Birth of the Dragon (2017) 6/10. Dear goddess this movie receives a lot of hate. Apparently it's racist because a large part of it is about a white guy (student of Lee) who falls in love with a Chinese girl. You should boycott it because Lee is portrayed as an arrogant, trash talking punk who enjoys street fights and has a bad attitude. The sad thing is most of those reviews were probably written by people who are big fans of Lee. All they remember is the legend and they forget there was a man who started the legend. In fact, the movie is based on an article written about "The toughest fight Bruce Lee ever had". It is not intended as a biopic, as such: It takes a snapshot of Lee, nearly at the peak of his powers, incredibly skilled, technique nearing perfection, confidence bordering on arrogance, but without the discipline and the introspection required to balance out his physical abilities. Enter Wong Jack Man, a famous shaolin monk who travels to San Francisco after a fight spiraled out of control. Inevitably they are drawn into a confrontation, as their philosophies and world views are nearly exact opposites of each other. I really enjoyed this movie. Is it great, in the class of Ip Man? No. But for sitting at home and watching a film that tries it best to show a side of Lee that everybody once knew about but has conveniently forgotten, while still being respectful and trying to fit in a bit of a plot, I think it deserves much better than all the vitriol and abuse heaped upon it. This article explains a lot about Lee at the time of the fight and how he evolved from a street thug (albeit an exceptionally gifted and skilled one) to the martial arts icon he eventually became. http://fightland.vice.com/blog/bruce-lee-vs-wong-jack-man-fact-fiction-and-the-birth-of-the-dragon http://www.filmelacinema.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Birth-of-the-Dragon-2016.jpg
