Rent Way of the Dragon (1972)

3.6 of 5 from 98 ratings
1h 35min
Rent Way of the Dragon (aka Meng long guo jiang / Fury of the Dragon / Return of the Dragon / Revenge of the Dragon) Online DVD & Blu-ray Rental
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Synopsis:
Tang Lung (Bruce Lee) is a naive country boy from Hong Kong who is shipped off to sunny Rome in order to assist a family friend whose Chinese restaurant is underthreatfrom a local gangster. Training the waiters in self-defence while taking on Italian thugs single-handedly, the gangster decides to retaliate by flying in some of the best fighters from America (including Colt, played by Chuck Norris) and Japan to take Tang down. Soon the columns of the Colosseum will rumble with the sound of Tang Lung's fury!
Actors:
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Directors:
Producers:
Raymond Chow, Bruce Lee
Voiced By:
Michael Kaye, John Kenny
Writers:
Bruce Lee
Aka:
Meng long guo jiang / Fury of the Dragon / Return of the Dragon / Revenge of the Dragon
Studio:
Hong Kong Legends
Genres:
Action & Adventure, Classics, Thrillers
Collections:
All the Twos: 1972-2012, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Films of 1972, Top Films
Countries:
Hong Kong
BBFC:
Release Date:
11/06/2001
Run Time:
95 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles:
English
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.78:1 / 16:9
Colour:
Colour
Bonus:
  • Audio Commentary With Bey Logan and Co-star Jon Benn
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • UK Promotional Trailer
  • Rare UK Seventies Trailer and TV Spots
  • Production Photo Gallery
  • Rare Photo Archive (containing rare stills, posters, and originall lobby card artwork)
  • Extensive Interview Gallery
  • Reflections on 'The Little Dragon' Promo
  • Making of 'Way of the Dragon' text files
BBFC:
Release Date:
26/10/2015
Run Time:
95 minutes
Languages:
Cantonese DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Cantonese LPCM Mono, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, English LPCM Mono, Mandarin DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Mandarin LPCM Mono
Subtitles:
English
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Introduction: Robert Lee
  • Introduction: Bey Logan
  • Audio Commentary with Hong Kong cinema expert Mike Leeder
  • Audio Commentary by Bey Logan and co-star Jon Benn
  • "A Dragon Remembered": Interview with Bruce Lee's brother Robert Lee
  • "Double Edged Sword": An exclusive interview with co-star and 'Black Belt Hall of Fame' championship fighter Bob Wall
  • Bruce Lee Trailer Archive including rare UK theatrical trailers and TV spots
  • Inside "Way Of The Dragon" featuring interviews with production managers Chaplin Chang and Louis Sit
  • "Memories of the Master" featurette: Bruce's training partner (Pat Johnson) reveals fascinating anecdotes of Bruce's relationship with Chuck Norris and Steve McQueen
  • "Dragon Rising": a re-mastered transfer of Bruce Lee's only remaining screentest
  • "Artist and Warrior": An exclusive interview with Bruce's friend and co-star Tony Lau Wing "Warrior Immortal featurette" with co-star and Hapkido Grandmaster Wong In-sik sharing his thoughts on Bruce Lee and his fighting art Jeet Kune Do
  • Production Photo Gallery
  • Rare Photo Archive (containing rare stills, posters and original lobby card artwork)
  • Behind The Legend Gallery
BBFC:
Release Date:
24/07/2023
Run Time:
99 minutes
Languages:
Cantonese Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Mandarin Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English, English Hard of Hearing
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 2.35:1
Colour:
Colour
BLU-RAY Regions:
B
Bonus:
  • Hong Kong Theatrical Cut and the Japanese Cut via seamless branching
  • Two brand new feature commentaries, one by Frank Djeng and Michael Worth and one by Brandon Bentley
  • The Way of the Camera, a new documentary looking at Lee's filmmaking and fighting method in his directorial debut, featuring interviews with Golden Harvest producer Andre Morgan, martial arts experts Michael Worth, Jon Kreng, Andy Cheng, Frank Djeng, David Yeung, film historian Courtney Joyner and actors Piet (Peter) Schweer, Jon Benn and John Saxon
  • Meet the Italian Beauty, a newly filmed interview with star Malisa Longo
  • The Scottish Soldier Meets the Dragon, a newly filmed interview with on-set observer John Young
  • Newly recorded select scene commentary by 'thug' actor Piet Schweer
  • Archive interviews with co-stars Jon Benn, Bob Wall and Hwang In-shik and production managers Chaplin Chang and Louis Sit
  • Trailer gallery, including a Bruceploitationtrailer reel
  • Image gallery

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Reviews (2) of Way of the Dragon

The Little Dragon dazzles the Eternal City - Way of the Dragon review by CP Customer

Spoiler Alert
17/04/2007

Bruce Lee stars and directs this excellent kung fu flick. The "Little Dragon" plays Tang Lung, a boy from Hong Kong's countryside sent to Rome to protect a Chinese restaurant from a gang of thugs (the "Mafia" is not mentioned, although the implication is not so subtle). Lee puts in a great performance, showing also great acting ability, particularly when it comes to the more comedic moments. Although the plot is fairly simple, the excellent action more than makes up for it, particularly a scene where Lee shows his proficiency with traditional weapons such as the staff and the deadly nunchaku, and the epic fight scene in the Colosseum against Chuck Norris.

An absolute must for fans of the genre. The extras are also very good, including the retrospective on the movie and interviews with the producers and co-stars.

5 out of 5

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Famous Martial Arts Film - All A Bit Daft - Way of the Dragon review by GI

Spoiler Alert
03/05/2024

The surprising popularity of the martial arts films of the early to mid 1970s gave the BBFC (the UK's film classifiers then called 'censors') a bit of a headache. They were clearly comic book in style, faintly laughable and yet young people swamped to see them and a craze began in kids buying or making martial arts weapons. Ultimately the films were classified for adults only and yet they are clearly a teenage type film. Epitomised by Bruce Lee who made the successful transition from poorly dubbed Hong Kong cinema to Hollywood and who has now become a film legend, Way of the Dragon is a fan favourite. Viewed today it's borderline silly and sits as a film to be considered as part of film history. This one has a somewhat drawn out story, poor script and an awful soundtrack although snippets of Ennio Morricone can be heard. It's played for comedy and all the characters are cartoonish. Depending on which language you watch this in the very bad dubbing is all part of the nostalgia here if you remember these films from the 70s. Here Lee plays a naïve young man sent to Rome to help the niece of his boss who is having a hard time with baddies wanting her restaurant. After a very slow start Lee brings in his unique fighting skills to deal with the villains and the big bad boss summons a killer to deal with him. This is Chuck Norris and the film climaxes with the Lee/Norris fight in the Colosseum (although despite some scenes actually filmed there the fight is on a sound stage with a poor backdrop). The outcome is never in doubt though and the final battle does have some bone crunching violence. This is a film you'll chuckle at due to its bad acting, poor use of editing and shots including a slow motion section where all the falseness of the fighting is highlighted. It has its fun moments but if you really want to reminisce about those Kung Fu films you loved back in the day then Enter The Dragon (1973) remains arguably the best.

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