Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

I gave it a 7.5 out of 10

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.

First things first: this is not a Bruce Lee film. The opening sequence makes it look like a brief interlude with old martial arts footage being used to maintain the interest of the viewer, when all of a sudden the viewer realizes 15 minutes later that it's not stopping. It occurs to the viewer that he/she is watching a feature presentation of some kind, though, exactly what that feature hopes to accomplish is beyond all comprehension.The basic storyline is this: a journalist is at the "World Karate Championships" interviewing various D-list fighters and washed up athletes as to who will take on the crown of the recently deceased Bruce Lee. The movie then proceeds to take on an eerie biographic quality to it, tracking Bruce Lee's youth and development as a fighter with doctored footage that has been overdubbed to make it seem legit. The story drifts between the stories of Bruce, his family, the legacy of his grandfather, and the journalist (in the present day) narrating the climax to the fight at the end of the day to determine the new grand champion.Don't bother watching it. The fight was terrible, the overdubbing is cruelly plagiaristic, and the real-time acting is on par with the adult film industry gaining popularity at the time.

Bad exploitation film taking advantage of the rampant conspiracy theories surrounding Bruce Lee's death, in the late 70's. All footage containing Lee is either from an old Soap Opera he was in (poorly dubbed), or from television interviews (once again, poorly dubbed).There really isn't a lot more to say, because seeing is believing. I'd suggest watching it on youtube, or maybe watching with a friend who has purchased it. if you want to actually spend some money on it, it's widely available in numerous Big-Box stores.Great for a laugh if you want to see one of the worst movies ever made (trust me, there's some side side-splitting terrible in this one, if you like really bad movies).But here's where it all comes together- watch the scene where Fred Williamson rides in the Rolls-Royce with Adolph Caeser, on the way to the martial art's tournament. At 13:38 (from the start of the film) you can catch a brief glimpse of Williamson puffing off what appears to be an opium pipe. It seems almost unintentional, and in the context of Bruce Lee's legacy, perhaps the entire cast, crew, and film makers were literally "chasing the Dragon."

Only in the presence of this movie can Gigli and Glitter be called cinematic masterpieces without a trace of irony or sarcasm. When they have a karate tournament (of which only the "finals" are shown) to succeed Bruce Lee culminate in a boxing match with a few kicks thrown in, you know God Himself will have a hard time elevating this movie from the bowels of hell to putrid. Over and above the relative absence of martial arts, there was barely a hint of a plot, what plot existed was completely disjointed, and there was abysmal acting (if that's what you want to call it), Aaron Banks' scenes with Bruce Lee, where they took turns telling each other how great they are (shoot me now), didn't even look close to being in the same room. After watching this movie, if I didn't know better, I would've thought Bruce Lee had been forced to an advance screening and applied the Touch of Death to himself.If I had to bring up pluses for the movie, it would have to be the exhibitions of some of the true martial artists. The old chop-socky film that introduced Bruce Lee's grandfather in between Lee arguing with his dad over steak (?!) was funny in the sense of watching someone get repeated hit in the groin. It featured a little person and a guy that uses an abacus as a weapon. And if this movie wanted to be the worst ever, it succeeded admirably. If you want a new appreciation on any movie (including Santa with Muscles and Napoleon Dynamite), watch Fist of Fury, Touch of Death. All others, avoid.

First off the movie is an obvious comedy that knows it is being funny. It IS a funny movie that is a comment on all the fake Bruce Lee movies being done at the time. The violence is comic to start with. Scenes like the eyeballs are played for laughs. Making Lee's voice fem was an obvious joke too, as was his "Samururi" background. The black and white footage IS Bruce as a child actor. Redubbed to be satirically biographical it cuts between the old film and the 70s B Samurai movie in a direct parody of "The Real Bruce Lee". The skits are meant to be funny as are the would be attackers. Their are some real martial arts in the film by excellent practitioners and the point of the whole movie is that you should be yourself. The message is use Bruce to inspire you but be your own self in martial arts and in acting. I liked this very much it's fun cheese that doesn't take itself seriously.