Birth of the Dragon

PG-13 5.7
2017 1 hr 43 min Drama , Action

Set against the backdrop of San Francisco’s Chinatown, this cross-cultural biopic chronicles Bruce Lee’s emergence as a martial-arts superstar after his legendary secret showdown with fellow martial artist Wong Jack Man.

  • Cast:
    Philip Ng Wan-Lung , Billy Magnussen , Xia Yu , Ron Yuan , King Lau , Yee Jee Tso , Teresa Navarro

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Reviews

UnowPriceless
2017/08/25

hyped garbage

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Joanna Mccarty
2017/08/26

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

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Kinley
2017/08/27

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

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Madilyn
2017/08/28

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

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jeffk-52416
2017/08/29

Not about Bruce Lee. Don't know why every movie about Bruce Lee has to be some fictionalized caricature. But that's not the worst of this movie. The worst is that it's not even about Bruce Lee but about a white guy as the lead with Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man as sidekicks.

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crazyhorsefc
2017/08/30

This film as issues, a lot of issues but the main problem is that the supposed central character is nothing but a bit part. By concentrating the action on an underdeveloped, fictional and quite frankly dull character, the producers have missed an opportunity to explore a far more interesting story. The character of Steve McKee is totally pointless and drags the pace of the film down whenever he is on screen. Conversely, scenes involving Bruce Lee and/or Wong Jack Man while not wholly accurate bring the movie to life, except at the end where they team up as if they are starring in another addition to the Rush Hour movies. Worth a watch if nothing else is on but not one for repeated viewings and definitely not historically accurate.

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shiftyburn
2017/08/31

How does a film like this even get madelets take the most famous kung fu artist of all time and turn him into a punki cant say for sure how the real fight went between bruce lee and wong jack man but in this film i want bruce lee to lose and im only half way through the film

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Deniz72
2017/09/01

I was shocked to read some of the unfair reviews about this film and wonder if those individuals actually knew anything about Bruce Lee (the character), or even the struggles he faced in bringing Kung Fu to America, and the world for that matter. In my view, the characters in the film were well represented. People are quick to forget that Bruce Lee was rather cocky, super confident, and even more relative, open to change - hence why he learnt from the mistakes of his first encounter with Wong Jack Man and then felt compelled to re-evaluate his own style and incorporate other fighting techniques to form what we now know as "Jeet Kwon Do", or even "MMA" as people of today like to call it. The film, and the characters whom played both Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man, were spot on. The fighting scenes, build up and flow of the film was, in my view, superb and highly enjoyable. However, what I found even more rewarding was the portrayal of Bruce Lee's fears and the eventual change the character displayed after his fight with Shaolin Master Wong Jack Man, as opposed to the Jason Scott Lee's version back in the 1990s, which was rather limited. I liked the part after the fight when Bruce Lee had his hand in ice-water admitting how the Shaolin master could have broken his (Bruce Lee's) neck if he wanted to and how Bruce Lee felt that the fight took too long. Another particular aspect on the same scene was how it portrayed how Bruce Lee was Learning his opponent's style while engaging in this battle to eventually counter the Shaolin Master and reverse his advantage, eventually making him respect how adaptable and experience Bruce Lee was at the end of the first fight scene. I liked this film as it covered many unanswered questions, was extremely enjoyable to watch and was played very well by all characters. Those who were waiting for a "Fist of Fury" or "Enter the dragon" type of film should realise that this film was not intended to follow that type of story, but to answer some deep questions about Bruce Lee's real experience, pressures and concerns in getting to the point of when he eventually man "Enter the dragon". I thoroughly liked this film and would love to see a sequel!

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