Written by: Bruce Lee
Stars: Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Nora Miao
Plot: A man visits his relatives at their restaurant in Italy and has to help them defend against brutal gangsters harassing them.(IMDB)
In Bruce Lee's only directorial film, he plays Tang Lung. who arrives in Rome to help his cousins in the restaurant business. They are being pressured to sell their property to the syndicate, who will stop at nothing to get what they want. When Tang arrives he poses a new threat to the syndicate, and they are unable to defeat him. The syndicate boss hires the best Japanese and European martial artists to fight Tang, but he easily finishes them off. The American martial artist Colt (Chuck Norris) is hired and has a showdown with Tang in Rome's famous Colosseum.
This film was decent, not as good as Fist of Fury or The Big Boss, but I still enjoyed aspects of the film. Positives for the film include Lee's fighting in the film was well done. I liked that he used nun chucks to fight off goons in one scene. Chuck Norris makes his debut in this film, which was fun to see. There was an iconic scene near the end with Lee and Norris facing off in the Colosseum. I would recommend watching this film for that particular scene, although it is near the end.
As for negative points of the film, I felt that some of the pacing was slow. In contrast to Fist of Fury, the film doesn't contain any action till 30 minutes in. For the first 30 minutes, I felt that the film was trying to be a comedy. One of the recurring jokes in the film involved Lee's character Tang Lung wanting to use the bathroom, and it came across as cringe more than anything. I didn't enjoy the comedy that was in this film.
Despite the film's flaws, I still recommend seeing The Way of the Dragon if you're a Bruce Lee fan. I would also recommend watching the fight between Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris on YouTube.
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