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Aug 24, 2017 · The historic fight between Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man is brought to life in Birth of the Dragon. This much is true: long before he was famous, Bruce Lee fought Wong Jack Man in Oakland ...
- Bruce Lee barely gets the spotlight in the movie about his most important fight.
- Verdict
By Blair Marnell
Updated: Aug 25, 2017 5:37 pm
Posted: Aug 25, 2017 1:00 am
Warning: there are minor spoilers ahead for Birth of the Dragon.
Birth of the Dragon is not the Bruce Lee biopic you’ve been waiting for, as strong performances and martial arts action by Philip Ng and Xia Yu are wasted on a movie that had too little faith in the real story.
In 1965, martial arts icons Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man had a private match away from the public that became legendary, even though neither man agreed upon the outcome. Director George Nolfi’s Birth of the Dragon is very loosely inspired by that chapter of their history. But the movie itself is being marketed in a way that misrepresents the finished film. If we were to judge by the posters of Philip Ng as Lee, it would be easy to believe that this is a Bruce Lee biopic. That’s not what this is, and the movie treats Lee as if he is only the third most important character in his own story.
Birth of the Dragon’s filmmakers lacked the faith in their movie to ever make it truly about Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man. Allowing McKee to steal the focus of the story diminished the movie as a whole, which already had two perfectly cast leads in Ng and Yu. In terms of production, the film was more impressive than the ‘70s kung fu movies it emulat...
Set against the backdrop of 1960s San Francisco, Birth of the Dragon is a modern take on the classic movies that Bruce Lee was known for. It takes its inspiration from the epic and still controversial showdown between an up-and-coming Bruce Lee and kung fu master Wong Jack Man – a battle that gave birth to a legend.
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Birth of the Dragon is a 2016 American martial arts action film directed by George Nolfi and written by Christopher Wilkinson and Stephen J. Rivele. The film stars Philip Wan-lung Ng, Xia Yu, Jin Xing, Qu Jingjing, Ron Yuan, and Billy Magnussen.
Aug 25, 2017 · A preposterous screenwriting-for-dummies exercise directed with all the flare of a mid-‘90s tourism video, Nolfi decides the best way to get to know subjects Bruce Lee and his legendary one-time rival Wong Jack Man is through a bland white guy and his romantic troubles. You know … the important stuff.
Feb 19, 2018 · Biographical drama Birth of the Dragon recounts Bruce Lee's legendary fight against kung fu master Wong Jack Man. Read the Empire review.
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Feb 23, 2018 · This action movie about martial arts icon Bruce Lee has taken quite a pummelling from some fans and critics. Taken on its own terms, however, and Birth of the Dragon is a breezily enjoyable affair. Fittingly, the film revolves around Lee’s most legendary fight, his clash with Shaolin master Wong Jack Man in 1964. This episode from early in ...
