Birth of the Dragon
for martial arts violence, language and thematic elements.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults Teens |
| Genre: | Action Biography Martial-Arts |
| Length: | 1 hr. 43 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2017 |
| USA Release: |
August 25, 2017 (wide) DVD: November 21, 2017 |
Developing expertise in martial-arts
| Featuring |
Philip Ng … Bruce Lee (Philip Wan-Lung Ng) Yu Xia … Wong Jack Man (Xia Yu) Billy Magnussen … Steve McKee Wang Xi'An … Tai Chi Grandmaster / Wang Lian Hai Yu … Shaolin Abbot (Yu Hai) Yue Wu … Wang Biao (Wu Yue) Steven Roberts (Steven F. Roberts) … Beat Poet Riley Wood … Hippie Girl Simon Yin … Vinnie Wei Terry Chen … Frankie Chen See all » |
| Director | George Nolfi — “The Adjustment Bureau,” co-writer of “The Bourne Ultimatum” |
| Producer |
Jason Blum Sunil Homes See all » |
| Distributor | BH Tilt, a division of Blumhouse Productions |
“The fight that became legend. The legend that became Bruce Lee.”
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “At a time when the 1960s counterculture was in full swing in San Francisco, Lee (Philip Ng) was a rebel of his own, teaching his own type of martial arts to non-Chinese despite his community frowning upon it. A young actor named Steven McKee (Billy Magnussen) becomes a pupil of Lee’s, who in turn is fascinated by his new student’s line of work. However, kung fu master Wong Jack Man (Yu Xia) is sent from China to stop Lee’s heretical ways, soon giving birth to a legend.
BIRTH OF THE DRAGON is a modern take on the classic movies that Bruce Lee was known for. It takes its inspiration from the epic and still controversial showdown between an up-and-coming Bruce Lee and kung fu master Wong Jack Man—a battle that gave birth to a legend.”
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