Because the cover box listed Bruce Lee's strikingly beautiful daughter, Shannon, as "executive producer," I snatched up a copy of THE LEGEND OF BRUCE LEE (which had been mentioned in the documentary HOW BRUCE LEE CHANGED THE WORLD). Unfortunately, THE LEGEND OF BRUCE LEE is little more than a long (VERY long), drawn out remake of DRAGON: THE BRUCE LEE STORY; the producers even go so far as to have "Lee" taken out exactly as he was in DRAGON (attacked from behind, resulting in a spinal injury). Not to worry, though: our parapalegic hero is soon up and at 'em again. Wisely incorporating wirework and cgi into his partial arts routine(s), he proceeds to get the stuffing beat out of him by a succession of martial artists so he can learn (and then un-learn) all that they have to offer. Reality checks are few and far between in the 3 hour version of this 50-part series that I saw (most of what's here seems to have been taken directly from DRAGON without any regard whatsoever for the facts as we've been led to believe them over the past 40 years). Yet another in a long line of missed opportunities.
Review of Li Xiao Long chuan qi
