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good back-story, and good acting

Absolutely the worst movie.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.

1:30 h without fights, he fought with a choy lee fut boy, no with a mafia of drugs.

I don't at all mean the heading of this review as a criticism: just be warned going into this film that you are more likely to witness scenes of intense family drama than intense fists of fury.:)Based on the memoirs and reminiscenses of the late Little Dragon's younger brother Robert Lee, "Young Bruce Lee" (aka "Bruce Lee, My Brother") is a portrayal of the formative years of the action star growing up in 1940s and 1959s Hong Kong, firstly under the yoke of the invading Japanese, and latterly under the colonial British. We witness the early years of Bruce Lee as his personality and persona are shaped by early events in his life. Tony Leung and the luminously radiant (and very underrated acting-wise) Christy Chung play Lee's parents as we chart his birth and early life up until the age of around 19.Somehave voiced disapproval and frustration at the lack of action scenes, but this film is very much a drama following the life events that shape a person, rather than an all-out kung fu movie. That said, the two fight scenes we do get in the second half of the movie are especially well handled: i very much enjoyed the warehouse showdown, with its shades of the Colosseum duel from "Way of the Dragon" (replete with said film's unmistakable soundtrack).If the viewer is in the right frame of mind to watch a dramatic recreation of Bruce Lee's life, rather than straining at the leash for full-on action scenes, then there is much to recommend in this movie: not least the well-rounded performances, excellent recreations of post-war Hong Kong, and - my favourite part aside from the fights - recreations of period Hong Kong movies in authentic black and white. Great stuff, lovingly rendered.In all, a satisfying and nicely nuanced telling of a star's early beginnings. And far superior to Rob Cohen's overly histrionic "Dragon: the Bruce Lee Story". Here's hoping it did well enough to merit a follow-up that can cover the time period of that excreble film much better.

This is NOT a martial arts film so if that is what you expected steer clear. It is the story of Bruce Lee's early life as told through his younger brother. At times it is over sentimental and at other times just silly. Having read much about Bruce Lee I was disappointed that he was portrayed as an emotional wimp. Also in his early fights as a boy in Hong Kong he is shown he using the famous Bruce Lee scream yet from what I read he only used this for films. I had also previously read that he was regularly in street fights, some quite dangerous ones and it was for this reason that his Father sent him off to the U.S.A but in this film it was to do with him destroying some drugs when trying to rescue a friend from the pushers grasp. Is any of that true? There are some really good acting performances in this film, especially the actress playing Bruce's mother.

Just saw this movie and loved it.Although slightly disappointed because I felt the end was a bit anticlimactic. Kind of like a movie where you think at the end cutting it off like that is a setup for a part two. But then I realize this only so much that I liked it I wanted it to continue. Maybe there will be a part two, but at any rate they could have maybe given it a few minute montage or something to kind of wrap it up better.Now I'm not really what you can call a Bruce Lee expert, but I am an actual 3rd generation student: Dan Inosanto (BL protégé), to late Ted Lucaylucay. So through Ted and my readings from Bruce's source materials, etc., I do know something of Bruce Lee.Pretty much all of the Bruce Lee biography movies you have ever seen are more "bruceploitation" then anything. Too much over the top, way inaccurate, cliché, out of context, just plain wrong. This one felt at least genuine and fairly real.Obviously some parts were pretty dramatized. I won't spoil it, but a small example from what I understand the young Bruce Lee wouldn't have done the "Whooowaaaa" howling thing until much later that he developed in his own films.And then a few more cliché things like Bruce doing a jumping flying kick. Those who know Bruce Lee know that there is a pretty slim chance that he would use a flying anything in a real fight for obvious (and documented) reasons. He did those in his movies of course because they are very flashy and visually appealing.At any rate great movie. If you are a Bruce Lee fan you won't want to miss this one. And lets hope that if Robert Lee was privy to a lot of Bruce's life in the USA, and, or just want's to make a more accurate portrayal of Bruce for a part two et al.