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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story - 3 1/2 stars

“Dragon” is the story of the brilliant martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker Bruce Lee (“Enter the Dragon”) and how he triumphed over many obstacles to get the legend status that he achieved in his lifetime.

In “Dragon”, the martial arts master is played by Jason Scott Lee (“Soldier”). The film starts off with a small Chinese boy being attacked by a demon that emerged from a statue but then you find out it’s all just a dream Bruce’s father had been having. As the film goes on Bruce gets himself into trouble when he beats up some trouble causers and travels to America. There he meets his future wife Linda (Lauren Holly “Dumb and Dumber”). A few years later after perfecting his martial arts skills and fighting to teach Bruce is discovered by a television producer (Robert Wagner “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me”) and he begins his journey to stardom.

Jason Scott Lee is surprisingly good as Bruce Lee. He gives the energy and the enthusiasm that Bruce Lee had. Linda is okay and is given an okay performance by Lauren Holly. Robert Wagner is good. The rest of the cast are okay.

There are some moments in this film like whenever Bruce does a ‘super jump’ that not even he could pull off that are obviously exaggerated but they’re good fun. I also like the psychological elements where Bruce has to face an inner demon in the form of ridiculously silly but again fun martial arts scene. Although the film is far from being perfect “Dragon” is a charming movie with plenty of amusing scenes and lots of great martial arts action. I’m sure this movie will more than please any fan of the Bruce Lee films, who is determined to learn more about the man himself.

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