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not as good as all the hype

It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

You don't expect a movie called "Image Of Bruce Lee" to be particularly well put together, and indeed it is not: the "plot" (which pits Bruce Li and his partner against a gang of counterfeiters (not exactly the most heinous of crimes)) is largely a collage of random fights, though there is one good twist concerning Dana, the sole female character (who is also not afraid of full frontal nudity!). The fights occur frequently enough, and they fall somewhere between the slower, more artificial style of the 1970s and the faster, more fluid style of the 1980s. Bruce Li is one of the most prolific of the Bruce Lee clones of the 1970s, and you can tell why - he knows his stuff. But this film, while not short on fighting, is rather forgettable. Bolo Yeung has a couple of fights as well but gets dispatched in the middle. *1/2 out of 4.

There are a great wealth of post-mortem Bruce Lee 'homage' films, and one can speculate the various reasons for their existence. A potential for market saturation. The refusal to accept the death of one of the greatest martial artists/martial arts film stars. Maybe a synthesis of both. Yet 'The image of Bruce Lee' is a real gem in this 'canon' not for its authenticity, integrity...but for its plain goofiness. By the end of the first three minutes, I was immersed in some sort of absurdist comedy. A suicidal man turns to the camera and the dub has him say, rather nonchalantly, 'A-choo' Some diamonds that he had out on loan have been stolen. So entirely full of remorse, he escapes rescue by firemen below, waddling with a rescue trampoline and a 'special squad' member donning a very familiar yellow jumpsuit and haircut atop via his secret weapon - a prosthetic arm. In so many words, I anticipated a cult classic. --- The rest of the film: At times, a typical eastern martial arts film, with all its staples. 1. The goofy sidekick 2. Full frontal female nudity - and of course - 3. Fight scenes. A word or fifty about these. The ultimate villain has a special penchant for tossing money. Least importantly, the choreography was awful. Most consist of fight, flee, fight, and so an, with an optional flight by car. Bruce Li fights in a street brawl fashion with the goons, but against certain characters, a rigid traditional style of Gung Fu reigns supreme. All scenes end, as a friend described so perfectly.... 'pummel, pummel, pummel.'In other words, this film will not impress if superb fight scenes are sought. Go get some Shaw Brothers stuff instead. Rather it takes a real eye for the elements of 'cult' style: the overwhelming presence of apparent budget limitations, e.g. horribly overexposed footage (which is quite pleasing, in my opinion). And the elements of 'cult' style are a-plenty, if one has the patience. I give the high rating not for its achievement as a martial arts classic, but for its complete lack of quality (... its cult-ness?), and of course, the performance of Moustache's moustache.

This film can be taken in two ways. First, it is indeed a "Bruce Clone" film, starring Bruce Li, the best of the Bruce Lee imitators. On that level, it can be enjoyed for the usual "swinging arms" chop-sock 'fu film nonsense we loved so well in the late 1970s.However, oddly enough, the cast and crew seem to be quite aware that their whole effort is blatantly absurd.Consequently, their are subtle but undeniable elements of self-parody in throughout the film. I will only describe the opening sequence: A man looking like a minor business executive is standing on a roof top, threatening to commit suicide. Bruce Li, dressed in the yellow-and-red gymnastic jump-suit long associated with Bruce Lee through publicity photos for his uncompleted last film (Game of Death) , climbs up five stories and jumps out to grab the exec by the arm. Unfortunately, it's a prosthetic arm. The force of the grab tears off the arm and inadvertently sends the exec five stories to his death. Bruce Li stands there looking at the prosthetic limb with an expression like, "hey, this never happened to the other guy!" Final underscore for this self-parody is when another character looks at Bruce Li and says: "Has anyone ever told you you look like Bruce Lee?" - Well, I'm not!" Bruce Li responds.This is all pretty much 'in-joke' stuff; to appreciate the humor of this film, one has to have seen all of the real Bruce Lee films, and a good many Bruce-Clone films as well. But I have, so I had a blast.

Version: English dub In a movie that seemingly has nothing to with Bruce Lee, or his image, Bruce Li plays a cop who goes around beating people up, while trying trying to stop a counterfeit ring. Or something, I somehow managed to miss the important plot points (ok, there weren't any at all...).There's lots of swearing, and naked ladies, and violence - enough to get an R-rating. Surprisingly, my copy of the movie comes with a family friendly M-rating. I'll admit right now, that I don't why I'm reviewing this - there isn't much to say about it.Basically, the movie follows Bruce Li as he wanders around beating up bad guys, and follows Bolo Yeung as he wanders around beating up good guys. In fact, Li's character never takes his leather jacket off - either it gives him super-powers, or it is the secret to his kung-fu technique.Overall, its actually pretty funny, in a cheesy way - 4/10