 7, 1974
• DVD Released: July 3, 2001

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