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- 1972
- R
- Bryanston Distributing
- 1 h 39 m
- 1972
- R
- Bryanston Distributing
- 1 h 39 m
Summary Lee pays a visit to family members who own a restaurant in Italy. But mobsters who want the land the eatery is built upon harass the owners, forcing Lee to defend his family as only he can. Lee, for the sake of his loved ones, must battle a U.S. karate expert in a Roman coliseum.
- 1972
- R
- Bryanston Distributing
- 1 h 39 m
- 1972
- R
- Bryanston Distributing
- 1 h 39 m
The Way of the Dragon
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6.4
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Summary Lee pays a visit to family members who own a restaurant in Italy. But mobsters who want the land the eatery is built upon harass the owners, forcing Lee to defend his family as only he can. Lee, for the sake of his loved ones, must battle a U.S. karate expert in a Roman coliseum.
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Positive
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57% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
58
43% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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The film’s appeal rests almost entirely on his fight scene with his student, Chuck Norris — arguably the best one ever captured on celluloid.
Way Of The Dragon is memorable purely for its final Coliseum-set showdown between Lee and Chuck Norris (at the time the holder of countless US and World Karate championships). This is the film that provides just about the best combat sequence ever shot.
Far from a perfect movie, or even Lee's best, but it shows that he may have developed into an original and talented filmmaker.
Dragon is noteworthy more for the martial arts action than for narrative, which is all its fans probably want anyway.
The film has the roughness you might expect in a first directorial effort, and also a perhaps unexpected leaning towards comedy. Lee makes great play on his character as the country boy without weapons confronting the denizens of the technologically-powerful West and winning hands down.
Unlike its predecessor, Enter the Dragon, which was praised as a well-made movie, this picture is dreadfully slow and feeble whenever the cast isn't fighting. So you yearn for each battle, just as you wait impatiently for the songs or dances in a tedious musical.
This sort of stuff is magnificently silly, and Lee, to give him credit, never tried to rise above it. If a movie like this were directed seriously, it would be a disaster.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
6.4
54% Positive
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31% Mixed
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15% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 13 User Ratings
6.4
54% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
31% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
15% Negative
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Production Company
Golden Harvest Films,
Concord Productions,
Golden Harvest Company
Release Date Aug 14, 1972
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating R
Tagline The Colosseum . . the battleground of Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris [Video Australia]
Awards
Golden Horse Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
