Therefore, the film is the perfect example of the word 'vivid'. For example, Lee approached Raymond Chow's Golden Harvest production company to make a marital arts movie, not the other way round and Chow isn't even the guy! Also, due to Lee's 'mysterious' death, the film also doesn't really an idea of how its going to wrap it all up. Once you became a Bruce Lee addict and begin seeing and reading the numerous different biographies and biopics, you're going to realise that DRAGON has quite a bit of fiction in it - and in the bits you don't really expect it to. I prefer to remember the way he lived." Read More QUOTES: Linda: "All these years later people still wonder about the way he died.
Randy Edelman created the unforgettable musical score (you'll be humming the tune long after you hear it). Based on wife Linda Lee Cadwell's book, "Bruce Lee: the man only I knew", directed with skillful restraint by Rob Cohen (who also co-scripted). This gives the film an added prophetic note that puts it in a category all its own. This would prove to be his breakout film, just the same way Lee's last film, "Enter the Dragon", made him a world wide superstar. The film's major theme of the "demon curse" Lee's family inherited, had a frighteningly real resonance when, after the movie premiered, Lee's eldest son Brandon (for whom the film is dedicated) was accidentally killed on the set of "The Crow". Scott Lee is totally appealing here, taking on such a legendary figure and making us believe that Lee is truly up there once again on the screen. It's a long way from one of his first 'extra' roles as an Asian immigrant in the rather forgetful "Born in East L.A." (1988). He gives a spirited, charismatic performance that captures the zest for life that Lee possessed. Apart from these welcome omissions, the film wouldn't have worked without Jason Scott Lee in the role. "Dragon" is by far the best of the legendary Lee story, not only for omitting the many death scenarios but also for giving us the closest account of the man. Incredibly it took over 20 years for a film to finally put to rest the many theories and innuendo. Most of these accounts center around Lee's 'mysterious' death from a 'brain edema', never developing anything really new of interest, just speculations. Critique: The life and death of Bruce Lee has inspired many a film and documentaries since his death. From his brief childhood days in Hong Kong, to his days as a dishwasher, martial-arts teacher and eventual cinema superstar in Hollywood. DRAGON: The Bruce Lee story (action, 1993) A re-telling of the life of legendary martial-arts star Bruce Lee (Jason Scott Lee).
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