Birth of the Dragon

Birth of the Dragon

  • Director: George Nolfi
  • Writer: Stephen J. Rivele,Christopher Wilkinson,Michael Do
  • Countries of origin: China, Canada, United States
  • Language: English, Mandarin
  • Release date: August 25, 2017
  • Also known as: Câu Chuyện Lý Tiểu Long: Sự Ra Đời Của Rồng
  • "Birth of the Dragon" is an action film produced by Kirin Pictures and released by Paramount Pictures. It is directed by George Nolfi and starred in Philip Ng , Yu Xia , Billy Magnussen , Jin Xing, etc., on September 13, 2016. It was screened at the Toronto Film Festival (Canada) and officially screened in the United States on August 25, 2017. 
    The film mainly tells the story of Bruce Lee in a secret duel with another martial arts master Huang Zemin in San Francisco in 1965, which completely transformed Bruce Lee   .

    Details

    • Release date August 25, 2017
    • Filming locations Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
    • Production companies Anomaly Entertainment, Groundswell Productions, Kylin Pictures

    Box office

    Budget

    $31,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $6,901,965

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $2,702,430

    Gross worldwide

    $7,215,027

    Movie reviews

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    • By Lilla 2022-12-21 05:58:09

      The birth of the dragon

      It's a good-looking film, and the actors perform well. The duel between Bruce Lee and Huang should have stimulated him to turn faster and more ruthlessly, and finally made a breakthrough. This is the main idea of ​​the film, and the focus is on the interpretation of the duel between Huang and Li. Huang had the upper hand at first, but as the battle unfolded, Li constantly adjusted his state of consciousness and completed the transformation after jumping down. In the end, Bruce Lee knocked...

    • By Brice 2022-11-28 00:36:20

      It's "White Man Saves Asian Oriental Beauty" Again

      It is the protagonist of a handsome white man (more plays than Bruce Lee). The white man saves the Asian beauty. The Asian Chinese girl falls in love with the white man. It is almost the same part of the European and American movies to prove the superiority of the white man and please the white male audience. The desire for dominance of Asian beauties , you know that Gui Lao (foreigner) is the screenwriter and director. There are a few plots that...

    • By Brett 2022-11-19 23:11:03

      Fairy tales about Chinese culture

      When I first saw the film, I couldn’t help feeling that Bruce Lee had only passed away for more than 40 years and the parties were still alive. The story was distorted to such an extent. It can only be understood that this movie is a fairy tale or comic story with Bruce Lee as a symbol to promote Chinese culture. .

      In the film, Huang is no longer a narrow-minded nationalist in the real world, but an eminent monk who is in the midst of Zen, and finally succeeded in enlightening Bruce...

    • By Evert 2022-11-13 14:47:07

      The most disgusting Bruce Lee movie, none

      At the beginning, Shaolin fights Wudang, Xia Yu represents Shaolin, and Wu Yue represents Wudang, who is drunk. Who decides to use Xia Yu to play Shaolin Kungfu master? In addition, fighting in Henan in 1963 was simply an overhead history. In that era, all martial arts masters obediently became active activists.

      The plot is completely inaccurate, and it is too far from the story of the client (Bruce Lee's wife). It is clear that Huang Zemin was pushed by the narrow Chinese to...

    • By Gladyce 2022-11-12 21:22:54

      Opportunistic popcorn, the misfortune of Bruce Lee!

      From a film perspective alone, it might be good to adapt a film based on the life of "Bruce Lee".

      However, it is unfortunate that this movie has really been "adapted"... which means that the adaptation can be "altered" or "tampered" or even "creative" wantonly. The most distressing thing is the so-called "adaptation." It is already fabricating and beautifying Huang Zemin and senior black Bruce Lee himself. If you just want to watch popcorn, you will give up, but it’s not good for me,...

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    • By Pascale 2023-09-28 06:18:57

      Just comment on the action scenes. In the middle stage, the dragon fights the Shaolin monk. In the battle, he enlightens the Dao, and the fight is breathless; if you don’t fight, you don’t know each other. At the end, the two will join forces to break through the thieves’ nest. the spirit of! Watching this movie is to watch the hard bridge and the hard horse. If you want to see the plot and criticize the plot, you can go to the tear-splitting literary...

    • By Eliane 2023-09-22 03:31:19

      Not to mention, in 1964, there were still martial arts sects competing in martial arts? Still brightly colored like...

    • By Jasen 2023-09-22 00:07:39

      I don't believe the plot, but when I saw Wu Yunlong and Xia Yu's performances, I just watched Xia Yu's kung fu playing a disc is good. Wu Yunlong himself has a kung fu...

    • By Noemy 2023-09-21 00:08:00

      Completely portrayed Bruce Lee as a bad guy. I don't know if it's true. The plot is still very old-fashioned. There are some things that are inconsistent with the facts, that is, the theory of water was proposed by Bruce Lee before he made the movie,...

    • By Roel 2023-09-16 11:17:58

      Although the interpretation of Tao is not so in-depth, it is still attentive. . . Bruce Lee's history has reached the point where it can be derived, why can't we accept this. ....

    Movie plot

    In the 1960s, the unfamous Bruce Lee ( played by Philip Ng ) opened a martial arts gym in Chinatown to recruit white students to learn kung fu. Because a student McGee ( Billy Magnussen ornaments) wants to save his sweetheart, a girl Shirley China is Chinatown gangs control ( Jingjing Qu ornaments) , and to promote Bruce Lee and his nemesis Shaolin kung fu master Huang Zemin ( Yu Xia ornaments ) In a duel. The result of the duel not...
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    Evaluation action

    Regardless of the details of the picture, sound effects, actions, scenes, costumes, etc., the film perfectly presents the image of Bruce Lee in the 20th century and the style of San Francisco. (Tencent Online Review) 
    The tone of the film is relaxed, and the plot is not complicated. The action scenes are all performed under strong rhythmic background music. Long shots and mid-range shots are often used for display, which is different...
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    Movie quotes

    • Wong Jack Man: I am not fighting for her, or for you, or for myself. Lee Jun-fan was correct: he is the future, he will bring kung-fu to the world. I can see that now. He has talent. Great talent and ambition. But what sort of kung-fu will he bring to the world? An angry thing? A hurtful thing? A thing to be bought and sold? Unless...

      Steve McKee: Unless what?

      Wong Jack Man: Unless he is waiting to be reborn.

    • Wong Jack Man: Now, we begin to exceed your limits.

      Bruce Lee: ...What limits?

    • Vinnie Wei: [puffing out his chest] Beat it!

      Bruce Lee: What do you say, Master Wong? Shall we beat it?