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Review: THE LEGEND OF BRUCE LEE – Volume One (2008 TV Series)

While in high school, with mostly British students in Hong Kong while Britain resided/ruled at the time, Bruce saw the discrimination against Chinese students thinking they were not “good enough” like the Brit students were. He decides to excel in order to prove that Chinese people are also competent and talented. Winning a Cha-Cha contest with childhood friend Qin Xiao Man (Xiao-Xiao Bian), he becomes the source of annoyance by schoolmate Blair Lewis (Ted Duran), a talented boxer. His disdain for the Chinese people puts him and Bruce in many confrontations and Bruce gets his ass handed to him time and again until he learns boxing himself and winds up on the school’s boxing team. The rivalry between the two leads up to a championship where Bruce wins against Blair. And from that moment Blair knew Bruce could achieve anything. He sets out to teach Bruce about three-time champion David Cafeld (Kszysztof Kristofer Wodejszo), setting aside rivalries and becoming friends.

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Help Send Ric Meyers To Asia To Make FILMS OF FURY: THE ONCE AND FUTURE INTERVIEWS

Writer, journalist and World Martial Arts Hall Of Famer, Ric Meyers (Films Of Fury: The Kung Fu Movie Movie, The Art Of Action) has been around the block and back more than enough times in his life in the world of classic martial arts cinema. You can pretty much Google him as he has an entire Wikipedia page and website of his own full of all sorts of information that is common among the stars, filmmakers and other historical figures of the genre can tell you, and while having accomplished himself quite a bit, there are certain elements he feels is missing nowadays in discussing films and “kung fu”.

As of late, taking all his knowledge and substantive work contributing to years of magazine editorials, books and DVDs, Meyers wants to go a step further. His new video documentary, Films Of Fury: The Once And Future Interviews Doc/Book, has a Kickstarter campaign underway with the goal of allowing him and his team currently comprised of Tai Seng Entertainment’s Frank Djeng and The Stunt People’s own Eric Jacobus to venture throughout Asia and assemble authentic interviews with legendary filmmakers and longstanding pioneers of martial arts action cinema. It’s a noteworthy effort to promote as we move further into the millenium as classic Asian action movies continues to put its best foot forward in sustaining relevance for the decades to come, and so what better way to attain such sustenance than to get these legendary icons to appear film?

Hats off to Meyers for this project. Click here to lend your support and let’s get this going!

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Terracotta Unleashes THE DRAGON'S SNAKE FIST In A New Trailer!

UK-based Terracotta Distribution is back to make some more noise for its brand filled to the brim with restored martial arts cinema classics. This time, Godfrey Ho and Kim Si-hyeon‘s 1979 revenge flick, The Dragon’s Snake Fist, should service well for those in need of a good classic kung fu treat. The official trailer is finally making the rounds ahead of its June 15 street date and is also available through pre-order via the description.

Revenge-fuelled fists of fury starring top ‘Bruce Lee Clone’ Dragon Lee and Yuen Qiu (KUNG FU HUSTLE). 

Two highly acclaimed martial arts schools see their centuries-old rivalry explode when their kung fu masters meet for a secret duel. The loser is forced into exile but many years later bitter rivalries reignite: the Crane Fist School and the Snake Fist School meet again, each vowing to destroy the other – this time for good.  

Terracotta Distribution proudly present the fourth title in the ‘Classic Kung Fu Collection’, a series of lost martial arts rarities from the golden age of Asian action cinema, unearthed from the vaults and available on DVD for the first time in the UK. 

THE DRAGON’S SNAKE FIST is a forgotten martial arts classic from prolific cult director Godfrey Ho, often referred to as ‘the Ed Wood of Hong Kong Cinema’ for his sprawling back catalogue of B-movies. 

The Dragon’s Snake Fist

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