Bruce Lee - A Warrior's Journey

Bruce Lee - A Warrior's Journey
by John Little (II)

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Movie Review: FOR BRUCE LEE & KUNG FU FANS THIS IS A MUST-HAVE DVD!!!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars

The John Little documentary is fine Bruce Lee documentary material with rare film footage , outtakes from "Game Of Death" , and interviews with Linda Lee , Kareem Abdul Jabbar , etc. The jewel of the DVD is the lost pagoda fight footage of "Game Of Death" that has been put together to re-create what Bruce Lee intended the pagoda fight scenes to be. It is very different than what the 1978 film showed , particularly , Bruce's two allies , James Tien and Chieh Yuan , that fought with Bruce against Dan Inasanto , the Judo master , and Kareem. These two characters were completly edited out of the '78 film and John Little brings the footage of Bruce's allies back. In the restored footage there is an added dynamic between Bruce and his two allies with one allie ,James Tien , being a bit antagonistic to Bruce. They don't speak to each other but their facial expressions and body language suggest a slight strife between the two ; almost as if they dislike each other. It is something new and humorous that I've never seen in a film that I grew up with.

The 1978 pagoda scenes felt like a short highlight reel. This restored footage feels like an authentic Bruce Lee movie with original audio(they speak in Chinese and English using the actor's actual voices). It's put together that way and its terrific. There are so many great things in the restored fight scenes that'll be a revelation to alot of Lee/kung fu fans.

This restored letterboxed pagoda fight footage makes the 1978 pagoda scenes seem bland in comparison. The entire restored pagoda scenes last about 33 minutes with more fighting and more dialogue , also , after Bruce kills Kareem it doesn't end there. There is more footage of Bruce , tiredly , walking back down the steps of the pagoda stopping by a window calling for help to his commrades outside. As Bruce walks down the last flight of steps the film fades to black under the playing of gentle violins and a soft chinese flute then it returns to the final 2 minutes plus of the documentary.

I have to say seeing those fight scenes was almost like watching a new Bruce Lee film.

John Little has done a knock out job with this. To Lee fans and kung fu fans alike I highly recommend this DVD. This documentary truely shows Bruce Lee's final work the way Bruce meant it to be seen. A must have DVD!