That was an excellent one.

One of my all time favorites.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

This ain't a film. I know it's marketed as such, but it's nothing like a movie. Instead it's the most obvious, crass, stupid cash-in on the whole 'Bruce Lee' craze you'll ever see, a semi-factual, semi-fictional excuse of a movie that makes no sense whatsoever. I can't even begin to describe the story, because there isn't one. Half of the film is a kind of documentary about the martial arts, filmed at a bout between rival masters. The other half consists of clips of old movies that supposedly tell Bruce's life and reveal his passion for kung fu.The script is absolutely diabolical and completely nonsensical. The funniest part of the film by far is the 'soap opera' retelling of Bruce's life as a child. Because Bruce actually was a child actor, appearing in loads of films like this, all they do is take various clips from a film and re-dub them to make them about Bruce himself. It's as bad as it sounds. Then, even funnier, are more clips, from a period kung fu flick – INVINCIBLE SUPER CHAN, incidentally – that are supposed to be an account of the life of Bruce's great-grandfather in the 19th century, the "best samurai in China". What idiot thinks that samurai warriors are Chinese instead of Japanese? Elsewhere we get clips of Bruce in action and plenty of interviews with the actor, where the other 'actors' in this film are added in to make it look like they're in the same room (it doesn't work). The worst bit is the part where Aaron Banks and Bruce talk about each other's techniques which goes back and forth like a tennis match. Not only is the footage with Banks modern and the footage of Bruce archive (you can easily tell by the quality), they even use a voice stand-in for Bruce on occasion. Banks is some kind of fight promoter and has zero connection with the star, while host Adolph Caesar was an Oscar-winning announcer who they roped in to add gravitas.There are a couple of clips of Ron Van Clief training at his home which allow the producers to give the star third billing, while Fred Williamson turns up in a few comedic scenes, playing himself, who keeps getting mistaken for Harry Belafonte! There's another interlude with Bill Louie dressed up as Kato fighting off some would-be rapists and then a kickboxing fight that doesn't have a lot to do with anything else. FIST OF FEAR, TOUCH OF DEATH is an absolutely awful cash-in with no artistic value whatsoever, although fans of bad films will be delighted to see just how blatantly bad it is. The only good thing about it is the decent footage from INVINCIBLE SUPER CHAN, which makes me want to track that film down...

A big fighting tournament is taking place at Madison Square Garden. Many fighters are showing off their various skills. Why is this going on, you ask? It's because everyone is trying to find the "possible successor to Bruce Lee". Not the actual successor, the POSSIBLE successor. The event is MC'd by a man with a name that has interesting historical connotations, Adolph Caesar. In the audience for no particular reason (though we're happy he's on board) is Fred Williamson. As the fights in the ring go on, we're treated to a variety of clips from a myriad of different sources, trying to recreate the life of Bruce Lee, and people that knew him talking about him (and, not so subtly, talking TO him using horrendous editing). Is this film a crass cash-in exploiting the greatness of Bruce Lee and insulting his memory for a quick buck? Find out today! This movie is a crass cash-in exploiting the greatness of Bruce Lee and insulting his memory for a quick buck. Hopefully this saves you some time. Now, this isn't really a movie per se, as it's not linear, and is cobbled together footage from a patchwork of sources, with a few new bits filmed to try to glue it all together. All the old footage, which appears to have been re-dubbed, is boring and painful to sit through. The newly-filmed footage isn't without some merits, however flimsy...There are some cool NYC locations of the day which we always love seeing, and we even see some movie marquees that are playing Apocalypse Now (1979), Animal House (1978) and 10 (1979). Fred Williamson brings his charisma but he's obviously confused as to why he's there so he's on autopilot. But even The Hammer on autopilot is more entertaining than most actors. There seems to be an inexplicable running gag where people keep thinking he's Harry Belafonte. Why this is, no one can say. A funky score also underlines these scenes.But women jogging in the park and being accosted by street toughs and then being saved by one of Bruce's pretenders to the throne seems to be the sole bit of creative thought put into this trainwreck of a movie. Bill Louie plays "Kato #2". That's right, a guy dressed as Bruce's character, with the name "Kato #2". As mind-numbingly stupid as that is, Louie gets a pass because he was in one of our favorite movies, the awesome Death Promise. So all is forgiven. In these "saving the joggers" scenes, Ron Van Clief actually shines as well. You gotta love that winning smile. But though this movie technically (by default) has Bruce Lee, Fred Williamson and Ron Van Clief, they've got some stiff competition in Fred the Flying Fat Man.Ah, Fred the Flying Fat Man. He had such dreams. We'd love to be privy his thoughts. How a morbidly obese vagrant with sleep apnea and diabetes could think he could genuinely become the new Bruce Lee is beyond comprehension. Yes, this is real. If anyone out there has any information on said Flying Fat Man, do leave a comment today.But the big question here (especially when characters are talking to stills and spliced-together footage) is: WHO DID THEY THINK THEY WERE FOOLING? True Bruce fans aren't going to accept this tripe. Casual moviegoers won't care. So what was the audience here? Naturally, the Fred Williamson stuff is the best here, and after suffering through the footage of Bruce's "biography", we were screaming for Adolph Caesar and his famous voice to come back and save us all.So while there are a few decent moments in this plot less exercise, most of it is an endurance test that would test hardened bad movie lovers. If only they made an entirely new movie with Williamson, Van Clief and Louie, then we'd have something here. As it stands now, we really don't.For more action insanity, drop by: www.comeuppancereviews.com

In the hype for a big karate championship bout between Louis Neglia and John "Cyclone" Flood at Madison Square Garden, a TV Anchorman named Adolph Caesar tries to tie the match into the controversy stirred up with regards to the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Bruce Lee and whether or not this karate match-up will crown his successor.I gave this a rating of 4, one point each for the ways in which this succeeded in entertaining me. Point # 1 was awarded for the karate championship match itself which was exciting if a little too short-lived. Point # 2 was for the archival footage featuring Bruce Lee which was cool to see even if it was horrendously dubbed. Point # 3 was for the footage taken from the "Samurai" film which amused me with its utter lack of convincing effects combined with some otherwise intense and gory fight scenes. Point # 4 was for this film's sheer audaciousness as it preposterously tries to tie itself and a straightforward karate match at Madison Square Garden to the enduring legacy left behind by Bruce Lee succeeding in making me laugh and shake my head in utter amazement at this ludicrous presentation unfolded before my eyes.

When it comes to bad movies, some are just plain bad, and some are so bad that they're good. Sometimes they are so bad that they become "good" but quickly become bad again because they're so stupid, and very few become good again because they're so terrible. This movie, however, doesn't make it back up the hill. Although this seems like a well-intended tribute to Bruce Lee, it's inaccurate to the core. I personally found some of this misleading info to be funny at first, only because I couldn't believe that someone could be so stupid, but the rest of the movie just dragged on and got boring and annoying. I was never able to watch this whole movie in one sitting. Although as a Bruce Lee fan, I wasn't offended (since I knew the truth), I just kept thinking to myself as I was watching and hoping it'd get better "Oh my gosh... the writers need to be shot."