April 28, 2016

Knock Off Movies: Clones of Bruce Lee

There's a whole genre of Bruce Lee knock off movies (often referred to as "Brucesploitation"), but they're not knock offs of any movie in particular, they're movies featuring knock offs of the actor himself.

The plot unfolds something like this: Moments after his (drawn out, on screen) death, Bruce Lee is rushed to a facility where clones are made of him. His clones are then used by a villain as mercenaries to kill people... or something...

Tasteless scene alert: The first 8 or so mins of this movie follow a "fictional" Bruce Lee to an ER where bystanders gawk and emergency workers try to save him. Considering that this movie was intended to be viewed by fans of Bruce Lee, including a drawn-out theatrical version of his death seems like something you'd avoid rather than lead with.

Why we thought it would be good: I mean, Bolo Yeung and every known Bruce Lee look alike in one movie fighting each other, how could this movie disappoint?


How this movie disappointed us: It seems like someone took three false start Brucesploitation movies and edited the fight scenes together with some mad scientist stuff and called it a day. (And sadly, that makes this movie sound more exciting than it is.)


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