Meng long guo jiang (1972)

Regista:

Bruce Lee

Sceneggiatore:

Bruce Lee (writer)

Data di uscita:

30 dicembre 1972 (Hong Kong)

Genere:

Action | Comedy | Crime | Drama | Thriller

Slogan:

The Colosseum . . the battleground of Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris [Video Australia]

Plot:

A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.

Plot Keywords:

Jeet Kune Do | Mafia | Martial Arts

Recensioni degli utenti:

Boards don't hit back...

Cast

Bruce Lee	...	Tang Lung (a.k.a. Dragon)
Nora Miao	...	Chen Ching Hua
Chuck Norris	...	Colt
Ping-Ao Wei	...	Ho (as Paul Wei Ping-Ao)
Chung-Hsin Huang	...	'Uncle' Wang (as Wang Chung Hsin)
Robert Wall	...	Fred (Bob Fred)
Ing-Sik Whang	...	Japanese Fighter
Tony Liu	...	Tony
Unicorn Chan	...	Jimmy
Malisa Longo	...	Italian Beauty
Fu Ching Chen	...	Waiter
Chin Ti	...	Ah Quen
Wu Ngan	...	Waiter
Robert Chen	...	Robert
Jon T. Benn	...	Boss

Alias:

Fury of the Dragon (Europe: English title)
Maang lung goh kong (Hong Kong: Cantonese title)
Return of the Dragon (USA)
Revenge of the Dragon (USA) (cable TV title)
The Way of the Dragon (Hong Kong: English title)
Furia del drago, La (Italy) [it]
Urlo di Chen terrorizza anche l'occidente, L' (Italy) [it]

Durata:

100 min | USA:90 min

Nazionalità:

Hong Kong

Lingua:

Mandarin | Inglese | Italiano

Colore:

Colore (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonoro:

Mono

Divieti:

Portugal:M/16 | Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Canada:G (Quebec) | Finland:(Banned) (1975) | France:U | Hong Kong:IIB | Ireland:18 | Netherlands:12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:(Banned) (1975) | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18 | New Zealand:M | UK:X (original rating) | Norway:18 (video premiere) (1982) | Norway:(Banned) (1975-2003) (cinema release) | Norway:(Banned) (video) (1988-1995)

Luoghi delle riprese:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Concord Productions Inc.

Curiosità:

Bruce Lee dubbed almost all of the English speaking characters in this film including one line for the boss. That line is: "Take him out, but be careful with that gun in public".

Errori:

Continuity: In an early fight scene at the restaurant, one of the protection racket heavies shapes up to Lee's character. He's seen apathetically in a boxing stance of sorts. When Lee performs a roundhouse kick, the scene (from behind the 'thug') clearly shows him with his arms behind his back and hands near/on his hips so that the kick is delivered unchallenged. He then clearly waves his arms forward from that position to up in the air, which creates a more dramatic effect as to the power of the kick, i.e. knocking him that far off balance.

Citazioni:

Ho: Tang Lung, soon you will be a dead man!

Movie Connections:

Citato in Street Fighter Zero (1995) (VG)

Colonna sonora:

As A Judgement

Boards don't hit back...

...and neither do the villains, because they never have a chance to. Bruce Lee is awesome yet again in this cool story about a Martial Arts expert helping his Uncle to save his restaurant from gangsters in Rome.

The fight scenes in this movie are well done. Bruce Lee takes on hordes of bad guys as if they were flies. Possibly the most famous scene in this movie is the legendary battle between Bruce Lee and chuck Norris (Undoubtly the role that gave him his break.) It's a great fight and one that will mark this film down in the history of classic Kung Fu cinema films.

Do not let this be confused with Enter The Dragon, as they are two completely different movies. The basic misconception is that this is Enter The Dragon's sequel, when in fact that came later, and if I'm not mistaken was Bruce Lee's last film.

I wish Kung Fu movies these days were as good as this.