This is a terrible movie and is just one of many martial arts films with the name "Bruce Lee" in the title to sucker unsuspecting fans into theaters. Since Lee died while very young and he'd only made a handful of movies, sleazy film makers claimed to have never before seen footage of Lee or have the inside scoop. As a result of it being rushed into production to cash in on Lee's reputation, there really is nothing particularly good about the film--especially the boring and unlikable story. However, some of the martial arts action isn't all that bad--however, it's nothing like the real Bruce Lee's work and Danny Lee looks nothing like Bruce. No matter--at least his real last name really was Lee!
In this film, Lee's reputed mistress, Betty Ting Pei, tells her side of the story of her involvement with him, though it sure seems to be of dubious voracity--especially since it almost completely whitewashes her own sordid life (not mentioning the chemical addiction or suicide attempt). She first claimed the movie was all true, then recanted and now claims it's partially true. Yeah, whatever. The bottom line is that the film isn't a martial arts film, per se, but struggles under an incredibly dull and impossible to believe script. Lee comes off as a philandering jerk and Pei comes off as a self-destructive hooker--not exactly stuff fans of Lee want to see!!
There are some particularly bad moments in this bad film. I loved the "love scene" (even though, according to the movie, they never slept together--despite her being a call-girl!!) because instead of having sex, they jump up and down on the bouncy bed and it's all filmed in slow-motion!! I also liked how the film was very nationalistic and there were several scenes where Lee supposedly beat up dumb foreigners or Chinese people who discriminated against their own people.
Overall, there was absolutely no reason to make this film. It was purely created to exploit the memory of Bruce Lee. And, if you ARE going to do some sort of unauthorized biography, using Betty Ting Pei's recollections is dubious, at best, given that she was a drug addict and is mentally ill--yet you base an entire film around her life and recollections of Lee. A mess and hardly entertaining at all--though I did like seeing the bartender in the final fight scene.
In this film, Lee's reputed mistress, Betty Ting Pei, tells her side of the story of her involvement with him, though it sure seems to be of dubious voracity--especially since it almost completely whitewashes her own sordid life (not mentioning the chemical addiction or suicide attempt). She first claimed the movie was all true, then recanted and now claims it's partially true. Yeah, whatever. The bottom line is that the film isn't a martial arts film, per se, but struggles under an incredibly dull and impossible to believe script. Lee comes off as a philandering jerk and Pei comes off as a self-destructive hooker--not exactly stuff fans of Lee want to see!!
There are some particularly bad moments in this bad film. I loved the "love scene" (even though, according to the movie, they never slept together--despite her being a call-girl!!) because instead of having sex, they jump up and down on the bouncy bed and it's all filmed in slow-motion!! I also liked how the film was very nationalistic and there were several scenes where Lee supposedly beat up dumb foreigners or Chinese people who discriminated against their own people.
Overall, there was absolutely no reason to make this film. It was purely created to exploit the memory of Bruce Lee. And, if you ARE going to do some sort of unauthorized biography, using Betty Ting Pei's recollections is dubious, at best, given that she was a drug addict and is mentally ill--yet you base an entire film around her life and recollections of Lee. A mess and hardly entertaining at all--though I did like seeing the bartender in the final fight scene.