Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

A lionized account of the life of the martial arts superstar.

• Director: * Rob Cohen
• Genre:Action / Biography / Drama
• Runtime:120 minutes

Cast

Jason Scott Lee : Bruce Lee
Lauren Holly : Linda Lee
Robert Wagner : Bill Krieger
Michael Learned : Vivian Emery
Nancy Kwan : Gussie Yang

The film begins with a nightmarish dream of Bruce Lee’s father. The father sees a demon in medieval armor that hunts the young Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee is shown as a child receiving instruction in the traditional Chinese martial arts in a montage that passes quickly through his teenage years in Hong Kong.

At a formal dance, Bruce sees a group of drunken British sailors harassing a young Chinese woman. Bruce easily dispatches the entire group of sailors despite being outnumbered. He walks off with the woman when police sirens are heard. As Bruce returns home, his father says that the police are looking for him. One of the sailors was the nephew of a powerful political figure in Hong Kong. His father says that Bruce must leave Hong Kong. He suggests that Bruce go to America. When Bruce questions this choice, his father explains that Bruce was actually born in San Francisco when his father was on a tour there. Bruce sees his birth certificate for the first time. Bruce should have no problems entering the United States since he is officially an American citizen. His father provides plenty of money, money that he had saved up for a day such as this. His father asks Bruce to become a success, so big a success that his name will be famous even back in Hong Kong.

Instead, Bruce Lee ends up as a dishwasher at a modest Chinese restaurant in America. He lives in a small apartment where he reads books by Ernest Hemingway, among other authors. One of the female workers at the restaurant takes an interest in Bruce. They spend the night in Bruce’s apartment. When the two speak and laugh together at the restaurant the next day, an older cook becomes jealous and attacks Bruce with a meat cleaver. Bruce throws him onto the stove where the man’s shirt catches fire. The other workers put out the fire and throw Bruce into the back alley. Several of the workers head out after Bruce, armed with more meat cleavers.

Bruce fends off the jealous cook and the other kitchen workers until the restaurant owner (played by Nancy Kwan) arrives and tells everyone to get inside. Read more

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