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Set against the backdrop of 1960s San Francisco, BIRTH OF THE DRAGON is a modern take on the classic movies that Bruce Lee was known for. It takes its inspiration from the epic and still controversial showdown between an up-and-coming Bruce Lee and kung fu master Wong Jack Man a battle that gave birth to a legend. Birth of the Dragon 2016 Chinese Hindi Dubbed Full Movie (CooLmovieZ.Mobi).mp4 Download, Birth of the Dragon 2016 Chinese Hindi Dubbed Full Movie (CooLmovieZ.Mobi).mp4 Download in HD Mp4 Movies Free Download Coolmoviez 480p 720p worldfree4u 9xmovies Downloadhub Filmywap bolly4u khatrimaza Movies.
Directed by
George Nolfi |
Writing Credits(WGA)
Stephen J. Rivele | .. | (written by) & |
Christopher Wilkinson | .. | (written by) |
Michael Dorgan | .. | (based on the article 'Bruce Lee's Toughest Fight' by) |
Cast (in credits order)
Yu Xia | .. | Wong Jack Man (as Xia Yu) | |
Wang Xi'An | .. | Tai Chi Grandmaster / Wang Lian | |
Hai Yu | .. | Shaolin Abbot (as Yu Hai) | |
Yue Wu | .. | Wang Biao (as Wu Yue) | |
Billy Magnussen | .. | Steve McKee | |
Steven Roberts | .. | Beat Poet (as Steven F. Roberts) | |
Riley Wood | .. | Hippie Girl | |
Philip Ng | .. | Bruce Lee (as Philip Wan-Lung Ng) | |
Simon Yin | .. | Vinnie Wei | |
Terry Chen | .. | Frankie Chen | |
Ron Yuan | .. | Tony Yu | |
Lillian Lim | .. | Janet Wei | |
Yee Jee Tso | .. | Winston Peng | |
Jingjing Qu | .. | Xiulan Quan (as Qu Jingjing) | |
Simon Chin | .. | Wai Fu | |
Nikson Kong | .. | Wong's Cousin (as Nickson Kong) | |
Peter Chao | .. | Busboy | |
Hawlan Ng | .. | Valet (as Haiwian Ng) | |
Xing Jin | .. | Auntie Blossom (as Jin Xing) | |
Yang Zhou | .. | Bobby Chen | |
King Lau | .. | King Lau | |
Darren E. Scott | .. | Vince Miller | |
Don Lew | .. | Kitchen Chiseguy | |
Vanness Wu | .. | Sonny Lo | |
Vincent Cheng | .. | Wing Lo | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Natalie Stephany Aguilar | .. | Chinatown Restaurant Patron (uncredited) | |
Kimberly Allen | .. | Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
Andy Arness | .. | Dock Worker (uncredited) | |
Gerardo Barcala | .. | Photographer (uncredited) | |
Cabran E. Chamberlain | .. | Shipworker (uncredited) | |
Sunny Chen | .. | Bi Nu (uncredited) | |
Alan Chu | .. | Boat Passenger (uncredited) | |
Felix Chu | .. | Boat Passenger (uncredited) | |
Talon Crow | .. | Chinatown Tourist (uncredited) | |
Thomas Dalby | .. | Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
Jim Eliason | .. | Spectator (uncredited) | |
Douglas Gawoski | .. | Ship Officer (uncredited) | |
Tom Hart | .. | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | |
Cyrah Hawkins | .. | Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
Jay Kamal | .. | Coach (uncredited) | |
Tony Chris Kazoleas | .. | Spectator (uncredited) | |
Christina July Kim | .. | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | |
Larry Kitagawa | .. | Mahjong Player (uncredited) | |
Rick Lasquete | .. | Chinese Ship Passenger (uncredited) | |
Jarret LeMaster | .. | Narrator (uncredited) | |
John Lobato | .. | Boat Passenger (uncredited) | |
Annie Lore | .. | Chinatown Shopper (uncredited) | |
Anne Luna | .. | Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
Tom MacNeill | .. | Spectator (uncredited) | |
Mary Lu Marr | .. | Chinatown Tourist (uncredited) | |
Grace McAlister | .. | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | |
Heidi Michaelis | .. | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | |
Joel Montgrand | .. | Sheriff Deputy Roy (uncredited) | |
Mahal Montoya | .. | Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
Jeff Mosley | .. | Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
Kyle Mosonyi | .. | Crowd Member (uncredited) | |
Ed Moy | .. | Chinatown Vendor (uncredited) | |
Teresa Navarro | .. | Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
Kenyon Page | .. | Chinatown Pedestrian (uncredited) | |
Diezel Ramos | .. | Student (uncredited) | |
Michael Andrew Reed | .. | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | |
Vanessa Ross | .. | Tourist (uncredited) | |
George Siambis | .. | Ship Passenger (uncredited) | |
Chad Sibilia | .. | Shipyard Worker (uncredited) | |
Andy Tabbat | .. | San Francisco Tourist 1964 (uncredited) | |
Steven Wiig | .. | Customs Official (uncredited) |
Produced by
Jason Blum | .. | executive producer |
Bohan Gong | .. | co-producer |
Sunil Homes | .. | associate producer |
Drew James | .. | associate producer |
Michael London | .. | producer (produced by) (p.g.a.) |
Michael J. Luisi | .. | executive producer |
Jaeson Ma | .. | co-producer |
Kelly Mullen | .. | executive producer |
Massimiliano Musina | .. | co-executive producer |
David Nicksay | .. | executive producer |
George Nolfi | .. | executive producer |
Hong Pang | .. | producer (as James Hong Pang) (produced by) |
Stephen J. Rivele | .. | producer (produced by) |
Joel Viertel | .. | co-producer |
Christopher Wilkinson | .. | producer (produced by) |
Janice Williams | .. | producer (produced by) (p.g.a.) |
Leo Shi Young | .. | producer (produced by) |
Helen Ye Zhong | .. | executive producer |
Music by
Reza Safinia | .. | (music by) |
H. Scott Salinas | .. | (music by) |
Cinematography by
Amir Mokri | .. | director of photography |
Film Editing by
Joel Viertel |
Casting By
PoPing AuYeung |
Joanna Colbert |
Production Design by
David Brisbin |
Art Direction by
Craig Humphries | .. | (additional photography) |
Catherine Ircha |
Set Decoration by
Shannon Gottlieb | ||
Jennifer Kom-Tong | .. | (additional photography) |
John Micheletos | .. | (San Francisco) |
Costume Design by
Aieisha Li |
Makeup Department
Rebeccah Delchambre | .. | makeup artist |
Megan Harkness | .. | assistant makeup artist |
Tanya Hudson | .. | key makeup artist |
Richard Kohlen | .. | key hair stylist |
Ladan Mojallal | .. | first assistant makeup artist: additional photography |
Robert Mrazik | .. | assistant hair stylist |
Patricia Murray | .. | makeup artist |
Robert A. Pandini | .. | hair department head / head hair department (as Pandini Robert) |
Yvette Rivas | .. | key hair stylist: San Francisco |
L. Taylor Roberts | .. | makeup department head (as Lisa Taylor Roberts) |
Jenny-King Turko | .. | key make-up artist: San Francisco |
Bev Wright | .. | Head of Department Make up Artist: additional photography |
Production Management
Bruce L. Brownstein | .. | unit manager |
Heidi Erl | .. | production supervisor: San Francisco |
Nancy Kirhoffer | .. | post production supervisor |
Drew Locke | .. | production manager |
Jacquelyn Renner | .. | additional unit production manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jim Brebner | .. | first assistant director |
Scott Kukurudz | .. | third assistant director |
Alecia Maslechko | .. | trainee assistant director: reshoots |
Brian Maxwell | .. | third assistant director: re-shoots |
Jerremy Stewart | .. | second second assistant director |
Jason Suhrke | .. | additional second assistant director |
Johana Wong | .. | ad pa |
Corey Yuen | .. | martial arts designer |
Art Department
Tony Beck | .. | lead gang boss |
Sean Blackie | .. | Lead Dresser |
Brent Boates | .. | illustrator |
Caitlin Byrnes | .. | art department co-ordinator |
Dwayne Campbell | .. | set dresser |
Lubor Cencak | .. | scenic artist |
Leanne Clerihue | .. | set dec coordinator |
James Robert Crockett | .. | assistant art director |
Dylan Dowd | .. | head greens person |
Nancy Ford | .. | set designer |
Sean Goojha | .. | assistant art director |
Rupert Hancock | .. | set dresser |
Doug Hardwick | .. | construction coordinator |
Jan Holmsten | .. | construction buyer |
Jason Hoobyar | .. | set dresser: San Francisco |
Craig Humphries | .. | assistant art director |
Dan Korn | .. | graphic designer: san fransico |
Ray Lai | .. | illustrator |
Jocelyne Lous | .. | set dec buyer |
Ali Macrae | .. | assistant property master |
Morgan McConnell | .. | graphic designer |
Kelly McLeod | .. | set dresser |
Doni McMillan | .. | lead man: SF |
Edward J. McNicoll | .. | greensman sf unit |
Rose Marie McSherry | .. | assistant set decorator |
Reuel Minard | .. | carpenter |
Mr. Monze | .. | set dresser |
Elliot Neck | .. | prop truck supervisor |
Ben Nichols | .. | construction coordinator: San Francisco unit |
Dan Petrescu | .. | paint coordinator |
Terry W. Poon | .. | prop buyer |
Leon Sher | .. | art department assistant |
Erin Sinclair | .. | graphic designer |
Tonya Soules | .. | set buyer |
Rachel Terry | .. | set dresser |
David Turgeon | .. | set dec buyer |
Chris Ubick | .. | property master: San Francisco |
Christian Wadman | .. | construction foreman: San Francisco |
Adriaan Wagner | .. | lead greens |
Austin Chuqiao Wang | .. | art department assistant |
Mark Warren | .. | set dresser |
Sound Department
Christopher Assells | .. | sound effects editor |
Darren Brisker | .. | production sound mixer |
Derek Casari | .. | adr engineer |
Patrick Christensen | .. | adr mixer |
Mark Coffey | .. | first assistant sound editor |
Gavin Coford | .. | boom operator |
Robert Dehn | .. | sound studio manager |
Michael J. Fox | .. | adr mixer |
Luke Gibleon | .. | sound effects editor |
Greg Hedgepath | .. | supervising sound editor |
Mike Horton | .. | foley artist |
Marti D. Humphrey | .. | re-recording mixer |
Tim McKeown | .. | foley editor |
Kevin Morales | .. | adr recordist |
Chris Navarro | .. | adr mixer |
Alexis Sallee | .. | re-recording mix tech |
Nelson Stoll | .. | sound mixer: San Francisco |
Justin W. Walker | .. | adr supervisor / dialogue editor |
Gregory H. Watkins | .. | re-recording mixer |
Art Young | .. | sound mixer: behind the scenes |
Jesse Vilinsky | .. | adr loop group (uncredited) |
Special Effects by
Tony Lazarowich | .. | special effects coordinator |
Visual Effects by
Martin Biskup | .. | compositor: Psyop |
Jonathan Block | .. | title animation & graphics / title designer & animator |
Sophie Cherry | .. | visual effects production manager: Psyop |
Kristen Drosinos | .. | pipeline td: Psyop |
Debora Dunphy | .. | compositing supervisor: Psyop |
Josh Hayes | .. | storyboard artist |
Marshall Richard Krasser | .. | visual effects supervisor: Psyop Film & Television |
Wendy Lanning | .. | vfx executive producer: Psyop |
Kymber Lim | .. | managing director: Psyop |
Tom Masterman | .. | visual effects editor: Psyop |
Chris Ryan | .. | cg supervisor |
Steven Wade | .. | compositor: Psyop |
Bob White | .. | visual effects artist: Psyop |
Marc Whitelaw | .. | compositor: Psyop |
Stunts
Raymond Chan | .. | stunt performer |
Philip Chang | .. | stunt performer |
Steve Chang | .. | stunt performer |
Shengwei Cheng | .. | stunt double: Wong Jack Man |
Leo Chiang | .. | stunt performer (as Leo Li Chiang) |
Andrew Chin | .. | stunt coordinator |
Jason William Day | .. | stunt performer |
Alfred Hsing | .. | stunt double: Wong Jack Man |
Keanu Lam | .. | stunts |
Don Lew | .. | stunt actor and stunt double: Tony Yu |
Tammy Nera | .. | stunt double: Jingjing Qu |
Johnson Phan | .. | stunt double: Bruce Lee |
Alan Tang | .. | stunt double: Wong Jack Man |
Dimitry Tsoy | .. | stunts (as Dimitri Tsoy) |
Mike Wu | .. | Stunt Previs |
Corey Yuen | .. | martial arts choreographer |
Camera and Electrical Department
George Bianchini | .. | camera operator: additional photography |
Chris Bolton | .. | digital imaging technician |
Russel Bowie | .. | A Camera 1st Assistant |
Michael Ryan Burns | .. | best boy electric |
Luke T. Campbell | .. | phantom technician |
Scott Campbell | .. | lead rigging grip |
Jason Chan | .. | b cam second assistant camera |
Dave Childers | .. | key grip: San Francisco |
Steve Condiotti | .. | second unit director of photography |
Drew David | .. | second grip |
James Dittiger | .. | still photographer |
Sean Edmiston | .. | rigging electrian |
Spencer Ennis | .. | second assistant camera: 'a' camera |
Dave Friedman | .. | still photographer: San Francisco Unit |
Lee Gibeau | .. | grip |
Frank Helbig | .. | gaffer: San Francisco |
Tony Hyland | .. | leadman rigging grip |
Brook Johnson | .. | rigging key grip: San Francisco |
Evan Jones | .. | rigging electric: San Francisco |
Aaron Kirby | .. | second assistant camera: San Francisco |
Gabe Kolodny | .. | digital imaging technician: China |
Scott Kozak | .. | bestboy rigging grip / grip rigger |
Toby Lawrence | .. | grip: sf 2nd unit |
Kai Lydgate | .. | lighting technician: additional photography |
Teodoro Maniaci | .. | director of photography: China |
Joshua Marcoux | .. | second assistant camera day player |
Robert 'Boomer' McCann | .. | best boy grip: San Francisco |
David McIntosh | .. | key rigging grip |
Hugh Meikle | .. | generator operator |
Neal Melancon | .. | Video Assistant |
Tim Morgan | .. | best boy rigging electric: San Francisco |
Rodrigo Carcamo Parga | .. | second camera assistant: B camera |
Polly Pierce | .. | second assistant camera: 'c' camera (day player) |
Lisa Quinn | .. | rigging electric: San Francisco |
Leon Serginson | .. | grip |
Bryce Shaw | .. | camera crane technician |
Kevin Thompson | .. | rigging gaffer: San Francisco |
Jason Tidsbury | .. | light balloon technician |
John Trunk | .. | video assist |
Ed Turner | .. | lighting technician |
Jesse Vance | .. | first assistant 'b' camera: additional photography |
Jim Wenting | .. | rigging lighting best boy |
Peter Wilke | .. | a cam operator/ steadicam |
Keith Woods | .. | rigging gaffer |
Ed 'Animal' Schulz | .. | rigging grip (uncredited) |
Casting Department
Andrea Brown | .. | extras casting director |
Patty Connolly | .. | adr voice casting (as Patty Majorczak-Connolly) |
Kyle Cornell | .. | extras casting assistant |
Nina Henninger | .. | extras casting director: San Francisco |
Andrea Hughes | .. | extra coordinator |
Sarah Kliban | .. | extras casting associate |
Judy Lee | .. | casting associate |
Mark Sussman | .. | adr voice casting |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gloria Chan | .. | costume cutter |
Suzanne Sisi Chan | .. | costume stitcher |
Dawn Climie | .. | Costume set supervisor |
Janice Devries | .. | costumer co-ordinator |
Jojo MacDowall | .. | prep costumer/buyer |
Sheena Mair | .. | assistant costume designer |
Anthea Mallinson | .. | dyer breakdown artist |
Monique McRae | .. | assistant costume designer |
Cali Newcomen | .. | background coordinator |
Christina Petford | .. | truck costumer |
Zina Richardson | .. | costume buyer |
Brooke Wilcox | .. | costume buyer |
Laura Zacher | .. | costumer |
Editorial Department
Jill Bogdanowicz | .. | digital intermediate colorist |
Dustin Frost | .. | additional editor: Main on End Title Sequence |
Cameron Hallenbeck | .. | first assistant editor |
Thom Kyle | .. | assistant editor |
Stefan Sonnenfeld | .. | digital intermediate colorist |
Jaan Spirka | .. | colorist: dailies |
Ian Sullivan | .. | digital intermediate accountant |
Stephen Waichulis | .. | assistant editor |
Thom Whitehead | .. | finish editor |
Jordan Schulz | .. | assistant colorist: company 3 (uncredited) |
Location Management
Darrick Chan | .. | assistant location manager: San Francisco |
Sharlene Duale | .. | key assistant location manager: San Francisco |
Rory Enke | .. | location manager: San Francisco |
Emily Keller | .. | location manager |
Ken MacAlpine | .. | location scout |
John MacCulloch | .. | assistant location manager |
Claire O'Malley | .. | location production assistant |
Frances Reyes-Bolinger | .. | assistant location manager: San Francisco |
Music Department
Michael Baber | .. | music editor |
Joe Deveau | .. | music editor |
Peter Fuchs | .. | scoring mixer |
Norman Kim | .. | composer: additional music |
Gina Luciani | .. | flute soloist |
Colleen M. Lutz | .. | score editor: score mix assistant |
Arturo Rodriguez | .. | conductor / orchestrator |
Martin Roller | .. | assistant scoring engineer |
Logan Stahley | .. | additional drum programming / assistant to composer / trumpet |
Robin Urdang | .. | music supervisor |
Transportation Department
Paul Amenta | .. | unit driver |
Dean Capstick | .. | transportation coordinator |
Gordon Chitty | .. | unit driver |
Scott Dingo Dean | .. | unit driver |
Sean Frank | .. | driver: honeywagon |
Ryan Gravel | .. | picture car wrangler |
Nigel Habgood | .. | picture car coordinator |
Joe Hunter | .. | picture car coordinator: San Francisco |
James Kisch | .. | unit driver |
Ben Liljedahl | .. | transportation captain |
Flemming Lund | .. | unit driver |
Curt Martell | .. | unit driver |
Bubba Ram | .. | unit driver |
Mischa Rosen | .. | driver: cast |
Anthony R. Sacco | .. | transportation coordinator: San Francisco |
Robert Stanhope | .. | unit driver |
Kevin Weber | .. | transportation co-captain |
Darren Wright | .. | driver: cast |
Other crew
Tony Alcantar | .. | dialect coach: on set |
Cassandra Barbour | .. | rights and clearances |
Karen Bergen | .. | production accountant |
Steve Berman | .. | completion guarantor: Film Finances |
Noelle Bernhard | .. | assistant production coordinator |
Lisa Blaxley | .. | key production assistant |
David Boyle | .. | head of business and legal affairs: Groundswell Productions |
Erinn Kathryn Burke | .. | set production assistant |
Matthew Cassani | .. | production assistant |
Cassandra Cavalli | .. | dialect coach: on set |
Alexandre Chen | .. | loop group |
Lee Chen | .. | adr loop group |
Michael A. Cheng | .. | stand-in |
Alan Chu | .. | IT tech: San Francisco |
Eudora Chu | .. | office production assistant |
Ellora Coombs | .. | production assistant |
Peter Cummings | .. | clearances / researcher |
Caitlyn Durkin | .. | accounts clerk |
Bennett Fidlow | .. | production legal |
Gloria Gibb | .. | production accountant: additional photography |
Zane Grewer | .. | medic: rigging |
Marcy Guiragossian | .. | Set Production Assistant: San Francisco |
Leah Holmes | .. | post production accountant |
Krista Huppert | .. | assistant accountant |
Steven M. Kalb | .. | production legal counsel |
Christina July Kim | .. | stand-in: jingjing qu - san francisco |
Jim Lau | .. | voice actor |
Laura Livingstone | .. | production coordinator |
Lydia Look | .. | additional voices |
Maisie Lucas | .. | production assistant |
Tessa MacIntyre | .. | production assistant |
Jason Marconi | .. | main title design |
Star Martin | .. | production assistant |
Melinda Mascayano | .. | production assistant |
Brent McCorkle | .. | production assistant |
Erin McNamara | .. | set assistant to director |
David Midgen | .. | title producer |
Sandra Montgomery | .. | script supervisor: additional photography |
Fabio Novitsky | .. | first aid, craft services |
Rich Pagan | .. | production assistant |
Andrew Paxson | .. | pipeline td |
Melody Peng | .. | adr loop group |
Mara Perez | .. | Second Assistant Production Coordinator |
Jerami Pergel | .. | first assistant production coordinator |
Anna Perzel | .. | first aid craft service |
Sarah Pester | .. | key production assistant |
Brigitte Prochaska | .. | unit publicist |
Brian Sampson | .. | stand-in: McKee - San Francisco |
Jo Scott | .. | production assistant |
Christina Sibul | .. | development consultant |
Portia Tickell | .. | script supervisor |
Stephanie Wescott | .. | payroll accountant: San Francisco |
Amye Wilmes | .. | first assistant accountant |
Cait Wilson | .. | set production assistant |
Marc T.S. Zakalik | .. | production coordinator: san francisco |
Thanks
Justin Calen-Chenn | .. | special thanks |
Matt Lendach | .. | special thanks |
Candace Leung | .. | special thanks |
Few duels of martial arts masters have reached such legendary heights as the clash between Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man in 1964, a fight that remains as controversial today as it was then. The length, the outcome, and even the catalyst of the fight itself vary depending on who you’re talking to, but “Birth of the Dragon” wants no part in settling that age-old debate, and we’re all better off for it.
Under the direction of George Nolfi, “Birth of the Dragon” sidesteps any concern for being a history lecture, and instead takes an actual event in the life of two martial arts legends and transforms it into one of the best Bruceploitation flicks you’re likely to see!
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Cast
Hong Kong veteran Philip Ng steps into the role of the legendary Bruce Lee, and gives a portrayal that is at once both stunningly meticulous and truly revolutionary. Xia Yu plays the Dragon’s famed opponent Wong Jack Man, re-imagined here as a Shaolin monk on a pilgrimage to America as penance for a terrible mistake from his past. Billy Magnussen plays Bruce’s eager student, Steve McKee, and ultimately serves as the lynch pin on which the fabled private match hinges, while Jin Xing and Ron Yuan portray local crime bosses Auntie Blossom and Tony Yu, who become mutual enemies of our two protagonists. Jingjing Qu rounds out the cast as Xiulan, a love interest of Steve’s who soon finds herself in deep with the local Triads.
Plot
San Francisco, 1964. Nine years before attaining international superstardom in “Enter the Dragon“, the headstrong martial arts master Bruce Lee operates a Wing Chun academy, while making his own movie in the hopes of taking kung fu and Chinese culture to the global stage.
However, Bruce faces a new challenge with the arrival of Shaolin Master Wong Jack Man. Although Wong claims his pilgrimage to America is part of his quest for redemption after nearly killing an opponent in a sparring match, Bruce believes that Wong is in town to put an end to his practice of teaching kung fu to non-Chinese students, a practice that has ruffled the feathers of the local Chinese community. As Bruce’s Caucasian student Steve McKee tries to act as a diplomat between both men, the local Triads see considerable profit to be made in the two kung fu masters squaring off and eventually prod them to meet in a no holds barred match.
Action
Let’s get this out of the way – Bruce Lee scholars, historians and all-around fanboys could, if they were so inclined, nitpick “Birth of the Dragon” to death on the issue of historical accuracy – everything from the fact that Wong Jack Man, while an exponent of Northern Shaolin, was never a Shaolin monk, to that fact that he and Bruce certainly never formed a dynamic duo of kung fu masters to battle San Francisco-based Triads. However, this would also miss the entire point of the film just as much as defining Jeet Kune Do as a “style” misses the very teachings of Bruce Lee himself.
As any martial arts nerd can tell you, Chinese culture has historically treated films recounting the lives of folk heroes and legendary martial artists less as biopics and more as fan-fiction. Bruce’s own earlier biopic, “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”, while more historically accurate overall, certainly takes its share of poetic license and seriously – everyone familiar with the “Ip Man“, “Drunken Master“, and “Once Upon A Time in China” series is aware that NONE of that actually happened, right? The commonality of this approach to retelling the exploits of Chinese legends is their understanding of the way legends transcend truth over time because, as another famed martial arts master named Bruce once observed, sometimes the truth isn’t good enough. Raul seixas download mp3.
In “Birth of the Dragon”, we meet Bruce as a brash and cocky alpha male with a personality more akin to Johnny Cage or Tony Stark than the sage of kung fu we know him as today, but far from disgracing the impact he left upon the world, the film enlivens how much of a turning point the fight with Wong Jack Man was in his life.
Not unlike Jet Li’s “Fearless“, which took a similar (and arguably more pronounced) approach to the life of HuoYuanjia, “Birth of the Dragon” shows Bruce Lee emerging from his famed duel a truly changed man, re-evaluating everything he thought he knew going into the fight. It is a fact that Bruce’s own dissatisfaction with the outcome of the duel was the catalyst for his growth as both a martial artist, philosopher and his subsequent development of Jeet Kune Do and the film’s portrayal of Wong Jack Man as a peaceful, pacifistic monk gives viewers a literal personification of the enlightenment Bruce gained from the fight.
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The film’s abundant martial art sequences, orchestrated by famed action director Corey Yuen, are simply incredible and Philip Ng and Xia Yu may be two of the most perfectly cast leading men this year. The centrepiece of the film is of course, its recreation of the much-debated no-holds-barred faceoff between the two and it’d do the smackdown a disservice to reveal anything more than the fact that it’s worth the admission price all by itself.
Philip Ng is out of this world amazing, going full Ip Man with a cavalcade of chain punches, and the deftness of his portrayal extends well past the action – he nails Bruce’s mannerisms and personality quirks with a seamlessness that’s almost spooky in its accuracy (just try to tell me you can’t see Bruce Lee cupping his ear when a perceived challenge is thrown at his feet)!
The film is also as much Wong’s story as it is Bruce’s and he gets the opportunity to quite literally kick off the film with a sparring match at the Shaolin Temple that leaves him humbled and forms the prism through which he views his fight with Bruce. The fan fiction nature of the film comes into full effect when Bruce and Wong later unite to take down the local Triads holding Steve’s girlfriend hostage and you know what, facts, schmacts! Seeing the two of them fight as brothers-in-arms is nearly as thrilling and engrossing as their own legendary showdown.
Summary
“Birth of the Dragon” has a keen understanding of how history becomes legend and in placing its focus on the latter, delivers one of the most out and out fun movies on the life of Bruce Lee you could ask for. Philip Ng delivers a brilliant portrayal of the founder of Jeet Kune Do and frankly, I wouldn’t mind a spin-off focused on Xia Yu’s terrific, albeit fictionalized, rendition of Wong Jack Man. It’s rare to see a film live up to its title, both figuratively and literally, so well, but through itsown unique understanding of how legends are born, this film truly does show the world the “Birth of the Dragon”!
Trivia
- The film is primarily based upon Michael Dorgan’s 1980 article in Official Karate, “Bruce Lee’s Toughest Fight”.
- Philip Ng, whose family runs the Ng Family Chinese Martial Arts Association in Chicago, Illinois, is a practitioner of many different martial arts disciplines, including Choy Lay Fut, Wing Chun, Hung Gar, Taekwondo, Eskrima, and Jiu-Jitsu. Among the teachers he’s studied under is Wing Chun Sifu, Wong Shun Leung – one of Bruce Lee’s own mentors!
- The character Steve McKee is an homage to Steve McQueen, an actual student of Bruce Lee’s.
- The film’s premiere was attended by none other than the real Wong Jack Man.
- One of Wong Jack Man’s students, Rick Wing, published his own book on the fight, entitled “Showdown in Oakland: The Story Behind the Wong Jack Man – Bruce Lee Fight”.
- Years after their famed duel, Wong expressed regret over fighting Bruce and attributed it to youthful arrogance, on both Bruce’s part and his own.
- The fight between Bruce and Wong was previously recreated in Rob Cohen’s 1993 biopic “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”, where the two were respectively portrayed by Jason Scott Lee and John Cheung, though Wong is renamed Johnny Sun in the film.
The film’s version of the fight also ties in Bruce’s infamous back injury that left him bedridden for months (due to a spiteful kick from his opponent after the fight’s conclusion) though in reality, the fight with Wong Jack Man and Bruce’s back injury were two completely unrelated events. The film also depicts the two having a rematch following Bruce’s recovery, but this too is entirely fictional.