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- 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.
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Aug 24, 2017 · There’s something clever about how Birth of the Dragon combines a classic martial arts movie plot with the storied cinematic tradition of fictionalizing elements of Bruce Lee’s life for the...
Aug 25, 2017 · Birth of the Dragon is ambitious: it wants to be a character study, an explication of martial arts philosophy and an action picture.... But the film never really gets fully juiced until the climax. This is an enjoyable movie that brings Bruce Lee back into the spotlight for a new generation.
- (13)
- George Nolfi
- PG-13
- Billy Magnussen
- 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...
Aug 25, 2017 · “Birth of the Dragon” is ambitious: It wants to be a character study, an explication of martial arts philosophy and an action picture.
- George Nolfi
Cheap-looking, whitewashed version of Bruce Lee's story. Read Common Sense Media's Birth of the Dragon review, age rating, and parents guide.
Birth of the Dragon: Directed by George Nolfi. With Yu Xia, Wang Xi'An, Hai Yu, Yue Wu. 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.
