Incannerax What a waste of my time!!!

Grimossfer Clever and entertaining enough to recommend even to members of the 1%

ChanFamous I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

SnoopyStyle This is a biopic of the legendary martial artist Bruce Lee staring Bruce Li. It's actually quite an effective film about his rise to stardom. Li has one half the charisma of Bruce Lee but that's not unexpected. The plot follows his life especially in his epic fights. The action is solid with loads of hand to hand combat. Li is at least competently skilled in that arena. There are some missing story elements and some liberties are taken as always. His family life is mostly in the background. The production value may not be that high but in a way, it matches those Bruce Lee movies of that era. It's a functional biopic and that's more than expected.

martin-fennell If this is the true story of Bruce Lee, he certainly led a pretty hectic life. All he seems to do is get into fights. BUt they are pretty well staged, and they make exciting viewing.. Li is a good lookalike. and does a good impression of him. But he has neither the charisma or style of the man. What it all boils down to is just another cash in. on the icon's death. THe exercise sequences are the most interesting

InjunNose For casual observers and aficionados alike, the Bruceploitation craze of the 1970s surely ranks as one of the most bizarre cultural phenomena ever recorded. Obviously the movies were popular, since dozens of them were made--but who was the target audience? Were these ludicrous films made for viewers who literally could not tell the difference between the genuine article and his imitators, for Bruce Lee devotees who had sat through their hero's four cinematic adventures a hundred times apiece and were jonesing for any kind of facsimile (no matter how clumsy), or just for indiscriminate fans of kung fu action? Even today, the answer is unclear. There were three distinct varieties of Bruceploitation: the biographical films, sequels and prequels to Lee's own movies, and standard martial arts melodramas with a central character named 'Bruce' who wielded a nunchaku and made high-pitched twittering noises when he fought, but otherwise bore no relation to Bruce Lee. "Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth" falls into the first category and stars Bruce Li (real name: Ho Tsung-tao), the best of the three major Lee impersonators. And yes, it's a pretty lousy film, but it tries. Firstly, and most conspicuously, it dodges Lee's affair with Betty Ting Pei altogether. A character representing Ting Pei does appear near the end of the film, but she is only Lee's 'friend' and mention is made of her husband and his impending arrival to assist Lee with a screenplay, so that the viewer hasn't the least intimation of hanky panky. Secondly, an effort is made to express some of Lee's philosophy of combat in at least one scene, when he is challenged by muay thai stylists and adopts a few of their own techniques to beat them. Finally, a number of the characters who dispute Lee's fighting mastery are played by prominent real-life martial artists, like judo and chin-na instructor David Chow and hung gar master Chiu Chi-ling. (Lee's best friend Unicorn Chan appears as himself.) In the final analysis, however, honorable intent cannot overcome a wretched lack of sophistication. The stunted, ridiculous dialogue makes the average episode of "What's Happening!!" sound like it was written by Shakespeare and, despite passable fight choreography, Ho Tsung-tao is neither fast nor accurate enough to affect a convincing portrayal of Lee. That "Bruce Lee: The Man, the Myth" is the cream of the Bruceploitation crop (and if you're at all skeptical, take a look at some of the other biographical films like "The Dragon Dies Hard" or "Bruce Lee: His Last Days, His Last Nights") demonstrates just how low the bar was set in this subgenre.

Space_Mafune Bruce Li turns in one of his best performances in this mostly fictional biography about the life of Bruce Lee. Li does a very good imitation of Bruce Lee but not surprisingly, falls slightly short of capturing the true essence of what made Bruce Lee such a special presence on film.While this was supposed to a biography about the life of Bruce Lee, it is much more concerned with presenting Kung Fu street fights rumor and gossip, whether based on any true factual reality or not, might have at one time had it said Lee had a penchant for getting involved in. The fights themselves are not badly executed and again Li has most of Lee's mannerisms down pat. Still he always falls slightly short of the mark as you might well expect even from the best of imitators.In the end, I have to admit to enjoying this film on a pure guilty pleasure level. It really is just using Bruce Lee's name as an excuse for yet another Kung Fu movie and cleverly ties itself to his legacy most likely hoping to cash in on his name. Still, Bruce Li isn't half bad at that and this movie moves at a nice, brisk exciting pace and is filled with decent Kung Fu fighting action. There's certainly worse efforts that this out there that also tried to cash in on the Lee name and legacy.