Jason Scott Lee is very good in the part, his mannerisms and way of walking and speaking are spot on.
With such a good choice as star, it is irritating but very predictable that the film is full of rubbish. This detracts from it completely and gives us a hollow, plastic view of Bruce and an opportunity squandered.
Things that annoy me the most:
1) Bruce did not leave Hong Kong because he beat up a relation of the governor - how silly. He left because he was running as part of a street gang and was growing uncontrollable. His family sent him to America because they'd tried everything else - a true mark of desperation.
2) Restaurant fight - Sorry, the odds of every Chinese guy knowing kung fu are not very good, yet this movie seems to feel "they" all do.
3) Punched in the back - Never happened. Bruce pushed himself constantly, especially with weights - even Bolo Yeung said that Bruce taught him about weights, not the other way around.
Bruce almost paralysed himself by attempting a deadlift without warming up - bye bye spinal erector muscles.
4) Fight on scene of Big Boss - Why is it that with all the media and fan attention on Bruce in the last 30 odd years, such events miraculously happen that no-one knew of before?
5) Bruce was in hospital before after chewing cannibis - a habit quite popular in Hong Kong where it's medicinal purposes have been known for hundreds of years. He almost died from an allergic reaction then. It's fairly certain this combined with a months-long punishing self-imposed schedule around the time of "enter the dragon" is what killed him.
It would be interesting to really hear from Linda what he was like, what he thought ect - but I doubt we ever will.
With such a good choice as star, it is irritating but very predictable that the film is full of rubbish. This detracts from it completely and gives us a hollow, plastic view of Bruce and an opportunity squandered.
Things that annoy me the most:
1) Bruce did not leave Hong Kong because he beat up a relation of the governor - how silly. He left because he was running as part of a street gang and was growing uncontrollable. His family sent him to America because they'd tried everything else - a true mark of desperation.
2) Restaurant fight - Sorry, the odds of every Chinese guy knowing kung fu are not very good, yet this movie seems to feel "they" all do.
3) Punched in the back - Never happened. Bruce pushed himself constantly, especially with weights - even Bolo Yeung said that Bruce taught him about weights, not the other way around.
Bruce almost paralysed himself by attempting a deadlift without warming up - bye bye spinal erector muscles.
4) Fight on scene of Big Boss - Why is it that with all the media and fan attention on Bruce in the last 30 odd years, such events miraculously happen that no-one knew of before?
5) Bruce was in hospital before after chewing cannibis - a habit quite popular in Hong Kong where it's medicinal purposes have been known for hundreds of years. He almost died from an allergic reaction then. It's fairly certain this combined with a months-long punishing self-imposed schedule around the time of "enter the dragon" is what killed him.
It would be interesting to really hear from Linda what he was like, what he thought ect - but I doubt we ever will.