Bruce Lee: The Immortal Dragon (1994)

So much average

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.

This is a featurette found on the DVD of The Big Boss, dealing with Bruce's life and career. It consists of narration, behind-the-scenes footage, clips from movies and a few interviews. I understand that some of the information herein is false, which is clearly not a good sign for a, y'know, *documentary*. Also, as has been pointed out by others here, the music chosen for this is the opposite mood of what it should be. So, is this a waste of the 50 minutes that it takes to watch? Not completely. It's fairly informational, and you get to see bits of his first screen test. I have no idea if any of what you see here is rare, as this is the only of these I have seen. This goes over his movies, the myths surrounding his death, and the impersonators that were integral in attempting to cash in on the fame of Lee and the wide-spread feeling that he was taken from audiences much too soon. It even comments on a couple of the martial arts stars that came after, including Seagal, Van Damme as well as his own son, Brandon, and his tragic death at a young age. Fairly well-edited and with fine pacing, you could do worse than this. I recommend this to fans of the man. 5/10

Though it's not the best documentary on Lee, it touches on several aspects not seen elsewhere, including more on his stunt coordination between Sharon Tate and Nancy Kwong.It is the only Lee documentary that discusses his little known fight choreography in 'A Walk in the Spring Rain' with Anthony Quinn and Ingrid Bergman.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066542/ (I've never been able to find that film, but I understand it's a street fight on a back country road between Quinn and an antagonist, but I can't confirm that).A must see for the die-hard fan.

Don't get me wrong. This is not a complete disaster but this biography is very inferior to the awesome "A Warrior's Journey" by John Little from 2000. For example, the music to "Immortal Dragon" is sentimental and quiet and harmonic (!) The quite opposite of how Bruce Lee was like! The music supervisor must really have been special. Moreover, there are many mistakes in the movie such as the implication that the fight scenes in GAME OF DEATH were done without purpose. On the contrary, Bruce knew exactly what he was doing with GAME OF DEATH, he just didn't have time to finish it before he died. Moreover, "Immortal Dragon" says that the fight scene with Kareem-Abdul does not show Bruce at his best but they give no reason why? I would disagree. I think it is a very, very good scene with Bruce. In fact, one of the best and most intense. The narrator for "Immortal Dragon" sounds like an old man who is telling a funny story. As seen many times through the years Bruce does not get the respect he deserves. Only in "A Warrior's Journey" by John Little we see the awesome martial artist as a real life-artist which is what he was. "Immortal Dragon" is not bad but it is problematic in many regards.

Since there aren't any comments on this documentary I decided to comment on it. Also because I'm fascinated by Lee and by his documentaries. No documentary in my opinion is complete. This documentary though I found the most interesting because you see a lot of the family talking about him and explaining his way of thinking. I do have to mention that the DVD I bought of this documentary actually had 2 documentaries on it. One being 'The Immortal Dragon' and one being an E!-type program that takes an in-depth look at the Lee- family. As I don't know exactly which scenes were on which documentary I see them as one. Having said that, I really think this is the most interesting documentary since it focuses the most on Lee's private life. You see a lot of Linda Lee talking and be honest, she's the person who can tell the most interesting things about Bruce as a person and that's what fascinates me the most. If you want to know more about why everyone loves him so much I strongly suggest seeing 'A Warrior's Journey' BUT if you want to know more about the man behind the myth I think this is the best documentary. You also hear from Lee's brother and daughter. Most fascinating thing I found was when everybody talks about the death of Brandon Lee. We all know the story but here we see the family's reaction to the whole thing. Unbelievable what Linda has been through. You also see that she's re-married and that Shannon (the daughter) is also married and stars in movies. No other documentary I've seen has this stuff. Fascinating for Bruce Lee fans!