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(aka "Meng long guojiang" or "Fury of the Dragon" or "Return of the Dragon" or "Revenge of the Dragon" )
directed
by Bruce Lee
Hong Kong 1972
| Known in the west as Return of the Dragon, Bruce
Lee's The Way of the Dragon is another classic martial arts film
featuring the Dragon at the peak of his powers! Bruce Lee is Tang
Lung, a Hong Kong expatriate in Italy who gets the opportunity to
use his fists when local thugs begin muscling in on the local
Chinese restaurant. It's a simple exchange: the thugs set foot in
the restaurant, and Tang Lung cuts loose with a flurry of kicks and
punches designed to inflict the maximum amount of damage with the
minimum amount of effort. Then, more fighting ensues. The Way of the Dragon co-stars popular starlet Nora Miao, and is a true tour-de-force for Bruce Lee. Not only did he star in the film, but he also wrote, produced, and directed - and this is in addition to his expected action choreography duties. The results of his labor are a wildly entertaining martial arts film that's sure to make kung-fu fans of all ages grin from ear-to-ear. Most famously, The Way of the Dragon features a dramatic showdown between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in the confines of Rome's ancient Colosseum! |
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Theatrical Release: December 30, 1972 (Hong Kong)
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Comparison:
| Fortune Star (Ultimate Collection) - Region 3 - NTSC vs. Hong Kong Legends (Special Collector's Edition) - Region 2,4 - PAL vs. Kam & Ronson - Region 'A' - Blu-ray |
Big thanks to Henrik Sylow and Ole Kofoed for the DVD Screen Caps!
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1) Fortune Star (Ultimate Collection) - Region 3 - NTSC - LEFT 2) Hong Kong Legends (Special Collector's Edition) - Region 2,4 - PAL - MIDDLE 3) Kam & Ronson- Region 'A' - Blu-ray - RIGHT
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NOTE: The below Blu-ray captures were taken directly from the Blu-ray disc. ADDED: Kam & Ronson Blu-ray - January 2010: Well, it does look better - colors are richer, detail up a small notch, more grain (or what appears to be grain) and certainly darker and more film-like - whether the screen caps bear that out or not. Skin tones are slightly warmer. It's even more 'Asian' blue-green than the HK Legends. I have no reason to support or doubt that this is not more theatrically accurate representation. It looks the best I have seen the film anyhow - despite the modest Blu-ray single-layered transfer. Audio is a step up too with a DTS-Master and TrueHD lossless track - respectively in original Cantonese and dubbed Mandarin - a shade sync-off on the English parts. Bruce Lee's kicks and punches crack a little crisper. There is minor separations to the rear speakers. There are also optional subtitles - English seems précised a bit - and my Momitsu has identified it as being a region 'A'-locked (playable on North American machines). Extras don't consist of much - the same 9-minutes of 'celebrity' interviews (really just sound-bytes) about Bruce Lee as found on the Fortune Star Bruce Lee boxset. There is also a photo gallery. So, who should buy? Bruce Lee hardcore fans and those that haven't seen the film. Those who own the HK Legend DVD will have to have a pretty decent-to-discerning system to warrant the upgrade - although it is easily noticeable for the audio. ***
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the DVDs: The image of Hong Kong Legend
is slightly squeezed horizontally, about 1.5%, giving it 2.35:1 in AR. |
DVD Menus
(Fortune Star (Ultimate Collection) -
Region 3 - NTSC - LEFT vs. Hong Kong Legends (Special Collector's
Edition) - Region 2,4 - PAL - RIGHT)
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| Extras: | Hong Kong Legends |
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| Distribution |
Fortune Star Region 3 - NTSC |
Hong
Kong Legends Region 2,4 - PAL |
Kam & Ronson Region 'A' - Blu-ray |
Bruce Lee on
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