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 Lee and sublimating Li's spiritual realm. In reality, Li has never been enlightened by Huang. On the contrary, it is Western culture that has the greatest influence on him.
Huang's martial arts in the film is more powerful than Bruce Lee. The fighting action design is still good. It's worth watching as a popcorn movie. If this film is changed from the 1960s to the 1860s as the background, with Bruce Lee's grandfather as the protagonist, I think the effect will be much better. At least it will not be ridiculous: during the revolution of the three antis and five antis, they dare to openly gather crowds to compete. After the comparison, he could still take a boat back to Shaolin Temple. Contempt the basic common sense of the audience.
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