Although the film's title is "Batman: Soul of the Dragon," the film's protagonist is Richard Long, DC Comics' top fighting expert. In this "Dragon Soul", Richard Dragon's image and costume are a tribute to the famous martial artist Bruce Lee. Bronze Tiger and Ms. Siva are also the main characters of the film, and they are also well-known martial artists in DC Comics.
The story of the film is not complicated, and many of the settings, scenes and plots in it clearly imitate many classic works, "Batman: Mystery of the Shadow", "Straight to Huanglong" (an Australian action film released in 1975, Wang Yu And Sammo Hung is starring, the villain in the film is played by George Lazabe), 007 series, "Dragon Fight", "Mortal Kombat", "Kill Bill" series, "Monsters in Chinatown", "Jackie Chan Adventures" series, "Kung Fu Panda" series, a series of ninja-themed movies directed by He Zhiqiang, "New York Action" (that is, the action movie "Ninja" starring Scott Adkins, which has a sequel), the 1966 version of "Ninja" Elements in works such as the Batman series are roughly integrated, and the entire film is filled with various instant visuals. In addition, there are a lot of stereotypes and outdated memories of East Asian culture in the eyes of Westerners, making "Dragon Soul" an alternative retro work.
As a work similar to a B-level action movie with a deceptive title, "Dragon Soul" is more suitable for those fans who have feelings for action movies and kung fu movies in the 1970s and 1980s. This is not a movie for Batman fans. created works.
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