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The Best of Bruce Lee and the Martial Arts, Vol. 1 & 2

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The Real Bruce Lee

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Total reviews: 14 Average rating: 2.5 of 5

Shysters Cash In on Star's Untimely Death 1 out of 5 stars.
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For all that is sacred and holy, do not spend money on this atrocity. I came across it because it was included in a budget-priced DVD collection that I picked up, full of old so-bad-they're-good kung fu flicks, but this item isn't even good enough for that crowd. Produced by some hack named Serafim Karalexis, this film is shameless enough to call itself "The Real Bruce Lee" even though it primarily features the look-alikes that movie producers trotted out after Bruce's sudden death in 1973, hoping to make money off a gullible public that was hungry for more of Bruce's incredible martial arts mastery. There were many inferior films (with equally inferior Bruce imitators) that tried to cash in, and this one is among the most brazen.

This so-called "biopic" starts out with a basic life story of Bruce Lee, information that is freely available anywhere, and presents excerpts from some of the Hong Kong films that Bruce appeared in as a child actor in the '40s and '50s. This material might actually be of interest to collectors and historians, but there's not much of it and the video quality is horrendous. Next, the narrator tells us about Bruce's classic films, but accompanied only by still shots of movie posters, and with no actual footage. This means that the clowns behind this biopic couldn't get the rights. And then the ultimate shamelessness commences.

The narrator tells us that Bruce was so great that he spawned many knock-offs, because imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. (Bring me a shovel.) After some brief footage of various useless wooden-faced imitators, this film then concludes with 63 minutes (that's right SIXTY-THREE minutes) of action scenes starring another look-alike named Dragon Lee, a crony of Karalexis. Concerning this Dragon Lee, he had some serious martial arts skills and could have been a legitimate star in his own right. But he will be forever remembered as a shallow wannabe who got mixed up with hucksters and charlatans, often imitating the real Bruce's menacing facial expressions but coming up woefully short on Bruce's complex charisma (just like all the other look-alikes). At the end of Dragon Lee's incredibly lengthy on-screen audition, the narrator says, "we all know there is only one Bruce Lee... his memory will live forever." You hear this while watching an imitator, and no image of Bruce himself has been seen since the still movie posters back near the beginning of this travesty. Shameless, pathetic, unforgivable. [~doomsdayer520~]

Bruce's Deadly Fingers

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

great bruce exploitation 5 out of 5 stars.
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Years ago after watching several bruce li films, I discovered bruce le with this movie and is one of my favorites for three reasons, le has the bruce lee physique and is the best fighter out of all the imitators. Bolo(bad guy cameo), lo lieh, chan wai man, and james nam(with 2 numchucks) also show their stuff in the many fights. The dubbing and other goofiness further intensifies the entertainment value. The fighting used in this film is real kung fu (like shaw brothers shaolin films) not like bruce lee. The dvd anamorphic WS picture is good, and no problems with mono english audio (good on the sound system).

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After malicious gangsters capture Bruce Lee's ex-girlfriend, a young martial artist attempts to rescue her - and the late master's book containing lethal techniques for killing with one's fingers. Plenty of Kung-fu action and mayhem including a particularly gruesome scene involving the torture of a girl with a deadly snake! Bonus Features: Anamorphic Widescreen Enhanced for 16x9 monitor| Bonus Martial Arts Trailers| Scene Selection. Specs: DVD5; Dolby Digital Mono; 80 minutes; Color; 1.85:1Aspect Ratio; MPAA - NR; Year - 1980; SRP - $9.99.

Biography - Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon (A&E DVD Archives)

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phylography 5 out of 5 stars.
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If someone told me "Bruce Lee was a philosopher" a few years ago, I would have laughed out loud.
I've loved Bruce Lee as Martial Arts expert/performer/action_movie-pioneer for years and years, but the stuff I read about Bruce Lee's philosophy and ideas in general was always muddy, oddly put together, and or tough to read.
This bio is concise, informative, and not repetitive the way a lot of early A&E Biographies were. And of course, the best thing about this DVD, is that you see and understand that Bruce Lee was more than a physical phenom that moved (more than anyone I've ever seen) in what could be posted in wikipedia as "Poetry in Motion."

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He fought his way from the mean streets of Hong Kong to international superstardom. With blazing fists and a burning passion, he became one of the most celebrated kung-fu masters of all time. In classic films like Fists of Fury and Enter the Dragon, he created the martial arts action genre that has become a favorite of moviegoers worldwide. But just as he reached the height of fame, he was struck down by a mysterious ailment or was it the curse that supposedly follows his family? This fascinating program examines the short, meteoric life of Bruce Lee. Exclusive interviews with friends and family including his late son Brandon and extensive footage from home movies, screen-tests and his legendary films help reveal the man behind the myth of the Immortal Dragon.

The Real Bruce Lee [Slim Case]

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good and interesting for Kung Fu aficionados 3 out of 5 stars.
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This movie is a compilation of some of Bruce Lee's stuff. The first part is a narrative with excerpts from four of Bruce Lee's early movies from his youth. Then there is a quick biography of Bruce, followed by a lot of clips of his immitaters. Then there is the better part of a movie from hies newest immitater, Dragon Lee.

Cheer Genuis 4 out of 5 stars.
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I have to give this movie a 4 star because of all the times i seen it. I literally watch this movie 100 times when i was 14, becuase i would watch it while i worked out.It was the first movie i got when i first got into martial arts and bruce lee. Yeah its a pretty cool movie, i brought it a walmart for a dollar.

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Interactive Menus, Chapter Selection, Previews. NR Not Rated, May Contain Graphic Violence. Using a mix of rare footage, combined with eerily accurate reconstructions from his life, The Real Bruce Lee tells the amazing true life story of a martial arts legend. Though gone for many years, the influence of Bruce Lee remains as great as ever. In this docudrama, we follow Bruce from his humble beginnings as a child actor in Hong Kong to action superstar of American film and television. We see his life, his triumphs, his brand new fighting art (Jeet Kune Do) which is still practiced to this day.

The Medallion / The Art of Action

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Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 08/22/2006

Kung Fu Theater: Legends of Kung Fu Fighting

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Good Bruceploitation Set 3 out of 5 stars.
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With the re-release of Video Asia's finest Bruceploitation sets in one(The Ultimate Dragon Collection) it was only appropriate that Kung Fu Theatre/EPI give us their best 5 in one Bruceploitation set(Legends of Kung-Fu). For the record, as becomes most films from the Bruceploitation era, the movies are cheesy, tend to borrow from familiar Bruce Lee works, and in some cases, are out there, so in no way am I suggesting that these are martial arts classics or masterpieces, they're for die hard fans of Bruceploitation who watch these films for the fun of it:

Bruce Le's Greatest Revenge: In a nutsehll, a rehashing/rip of Bruce Lee's Chinese Connection/Fist of Fury at best. The kung-fu is good(although Bruce Le insists on dishing out and redishing the same old 'Snake fist' setup for virtually ALL of his films, the fight scenes are quite convincing, he does more than mimick Bruce Lee's facial expressions and Brucisms...at times he does remind you of the real mccoy and there's a fight with Bolo Yeung toward the end). Only downsides of the movie are obviously the shortcomings in action and plot(ie, after Le knocks off Bolo, he goes on to fight the Boss, who retreats by diving into the water, swimming ashore and getting killed by 2 of Le's fellow students...ending the movie), then there's the swordsman(obvious rip of Robert Baker's Russian character). Enjoyable if you focus on the action instead of the cheese.

Bruce Li in New Guinea: Ho Chung Tao stars as a scientist who ventures out to New Guinea to search for the Snake Pearl and encounters several tribaes on the way, particularly The Great Wizard who oppresses the people with a tyrannical rule, Ho is poisoned by the Wizard's ring, is romanced by the princess-to-be(who puts a logve spell on him), they conceive a child, the Wizard puts a spell on the child, Ho must fight his way up to the Wizard. Simply put...the action makes the movie. To try and figure out the rest will make you sick from the psychadelic 70's-ness of the film. I'm not even going to acknowledge the "ape" that guards the princess...lol. But the kung-fu is pretty good, and the fight scenes between Ho and the Wizard and Bolo Yeung are impressive.

Superdragon, the Bruce Lee Story: This film was also released under the title,"Bruce Lee, A Dragon Story"...only this version is actually a better cut as there are more scenes available. This was one of the darker attempts to portray Bruce Lee's life as it begins with his college exploits, progresses to his break in the martial arts film industry, and then darkens when he starts to become involved with betty Ting Pei, resulting in an all-out affair which culminates in his dying in her apartment(Bruce Lee is portrayed as cold and calloused toward his wife and kids as things get sticky between he and Betty).

Bruce Lee We Miss You: One of the better Bruceploitation films...Ho Chung Tao portrays Stone, a martial artist and a fan of Bruce Lee who investigates the circumstances behind his death. As with many other such films, this one plays toward the syndicate/crime boss/conspiracy theories as Stone gets in touch with Betty Ting Pei and fights his way through syndicate figures "involved in Bruce Lee's death." The use of actual personalities (ie, Betty Ting Pei, Low Wei,etc) may not suit everyone's tastes, but the action is there.

The Kung-Fu of Tae Kwon Do: not Bruceploitation, I kind of neglected this one as being filler, but, unless I'm mistaken...the lead actor is also known as Bruce Pak and starred in the Return of Fist of Fury (a sequel to Bruce Le's Ching Wu & Shaolin 1 & 2).

One qualm that I have with this set is with the 15-30 second black screen "breaks" in some of the scene changes.

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Five great Martial Arts Titles Featuring Outstanding Fight Scenes including: EPR-DV-1113 (Kung Fu of Tai Kwan Do): KUNG FU OF TAI KWAN DO sees the Japanese and Chinese armies duking it out during one of the most brutal battles the world has ever seen. EPR-DV-1116 (Bruce Lee, We Miss You): Lei Hsiao Lung, master in JEET KUN DO, attempts to discover the mystery behind Bruce Lee's death. During his mission gangsters, hitmen, and assassins make it nearly impossible for Lung to uncover the secret. EPR-DV-1117 (Bruce Lee's Greatest Revenge): Bruce Le leads a group of scientists who are determined to stop racial prejudice against the Chinese people. EPR-DV-1118 (Bruce Li in New Guinea): Bruce Li leads a scientific expedition through New Guinea where he finds a tribe hypnotized by evil cultists. EPR-DV-1119 (Super dragon -The Bruce Lee Story): One of the biggest stars to chop, kick, and punch his way across cinema screens, martial arts maestro Bruce Lee has his life story told here.

Martial Arts Masters

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Its Great 5 out of 5 stars.
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I had prepared a long and insightful review of this DVD set, but then my computer crashed and I lost it before I could post it. And I don't feel like typing it up all over again. So just buy this DVD set will you! Its better than you think.

a very good set, but the bruce lee movies are not that hot 4 out of 5 stars.
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the bruce lee part of this set is really just three movies that use clips of bruce so don't think your getting some of his best. that is the reason for the 4 star rating. the other movies are really fun martial arts movies with sonny chiba in them and they look good. so if you like these movies this is a really good set.

THE PERFECTLY LETTERBOXED REMASTERED VERSION OF THE STREET FIGHTER THAT YOU HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 4 out of 5 stars.
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It also has Streetfighter's revenge and the horrible Sister Street Fighter. To top it off they throw great movies like Shogun's Ninja and Fist of Fury in(aka the Big Boss). Throw in a couple of the worst movies ever to go along with it and you have every reason in the world to buy this. IT IS CHEAP. Amazon has it for 10 bucks. BUY THIS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Adn if you have seen True Romance, this is THE trilogy featured in that movie. You just don't get any better than Sonny ripping that guys throat out. And has anybody ever figured out why that guy fights Chiba in EVERY one of their movies?

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Contains: the real bruce lee bruce lee: the man the myth fist of furystreet fighter return of the street fighter sister street fighter shoguns ninja ninja wars and rage of the masters. Studio: St Clair Ent Grp Inc Release Date: 11/02/2004 Run time: 850 minutes Rating: Nr

Bruce Lee - The Dragon

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More Bruce Li than Bruce Lee 3 out of 5 stars.
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This triple feature is alright for a cheap martial arts collection. The title of the collection, Which i feel is inappropriate and even misleading [Should've been titled The Bruce Lee/Bruce Li collection] should be ignored when you come to the realization that only 1 of these movies actually feature Bruce Lee. That 1 movie is Chinese Connection, Which appears in its usual dubbed print that's been circulating all over VHS and DVD for years. This movie as it is is not one of Bruce's best films, But it is fun in spite of its horribly dubbed dialogue [The original mandarin version is available in America on DVD only through the expensive 2005 Bruce Lee box set that was released by 20th Century Fox, Which i had the pleasure of buying used at a game store for only $17.99!]. The story, Revolving around a distraught Chinese martial arts student [Played by Bruce Lee] extracting revenge on rival Japanese martial arts students who're responsible for the murder of his teacher, Was nothing new to the martial arts genre. It's fight scenes are pretty good, Being that you do get to see Bruce Lee in all his ferocious, violent glory. This was a pretty decent movie [But try getting the original mandarin version of this film, It's far superior to the english version]. The highlight of the film is the explosive finale when Bruce has his final showdown with the Japanese students. Blind Fists was an ok Bruce Li movie. An average martial artist [Bruce Li] is taught martial arts by an old man who happens to be blind. The fights are ok, The plot is thin, But, It does make for good saturday afternoon viewing. Now, Onto the highlight of this DVD: Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth. This biopic of Bruce Lee [Played rather well by Bruce Li, Especially taking into consideration Li's almost uncanny resemblance to Bruce Lee] is actually the best of the many Bruceploitation flicks of the 70's that followed in the wake of Bruce Lee's death. Despite inaccuracies in its history, This movie has well-filmed fight scenes and even features some memorable scenes. It's easily Bruce Li's best movie by far and it's actually a respectable tribute to the late great Bruce Lee. While you won't get much of Bruce Lee in this set, This is a rather satisfactory buy due mainly to its very affordable price and the amount of content you're getting.

Game of Death II

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Beware of the Killer Peacocks! 3 out of 5 stars.
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Game of Death II (aka Tower of Death) is a dichotomy of a film. It is a Bruceploitation film (though it is one of the better ones) and it is an exiting revenge flick. Raymond Chow had apparently not made enough money off of the insipid Game of Death and was slowly leaking "newly found" footage of Bruce so it was bound that he would create another film with spliced in footage, redubbed dialog and, of course, Bruce's namesake. A lot of people were using Lee's name to promote their own productions, but Golden Harvest (who Bruce worked for; though technically this was a Seasonal production) was the worst of these offenders.

The first act of the movie is the least interesting and worst part of the film. Bruce Lee stars (posthumously edited in) as Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) who visits his friend Chin Ku (Hwang Jang Lee) who is currently beating up an under-classed challenger. After an reestablishment of friendship between the two (never a good sign in a Kung Fu film), he visits an abbot (Roy Chiao revisiting his role from Enter the Dragon so they can reuse and redub footage) to discuss about his contumacious brother Bobby Lo (Tong Lung who also starred in Game of Death).

Of course, the scenes that compromise the first act are not only exploitative of Bruce Lee they are also poorly done. The most obvious is that the backgrounds do not match between Bruce's footage and the new footage. Also check out the sculpted back muscles of Bruce and compare them to his double. It is not even close. The fight scenes with Bruce (and his double) do not flow well. However, anytime you see a fight scene and that Bruce (or his double) does a difficult move such as a flip you will notice that it is the incomparable Yuen Biao (he even has a small role toward the beginning.)
Bruce later visits the funeral of his friend Chin Ku and he is prevented from examining the body (this must mean something to the plot.) When the ceremony takes place a helicopter comes by and snags the coffin. For some strange reason, well to dispose of the fake Bruce character, he jumps on the coffin as it is flying away and is hit with a dart and falls to his death. This is absolutely absurd. Though this is not as bad as the 70s clothes at the funeral or the tacky real funeral footage of Bruce Lee that would come next.

Now the movie gets more interesting and less exploitative. Bobby learns of his brother's death from his father who tells him to meet Sherman Lan. Sherman tells him to go to the Palace of Death. Now this is an interesting place. It is owned by Lewis, played by Roy Horan who has been an executive at Seasonal, an actor who also acted in Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, a student of Hwang Jang Lee and currently a lecturer at HK Polytechnic University; obviously his life is more interesting than this film. Bobby suspects Lewis as the culprit behind his brother's death. Lewis likes to eat raw meat, is surrounded by lions (who are fed the fighters that he defeats), Killer Peacocks and a one-armed valet (oh my). The one-armed assistant, a monk from the Fan Yu temple) does not seem that he could be of great use to Lewis, but Lewis says that he is faithful and he has known him for a long time (do not dwell on this fact because the absurdity of what happens later is quite hilarious). I really do not trust one-armed people in Hong Kong films unless they are played by Jimmy Wang Yu.

Lewis tells Bobby of a tower built by abbot Hung Kuang. However, it cannot be found above ground. The abbot had it built underground (this is a nice twist until you see how much they spent on the set design and how many levels there actually are). Obviously there is going to be a show down there with Bobby fighting however is behind all of this madness. I will not give it away (or tell what happens at the Palace of Death) but it is fairly obvious who it will be.

The final act of the film leads to some good fighting scenes, obviously with the help of action director Yuen Wo-Ping, as Bobby makes his way down the tower (try to see how many times Yuen Biao is used as a stunt double; hint check every other move Bobby makes). Most of the film is entertaining (not counting the irritating and unnecessary flashbacks). There is always going to be tackiness involved anytime you invoke Bruce Lee's inimitable name; but once the movie gets past that it is fun to watch. In fact it is the best Bruceploitation film out there -- though that does not necessarily mean that much.

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While investigating his friend Chin Ku's (Hwang Jang Lee) death, martial artist Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) is killed. His younger brother, Bobby Lo (Kim Tai Chung), investigates both deaths. His search takes him to Japan, where he befriends Lewis (Roy Horan), master of the Castle Of Death. But when Lewis is brutally murdered, Bobby must investigate the mysterious Fan Yu temple, where he must enter an underground pagoda and face off with the most terrifying of enemies. Written by Jin Ryusaki (as seen on IMBD.com)