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Return of the Dragon

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A martial-arts master travels from Hong Kong to Rome to protect a family and its Chinese restaurant from a gang of thugs.
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Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times This sort of stuff is magnificently silly, and Lee, to give him credit, never tried to rise above it. Rated: 2/4 Apr 29, 2018 Full Review Almar Haflidason BBC.com Strip down the excess of strange characters and bizarre humour, and you have Bruce: mesmerising, fast, witty, and one of the rare examples of true screen magnetism. Rated: 4/5 May 30, 2001 Full Review Alistair Lawrence Common Sense Media With the fight scenes the lifeblood of the movie, little time is spent on plot or character development. Rated: 3/5 Nov 6, 2023 Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk hampered by a rather pedestrian plot and, more problematically, some awkward direction and an inconsistent tone that renders some parts of the film absurd while other parts work quite well Rated: 2.5/4 Mar 8, 2021 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins From the start, spunky xylophone-infused music inspires a humorous tone, like that of Jackie Chan's late '70s features. Rated: 7/10 Aug 31, 2020 Full Review Nicholas Bell IONCINEMA.com Injecting a bit of cultural humor which feels Chaplinesque, this is more lighthearted and well-rounded for Lee compared to the two previous features. Rated: 3.5/5 Aug 26, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Amazing, it actually had a surprising twist to it at the end that I was not expecting. You can tell the writing keeps getting better and better the more kung fu movies bruce lee stars in. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 04/01/25 Full Review Leprechaun K Starring the great Bruce Lee, who is always fun to watch. Seeing him in action is an experience indescribable by words. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/27/25 Full Review felipe g Esse filme é o meu favorito de Bruce Lee a luta dele contra Chuck Norris é incrível e as cenas com Nunchakus! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/12/25 Full Review Mike B Bruce Lee and his fight scenes look amazing! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/30/24 Full Review Shawn R Bruce's third best movie.. but a must see! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/03/24 Full Review Michael M I vividly remember seeing this movie premier in theaters called Return Of... I saw it dubbed with english dialog(more funnier)and now with Chinese dialog, slightly different than the original comedy, on TCM. I thought it was novel for the story to take place in Italy. I wish I could learn more about the careers/life of the portrayed students of Tang Lung; especially Tony Liu. Chuck Norris and Sho Kosugi; I already know about. Tony was just as gorgeous as Tang. What a shame. It was a refreshing concept for Bruce Li's movies that not all Asians are adept with karate and Kung Fu. Esterners, Westerners and even Nubians can have successful striking in a fight against them. Tang and Colt's bout could have been more closely match, considering the build up to the confrontation. Not to mention, 🤨Tang's bones didn't need to sound so brittle during his stretches. 🤭 Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/12/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Bruce Lee

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Bruce Lee

Tang Lung

Chuck Norris

Colt

Nora Miao

Chen Ching Hua

Ping Ou Wei

Ho

Chung-Hsin Huang

'Uncle' Wang

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Movie Info

Synopsis A martial-arts master travels from Hong Kong to Rome to protect a family and its Chinese restaurant from a gang of thugs.
Director
Bruce Lee
Producer
Bruce Lee, Raymond Chow Man-Wai
Screenwriter
Bruce Lee
Production Co
Concord Productions Inc.
Rating
R
Genre
Action
Original Language
Chinese
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 28, 2017
Runtime
1h 31m
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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