Bridge of Dragons (1999)

Pretty Good

Powerful

Fantastic!

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

The tough and cold mercenary Warchild, is working for the man who took care of his war training and upbringing, the greedy General Ruechang. Ruechang is planning to take over the country by marrying Princess Halo. Bridge of Dragons for sure has it's moments and Dolph Lundgren is as great as ever but i'm afraid the storyline feels very cheap and the kind of i've been there and i've done that. The acting wasn't of course bad but nothing truly shocking happened in this film for me to truly enjoy it and have some great time watching it....!!! (5.0/10)

At some time in the distant past, or perhaps the remote future, the dastardly General Ruechang (Tagawa) rules the land. His dictator-like tactics have begun to stir a popular revolt. But before Ruechang can have total authority, he intends to marry Princess Halo (Chow). Halo doesn't want to be anywhere near him, so in her off time she puts on a mask and competes in stickfighting matches with the burly guys of the local village. One of those guys is Warchild (Lundgren), a member of Ruechang's retinue. When the Princess runs away, Warchild is assigned to find her and bring her back. Naturally, they fall in love and begin to fight against Ruechang's evil empire.There's a lot to like about Bridge of Dragons. It's a throwback to the classic post-apocalyptic films we all love from the 80's. But it has the well-choreographed fights and constant violent action that director Isaac Florentine is known for. Besides the VHS-era post-nuke flicks, a diverse array of influences make up the style of Bridge of Dragons: For one, it's hard to ignore the influence of the video game Street Fighter. Ruechang is M. Bison, Warchild is Guile and Princess Halo is Chun Li. Then we have the relationship between Halo and her governess, Lily (Kendall). Any student of 9th grade English can see this was highly influenced by Romeo and Juliet. And towards the end there's a scene reminiscent of The Graduate (1967).So, to recap, cross Italian post-apocalyptic thrillers, Street Fighter, Shakespeare, and The Graduate, set it in a fairy-tale-like land and load it up with action and stunts and Dolph Lundgren, and there you have it. Does this sound weird? Well, it is somewhat odd, but it's entertaining and not boring. So that's important.Tagawa returns as yet another baddie, facing off against Lundgren once again (he was also the antagonist of Showdown in Little Tokyo, 1991). You gotta love his "666" logo on his buildings and vehicles. But this time he, and all the other characters, are in a more tongue-in-cheek world, with really wacky sound effects and some silly humor. Bridge of Dragons recalls Raiders of the Sun (1992), in the fact that the hero and the girl are on the run, they fight the baddies together, it's post-apocalyptic, or at least futuristic, and the element of rebels and revolution is introduced amongst all the shooting and blow-ups. One is the Richard Norton take, the other the Dolph Lundgren take on a similar situation.Like the film of the aforementioned Street Fighter (1994), it all ends in a freeze frame. But don't you think Dolph makes a better Guile than Van Damme? Street Fighter aside, Bridge of Dragons is classic late-90's Lundgren with a few unorthodox twists.For more insanity, please visit: comeuppancereviews.com

This movie can be classified as a comedy too, because the acting of the nanny and that justice look on Dolph's eyes are funny to death. Wanna see Dolph in a better film,watch Showdown in Little Tokyo. Speaking of this one,It would be better if instead of Tia Carerre was Valerie Chow in the female lead role,because she is talented and truly gorgeous as few of Chinese actresses are(Kelly Chen and Chingmy Yau,for example,are beautiful,but Ruby Lin???Pinky Cheung???ARGH!). She is so pretty that only for her this crap is worth seeing. I think this is one of the few movies in which she has the lead role.I don't really know why such absurd happens,but I believe It's because of her obvious beauty! But Yet,I don't understand It!

Dolph Lundgren stars as Warchyld a killing machine who is torn between honor to his leader Ruechang (Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa)and his growing love for the Princess Halo (Valarie Chow) who runs off when she finds out her father was killed by Ruechang, Warchyld tries to track her down and finds himself drawn to the rebel's cause in this surprisingly well made straight to video actioner. Bridge Of Dragons may have a silly plot but this actionpacked martial arts actioner is more entertaining then it had any right to be.