Stevecorp Don't listen to the negative reviews

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Hulkeasexo it is the rare 'crazy' movie that actually has something to say.

Kinley This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Ross622 Bruce Lee's "The Way of the Dragon" is a good movie but at the same time it is an action movie with many major flaws, but let me be clear I'm not being generous to this movie at all. The movie was Lee's only film as a director, and he also wrote the screenplay for the movie all by himself, and he stars in it as well. The main character of the movie is about a Chinese man named Tang Lung (Bruce Lee) who comes to Italy from Hong Kong just to visit some of his relatives and there he has a girlfriend named Chen Ching Hua (Nora Miao) who works at a restaurant owned by "Uncle" Wang (Chung-Hsin Huang) who also has a lot of aspiring martial artists who work as chefs at his restaurant and their restaurant is been threatened by a local gang who wants to take ownership of the restaurant. For most of the movie I was pretty bored with the dialogue but it wasn't entirely Lee's fault because at the time he wasn't very experienced in the movie business, and this movie would happen to be one of his very first and very last movies after dying at the age of 32 on July 20, 1973. Anyway I say that in the normal scenes throughout most of the movie Lee treats this movie like a romantic type of movie so that we can get to know his character and the rest of the characters throughout the course of this movie but then again it would have been better if he had made the dialogue much more interesting instead of really boring. But now let's get back to the story. Then as the movie goes on Lee's character keeps removing the criminals from that restaurant and then the gang hires an American martial artist named Colt (Chuck Norris) in order to kill him which the only thing that I can tell you other than the two of them square off against each other is that their fight takes place in the Roman Colosseum. During the battle between the Lee and Norris characters we see a major plot twist involving his friends of which I will not reveal. The only area of this movie where this is entertaining is the scenes where the action sequences which are expertly choreographed by Bruce Lee. If Bruce Lee (who was the greatest martial artist of all time) had lived longer people highly believe that he would have become a very popular action star like Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger among many others. This movie could have been better but i'm still recommending it for those die hard Bruce Lee fans out there.

Leofwine_draca Made in Lee's native Hong Kong in the year before the peak of his popularity with the release of ENTER THE DRAGON, WAY OF THE DRAGON is a film which demands to be seen in its original subtitled version, because the Cantonese/English language barrier is a basis for much of the film's comedy. The English dubbed version therefore makes a number of comic interludes appear bizarre and confusing! This isn't Lee's best movie but it's a lot better than many other kung fu flicks thanks to his legendary fighting skills. A lot of people are put off by this film's first half hour, which contains no action and instead is more of an introduction to the characters, with a heavy emphasis on the silly/knockabout comedy that fills a lot of Jackie Chan's early movies (such comedy was highly popular at the time in Hong Kong, thus its inclusion here). All I can say in response is "please wait!". Half an hour isn't a long time to wait and the action is well worth the minor delay beforehand.The film showcases a Lee once again in his prime, this time taking a lighthearted and funny role. A lot of the humour comes from "fish out of water" jokes as Lee explores an alien city (Rome) and fails to understand what everyone sees in the Roman ruins, which he compares to Chinese slums! The humour makes this an easy and painless watch. When the story kicks in, its very simple stuff, i.e. good restaurant guys vs. bad corporation, but then it doesn't need to be complex as its only purpose is to give reason for the action scenes.From the first fight with a gang of thugs in a back alley to the rightly legendary battle with between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in the Colosseum, WAY OF THE DRAGON offers up tons of fine martial arts fighting and even some fantastic nunchucks action which was cut out of the British version up until now. The sequences in which Lee takes on a huge gang of armed bad guys alone are fluid and exciting, but even these themselves are topped by the finale, in which he faces three skilled martial arts champions! The first two are pretty easy going but the final battle with Norris is hard and brutal stuff, and ends on a poignant and moving note. Lee is excellent as the likable lead, getting ample opportunity to strut his stuff in style (I had to rewind the scene in which he kicks out a light on the ceiling ABOVE him in one quick move to make sure I wasn't seeing things!) and the supporting cast of memorably off-beat characters fit their parts well - although I'm not too sure about the overtly homosexual translator guy who is a little too much to take! The fresh-faced appearance of Norris is a revelation too, with a real screen presence being built up for his character to fill. WAY OF THE DRAGON is an example of the kung fu genre at its wackiest best and is a must-see for Bruce Lee fans.

Mr-Fusion For an action comedy, "The Way of the Dragon" isn't all that funny, and it drags when Bruce Lee isn't putting the bad guys in a hurt locker. But for someone like me who''s never been exposed to this man's magic, this was a pretty good place to start. I came to this thing for the fight scenes, and they don't actually happen until half an hour in. Up until that point, it's mostly Lee's goofy charm that keeps this going. But even I have to admit to a squeal of glee when he went to town with those nunchucks. It is a thing of beauty to watch this man work.And things got serious in that final fight with Chuck Norris. That was exciting, and a great way to end the movie. I really dig those sound effects, too.6/10

Uriah43 Upon the death of her father a young woman named "Chen Ching-Hua" (Nora Miao) inherits a Chinese restaurant in the heart of Rome. Unfortunately, a mobster decides that he wants possession of it and begins to pressure Ms. Chen in the hope that she will eventually sign it over to him. Not wanting to sell it she write to her uncle in Hong Kong who sends a young man named "Tang Lung" (Bruce Lee) to fix things. However, Ms. Chen is disappointed when he arrives because rather than being a lawyer or a savvy businessman Tang Lung has no discernible skills that will help at all. Anyway, rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this film is basically the extended version of "Return of the Dragon" with two particular scenes more fully covered. The first scene involves Tang Lung going into a restaurant in the airport at the beginning of the movie and the second gives more detail about his adventure with a prostitute. Both scenes are somewhat comical but neither really affect the overall storyline. In any case, this movie is clearly one of the better martial arts films ever made with Bruce Lee clearly being the main attraction but with both Nora Miao and Chuck Norris (as "Colt") providing excellent support. That said I would definitely recommend this movie for all fans of this genre and rate it as above average.