Bruceploitation / Bruce Lee clones

[Chinatown Kid]

I was curious to know how many Bruce Lee Imitators there have been over the years, here are the ones I know:

Bruce Li
Bruce Le
Dragon Lee
Tang Lung aka Kim Tai Chung
Tong Lung
Dragon Sek
Danny Lee(for his one time portrayal of BL in BL and I)

Here are some I have heard of but never actually seen, if anyone has any info or comments on them please post:

Myron Bruce Lee?
Brute Lee(LOL!)?
Bruce Ly(just learned of this guy in a previous thread)?

If you can add to this list please do, thanks!

[Atomic Mystery Monster]

Off the top of my head:

Bruce Thai (THE CLONES OF BRUCE LEE)

Steve Lee (THE STEEL FISTED DRAGON)

You can find more at the Bruceploitation website. (http://www.geocities.com/many_bruces)

Myron Bruce Lee?

He was in THE KILL FACTOR (http://www.geocities.com/many_bruces/reviews/killfactor.htm) with Jim Kelly.

Brute Lee(LOL!)?

He was in a movie called THE DRAGON FROM SHAOLIN. Sadly, information about that movie is hard to find since there was a movie with the same name made in 1996. I've seen ad art for a movie called BRAWL BUSTERS (starring "Black Jack Chan") that uses the same artwork for THE DRAGON FROM SHAOLIN, but I don't know if they're the same movie or if the distributor reused the artwork for both movies.

Bruce Ly

From what I understand, he was actually a Bruce Li imitator. A copycat of a copycat...the mind boggles.

[Chinatown Kid]

Thanks for for the info AMM!

And Bruce Ly was a Bruce Li imitator?!!:eek Wow, you know it's getting out of hand when the imitators even have imitators! :lol

[killer meteor]

Tang Lung and Tong Lung are the same guy - Kim Tai Jong

An involuntary clone was LA based Jun Chong who was renamed Bruce K. L. Lea for a Korean film later renamed Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave

Bronson Lee is a Japanese actor

Contrary to some sources, Conan Lee and Gypsy Lee are not clones - Conan Lee is a Jackie Chan cash-in if anything and Gypsy Rose Lee is a Hollywood stripper turned actress

Apparently, one Tarzan Lee exists

[Chinatown Kid]

I thought Tang Lung was the guy from Tower of Death/Game of Death II and Tong Lung was the rather muscular guy from Challenge of the Dragon and Black Dragon vs the Yellow Tiger but I might be getting the names mixed up killer meteor.

Tarzan Lee? Just when you thought you heard it all. Wonder if he did both the Lee screams as well as the Tarzan yells? :rollin

[Chen Zhen]

Donnie Yen

[Chinatown Kid]

How could I forget Sammo Hung for his imitations in Enter the Fat Dragon and Skinny Tiger/Fatty Dragon, he does one of the best Lee impersonations ever.

Yep Chen, you can tell Donnie likes to mimick Bruce as well.

[dragon herb]

Chang Yi-Tao (Bruce Lai) can be added for his role in Enter Three Dragons.

[zhunaid]

true game of death

[Chinatown Kid]

Bruce Lai had some great kicks and Bruce Lo also played the spearman in white in the film Flag of Iron.....

[Jesse Smooth]

Bruce Ly was in "Chinatown Connection" (1990)

Bruce Pak was in :Return of Fist of Fury"

[killer meteor]

Didn't know there was another Tong Lung. It gets mighty confusing.

SHould we consider Jason Scott Lee?

[Chinatown Kid]

Well I guess it's a yes for Jason Scott Lee since I did include Danny Lee who only made one film playing Lee too. Those two made bio films of Lee's life although both were highly fictional and not based on much fact imo. Of course Li and Le did the same but they played in several and also the pure exploitation films cashing in on Lee's likeness and mannerisms and made career's off it, Dragon Lee as well.

[Yakuza954]

Bruce Liang (sorta)

[Atomic Mystery Monster]

Bronson Lee is a Japanese actor

I think his real name is Tadashi Yamashita. I've heard stories about him being horrified when he learned about the name change, but I don't know if they're true.

Random stuff:

Does Bruce Liang count as a Bruce Lee clone? EDIT: Heh, looks like Yakuza954 beat me to the punch.

Dragon Lee's alternate clone names are "Bruce Lei" (which is also the name used for an actor in some Bruce Le cash-in movies) and "Bruce Rhee".

Oh, and I've heard mention of a "Bluce Ree" at an article on tv.cream.org. (http://tv.cream.org.)

[dtix]

Bruce LeRoy from the Last Dragon

[killer meteor]

Bruce Liang is an odd one. I think his Chinese name was always similar to Bruce Lee's. The only film I can think of that plays the Bruceploitation card is Dragon Lives Again - and that is a parody

[Chinatown Kid]

Who was that guy that imitated Bruce in the film Kentucky Fried Movie? He played Bruce and Bong Soo Han played Mr. Han in a parody of Enter the Dragon.

Also, there was the guy in Shaolin Soccer who sported the Game of Death tracksuit, he definately had the "look".

[silver hermit]

if you want to see bruce liang's bruce lee then check out Dragon Lives Again might be the most silly bruce imitator movie ever.

[Chinatown Kid]

Yeah alot of people liked The Dragon Lives Again but I didn't really care for it. I didn't like the fight choreography and the story was so damn wacko! I liked Liang much better in films like Call Me Dragon and Little Superman.

[Squid Lips]

Evan Kim was the guy in Kentucky Fried Movie.

And you are right, there are two Tong Lungs and it is as confusing as every other aspect of this genre. But Tong Lung from Yellow Tiger was only in that one Lee-like film even though he did adapt the mannerisms for other films.

[Chinatown Kid]

Ah, Evan Kim. Thanks Squid Lips, I now remember this guy also being Clint Eastwood's partner in the Dirty Harry vehicle "The Dead Pool".

[Atomic Mystery Monster]

I recently stumbled across the poster for THE DRAGON FROM SHAOLIN. (http://www.emovieposter.com/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=134)

From the website:

"The Dragon From Shaolin, the 1970s Jackie Wai martial arts kung fu action thriller ("Bruce Lee was a fighter, Brute Lee is a merciless killer!"; "Anger the Dragon you're on Brute's list, he's sure to kill you, with his buzz saw fist!"; "For the first time in the U.S.A. see the deadly Mongolian fire fist!"; "Bathed in violence...drenched in blood!") starring Brute Lee, Casanova Wong, Charlie Hyun, Jim Choi, and Sally Chan"

I love the taglines for this movie; they're right up there with the tagline for BRUCE IS LOOSE.

[Chinatown Kid]

Thanks for the link AMM, judging by that poster Brute Lee wasn't really trying to look like Lee it seems, he has a beard and a different hairstyle!

[Atomic Mystery Monster]

Thanks for the link AMM, judging by that poster Brute Lee wasn't really trying to look like Lee it seems, he has a beard and a different hairstyle!

Yeah, the distributor probably made up the Bruce Lee comparison to sell more tickets, kinda like how (supposedly) a "Mongolian fire fist" never appears in the movie.

BRUCE IS LOOSE is another movie that was retitled to see like a Bruceploitation movie. You can see the poster here. (http://www.musicman.com/00pic/3207.html)

"Deadly than Chiba, quicker than 'the Juice'...Watch out baby, cause Bruce is Loose!"

[tigerstyles]

Jim Kelly is the worst immitator.. see Blck Belt Jones or Hot tatties

[Takano2002]

And nobody says nothing about Dragon Sek??????

[Chinatown Kid]

I mentioned Dragon Sek on my list in my first post. He's got some pretty good kicks, I enjoyed him with John Liu in the film Trinity Goes East. Haven't seen many of his films though.

[mpm74]

Bruce Li
Bruce Le
Dragon Lee
Bruce Lei
Bruce Liang

Any more? Please provide aliases.

Thanks in advance, guys!

And, does anyone know Bruce Li's filmgraphy in the RIGHT order?

I'll make anyone chicken adobo if they help me out here.

[killer meteor]

Bruce K. L. Lea
Bronson Lee

Bruce Li filmography - off the top of my head

Triangular Duel
Chinese Iron Man
Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story
The New Game Of Death
Bruce Lee: Superstar
The Ming Patriots
Bruce Lee: Star Of Stars
Fist Of Fury II
He's A Legend, He's A Hero
Bruce Lee: True Story
Bruce Lee's Secret
Bruce Lee: We Miss You
Last Strike
Bruce Lee The Invincible
Dynamo
Bruce Lee In New Guneia
The Image Of Bruce Lee
Fists Of Bruce Lee
The Lama Avenger
Blind Fist Of Bruce
Fist Of Fury III
The Chinese Stuntman

[JAMAL]

HERE IS SOME MORE FROM BRUCE LI :


Bruce Li Against Supermen
Edge of Fury
The Greatest Hero
Return of the Tiger
Bruce Lee's Iron Finger
Blind Fist of Bruce

[mpm74]

Thanks, guys.... now, are these in order?

[killer meteor]

As close as possible. Only a few of the films have an actual release date listed at the HKFA (day/month/year) so often we have to speculate

[Chinatown Kid]

Don't forget Li in Enter the Panther, or better yet do! :lol

[Jesse Smooth]

Isn't Enter the Panther AKA for Ming Patriots?


BTW Just Got finished looking at My Name Called Bruce, a Korean Bruce Le movie...actually, it's not too bad a flick.

[Chinatown Kid]

Jesse Enter the Panther is not the same film as Ming Patriots. I think Panther may have been Li's first starring role and was originally titled Conspiracy if I'm not mistaken. The plot is about 2 Nephews who kill their uncle to gain control of his gold mine.

[Jesse Smooth]

C-Town Is this one out anywhere?

[Chinatown Kid]

I don't think it's available on legit DVD. I got mine in a trade, it's on a DVD-r ripped from a vhs source.

[mpm74]

And we can't forget Iron Dragon Strikes back aka Gold Connection.

[Dahnamics]

Bruce Ree
Bruised Knee

[Chinatown Kid]

Click on this link mpm74 and it will take you to a site that will give you info about all the Bruce imitators and their films: www.geocities.com/many_bruces/ (http://www.geocities.com/many_bruces/)

[mpm74]

Got it. Thanks.

=)

[rederror]

Did the Bruce Lee clones like Bruce Li or Le etc make any non Bruce Lee type movies? i know the whole point was to be like Bruce but i was just wondering.

[monwobobbo]

yes they pretty much all did. le, li and dragon lee were all labeled as bruce clones and so their films all get lumped into that catagory even if they don't have anything to do with bruce lee.

MING PATRIOTS - bruce li

NINJA OVER THE GREAT WALL - bruce le

MARTIAL MONKS OF SHAOLIN TEMPLE -dragon lee

[stormybman]

A lot of Ho Chung Tao's films got tabbed as Bruce Li fare even when the story had absolutely nada to do with Lee.
Some of his better efforts...

Chinese Stuntman
Soul Brothers of Kung Fu
Iron Dragon Strikes Back
Revenge of the Patriots
Bruce Li the invincible

These films were all pretty decent with Ho starring. The other
clones were pretty woeful, especially when they weren't in Lee-like roles...

"Will you tell me what Teacher died of?"

[Chinatown Kid]

Revenge of the Patriots and Powerforce are the only Li films I haven't seen yet.....

[TambaChibaYama IchiFune]

I really enjoyed Ming Patriots! I am sure u will like it Chinatown Kid! PM me if u dont have it and i will hook u up with it!!

[monwobobbo]

although most bruce le films are pretty bad i personally really like most of dragon lee's flix. on the whole though i like most of the bruceploitation actors films. many are just good beat 'em up and pose like bruce fun. (thumbing nose at those who put them down) ok so they're not high art but they can be enjoyed none the less. they are also one of the sub genre types that i collect. (i know there are a couple more here that do as well)

[Brigadier Chow]

Also Deadly Strike and Blind Fist of Bruce... Good ones that have nothing to do with Bruce Lee, that got lumped in that craze.

[rederror]

Well i guess as they are seen to be Bruce Clones, and films they feature in, they are going to be compared with Bruce even if its not a Bruce rip-off anyway i guess. In my opinion Bruce Li was a fantastic martial artist. I wonder if there was no Bruce if these martial artists would have made it as kung fu stars themselves?

[Chinatown Kid]

PM sent Tamba! :)

[saltysam]

is there any bruce li fans here who has got a decent list of the best versions of his movies on dvd and also a list of what's not been released?i have loads of his films but there are so many different titles etc. out there it's hard keeping track!

[AlbertV]

What is even more interesting in Bruce Li's case was that the movies I have would have the covers saying Bruce Li, but the movie prints would have him credited as "Ho Chung-Tao".

[will91XingYu]

I love the Dragon Lee film Champ vs Champ, he has a good fight with Han Ying. Also hi Albert it's cool to see someone else appreciate Junya Takagi!

[Bus]

Bruce Li was a good martial artist. had some nice films.. dragon lee was alright and made 2-3 nice flicks, but i couldn't stand Bruce Le

[Jesse Smooth]

Okay, it seems as if the only one who actually enjoys Bruce Le flicks.:)

My Name Called Bruce
Bruce and Shaolin Kung Fu
Bruce Vs. Bill
Bruce Le's Greatest Revenge
Bruce and Dragon Fist

[Von Humboldt Fleischer]

BRUCE LE'S GREATEST REVENGE isn't too bad. The rest... meh. I like Le better than Dragon Lee, though. Dragon Lee's big weird rubbery face distresses me.

[Sifu]

To me Fist of Fury 2 (aka Chinese Connection 2) was the best of Bruce Li's flix, next to Dynamo of course. The reason I liked it so much was because even though you knew it had almost no connection to the original, it didn't take much thought for it to feel as if it was a direct sequel! And if you didn't feel the same way, we still always have Dynamo!

The worst of his flix had to be Bruce Li goes to New Guinea! Oh my god was that bad!

[WalkOn]

I enjoyed most of the clones but not all of their movies. My favorite actors and some favorite films they starred in are:

Bruce Li -
Iron Dragon Strikes Back
Soul Brothers of Kung Fu
Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth
Return of the Tiger
Dynamo


Dragon Lee
Martial Monks of Shaolin
Enter the Deadly Dragon
Dragon Claws
Rage of the Dragon

Bruce Le
Enter the Game of Death
Bruce vs Bill
Clones of Bruce Lee

I haven't seen many full films of Bruce Le's films, just clips. His films seems like a hit or miss. Treasure of Bruce Lee and Bruce's Shaolin Kung Fu look interesting. His choreography in his later films look better, but films look very cheezy!

[Sifu]

I enjoyed most of the clones but not all of their movies. My favorite actors and some favorite films they starred in are:

Bruce Li -
Iron Dragon Strikes Back


Hey! That reminds me. I have the channel KUNG FU in HD and I keep seeing The Iron Dragon Strikes back. But, when I looked at pics of it on Mark's review it isn't the same movie.

In the movie I saw they keep sampling the song Funky Town and the story revolves around a bunch of hoodlum kids including one names "Little Monkey", crazy stuff! Is that right, or is it a miss-title.

[Chinatown Kid]

The Iron Dragon Strikes Back that Bruce Li stars in was originally called The Gold Connection. It's about 3 guys that find a bunch of Vietnamise gold while diving in the sea. Come to find out it was dumped there by Triads and they find out Li and the other guys took it and start sending killers after them. It has some good suspense and the action is decent and the plot is better than the usual run of the mill fare.

[deathdunt]

Dragon Lee actually happens to be my favorite of the leealikes. It seems as though he probably made the most movies that had nothing to do with Bruce Lee...But here's my favorites...

Bruce Li-Bruce Li The Invincible, Bruce Lee The Man The Myth, Dynamo
Bruce Le- Bruce And Shaolin Kung Fu...AND thats IT. I can't stand almost ANY of the movies this guy was in.
Dragon Lee- Martial Monks OF Shaolin, Champ Vs. Champ, Dragon On Fire, Dragon Lee Vs. The Five Brothers

[Chinatown Kid]

My favorite clone is Bruce Li(Ho Chung Tao), he was the most talented overall imo and had the talent to be a star in his own right outside the exploitation roles if he had been given more chances. My favorites of his are Dynamo, Chinese Stuntman, Soul Brothers of Kung Fu, Iron Dragon Strikes Back, and The Lama Avenger.

I was never impressed to much with Bruce Le's Martial Arts skills or acting but admit he did look decent in his fights in Enter the Game of Death, especially his kicks. He really overdid the Lee mannerisms to the point of parady.

Dragon Lee has some good Martial Arts skills and a powerful looking physique but I didn't like the way he would start acting crazy and jumping up and down like a Gorilla. He also overdid the Lee mannerisms like Le. I saw him in some latter day Korean films with people like Hwang Jang Lee and Cassanova Wong and he looked alot better with his fighting skills.

The best Bruce impersonator imo is Sammo Hung, in the films Enter the Fat Dragon and Skinny Tiger/Fatty Dragon he had the mannerisms down to a tee. :)

[Sifu]

The Iron Dragon Strikes Back that Bruce Li stars in was originally called The Gold Connection. It's about 3 guys that find a bunch of Vietnamise gold while diving in the sea. Come to find out it was dumped there by Triads and they find out Li and the other guys took it and start sending killers after them. It has some good suspense and the action is decent and the plot is better than the usual run of the mill fare.

Yeah! They definately titled that incorrectly! :mad:

[Morgoth]

From the back of the Iron dragon Strikes Back DVD-

"4 adventurers in the China Sea mistakenely discover the buried treasure of some ruthless sea pirates. Determined to retrieve the gold, the pirates go all out to get it back. Their only hope is to use the ancient art of the monks. In a dazzling display of martial arts supremacy they defeat the enemy."

So what do you think, did Ric Myers write that? and this is from the cover of the DVD- "The knowledge of the ancient art will help discover the secret."



And Chinatown Kid I agree with you that Sammo was the best Bruce Lee imitator. And also Tony Leung Siu Hung!:D

[Chinatown Kid]

Actually it was 4 guys instead of 3, I had forgot about the 4th guy, but the rest of that description sounds like an entirely different movie. Pirates my ass.....lol

[Morgoth]

But the knowledge of the ancient art does help discover the secret. So they got that part right in the description:p

[Chinatown Kid]

Well I'm still trying to figure out what the hell that secret was and what the ancient art of the Monks have to do with it......:rolleyes:

[Morgoth]

The person who wrote that description saw something we didn't.:p

[deathdunt]

While we are on the topic, does anyone know what the title of the Dragon Lee movie that comprises more than half of The Real Bruce Lee? Has it been released by itself?

[Jesse Smooth]

While we are on the topic, does anyone know what the title of the Dragon Lee movie that comprises more than half of The Real Bruce Lee? Has it been released by itself?

It's a Korean film called LAST FIST OF FURY.

I was never impressed to much with Bruce Le's Martial Arts skills or acting but admit he did look decent in his fights in Enter the Game of Death, especially his kicks. He really overdid the Lee mannerisms to the point of parady.


Keep in mind that ETGOD was a Korean film as well. Perhaps I would assume that they had technical advisors who were Korean MAs.

[bruceleeclones]

Recently started making changes to my site on the Clones of Bruce Lee if anyone wants a look :)

Lee

http://www.clonesofbrucelee.co.uk

[gorhama]

I need help in finding the title to a Bruce Li, Le, or one of the clones, movies. The end fight features Bruce Li vs a man with long white hair and the winning move is where Bruce jumps on his shoulders and strikes his temple and then his eyes. But the killer part is when he strikes you hear what sounds like slot machines going off.

I know this sounds crazy but I saw this movie when I was a kid on afternoon Kung Fu theater and just hoping somone here knows the name.

[Chinatown Kid]

I'm not sure but perhaps Bruce Li in New Guinea? Probably not though because I don't remember any slot machine sound effects....

[tai_shin_mun]

In 1 scene 2 guys are practicing kung-fu on riverside,Bruce arrives and "teaches" them how to do it properly.And in the end Bruce fights at least Sumo wrestlers.Anyone knows this one?Thanks.

[Monk Sante]

I could be wrong but it might be "True Game of Death".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGZVaCwIrcU

[tai_shin_mun]

You nailed it.Thx:).Have to get this.I enjoyed it a lot when saw in past unlike some others;

Very few people have anything nice to say about this, which is seen as a bottom-of-the-barrel item even by Bruceploitation standards. Says 'Keith' of the website Bruceploitation:

"The running time for this movie is 83 mintues and that's about 82 1/2 mintues too long. This movie is boorrriinnng...Alright I wasted enough time watching the movie, I'm not gonna waste anymore time writing about it."[1]

Another dreadful review comes from John Wallis of DVDTalk.com, who awarded the film a rare zero stars out of five:

"Not only is a bad film for its horrible story, and lack of any action worth noting, it tramples Bruce's name like no other, inserting stock footage of his press conferences, his funeral, newspapers reporting his death, and using Bruce film clips (under a horrible saturated, polarized color effect) as signs that the Bruce-clone daydreams and is inhabited by the spirit of the real Bruce. Unless you are the most die-hard of Bruceploitation fans/completists, its really not worth a second of your life."[2]

[Chinatown Kid]

The guy that played Bruce in this flick was the same guy that played the spearman in white in the Shaw film Flag of Iron aka Spearman of Death. I think it was his only film as a Bruce imitator. Didn't like the film myself, felt the fight scenes were sub-par.

[tai_shin_mun]

felt the fight scenes were sub-par.
you are right but it`s very hard for me not to enjoy leexploitation film..I don`t compare these to "decent" kung-fu movies,leexploitation is it`s own genre for me.Sleaze&trash values are so high.

[The Dragon]

To me, it seemed they "stole" elements from GH's GOD... Even down to the part where the motorcycle guys are wearing the famous tracksuits...:p This was a real piece of crap. The best was Tower Of Death. If that film's story was used to replace Bruce's originally, it would ahve come across much better.

[bruceleeclones]

Watched Clones of Bruce Lee again recently. There is something strange about this movie. I intend to write a full analysis of the movie for the site, but wanted to hear other peoples thoughts and opinions.

At the start of the movie, when the film shows the three 'Bruce Lee's' in the doctors lab, one is clearly not Dragon Lee. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGfWAcRYmds
Also, have you also noticed how Dragon Lee is not seen with any of the other Clones until the end of the movie?

Dragon made the movie "Three Robot Heroes" in Korea, which is presumed was the original title for Clones of Bruce Lee. However, what I'm guessing is that some of the Dragon Lee scenes in Clones of Bruce Lee are from this Dragon Lee production, with other fights scenes filmed when Dragon went to Hong Kong.

I think there is actually a full version of "Three Robot Heroes" featuring Dragon Lee and two other actors. The plot from also sounds different from Clones.

I know this sounds confusing, but hopefully you will understand what I'm talking about lol.

[Linn1]

Yep, that's pretty much what I understand happened, they took the Korean footage and built another film around it. But it's hard to tell without having the Korean film what was from that and what was new, other than what you mentioned.

[The Dragon]

... what's with the CLONE, avatar?

:cool:

[Morgoth]

I saw a Dragon Lee movie called Muscle of the Dragon and it had a couple scenes from Clones of Bruce Lee. Too bad those were the best parts of the movie:(

[Angel26]

:Dno meter how clones you will be able to create there is only one bruce lee and he's the best !!!

anyway it was a good time to see that movie joke about bruce lee .
:):)

[bruceleeclones]

It would be interesting to see some sort stills from the "Three Robot Heroes". In my opinion, the only Dragon Lee footage not from '3 Robot heroes' in clones of Bruce Lee is the end fight scene with Le. It really is one Frankenstien of a movie!




... what's with the CLONE, avatar?

:cool:

lol, isn't it pretty obvious :p

[The Dragon]

... Is he the most imitated personality outside of Elvis, or what?
:rolleyes:

[AlbertV]

Ah, Evan Kim. Thanks Squid Lips, I now remember this guy also being Clint Eastwood's partner in the Dirty Harry vehicle "The Dead Pool".

Evan Kim was also funny in Caveman, with Ringo Starr and Dennis Quaid. He was the only caveman in the entire film that spoke perfect English :)

Funniest scene:
The cavemen find dinosaur dung.
Midget Caveman: Doo Doo!
Ringo Starr: Caca!!!
Evan Kim: Shit!

There was another Bruce Lee imitator, sort of. Bruce K.L. Lea, star of Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave. Bruce K.L. Lea is actually Taekwondo Grandmaster Jun Chong, who runs his own school out of California and was an action star under his own name in the 80's. But Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave was actually a Korean-U.S. martial arts film that was retitled with a very bad scene with "Lee" jumping out of a grave at the beginning of the film.

[greenbamboo]

Tadashi Yamashita/Bronson Lee was in Enter the Dragon.

[Righteous Master]

I had no idea that there were so many imitators. Guess I never got into watching any of the imitators or their films. They always seemed like really, really low budget stuff (even for my tastes). I prefer to watch the real thing in action in the few films that he made before he died.

[The Dragon]

... I prefer to watch the real thing in action in the few films that he made before he died.

:cool:!!!!

[Chen Kuan Tai]

Bruce Le's real name is Huang Kin-Lung. Does anyone know other names of him in cantonese/mandarin? I only got here this data: http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13387&display_set=eng

A friend told me that Lui Siu Lung is only his stage name in cantonese. Is that right?

greetings
chen

[Asmo]

HKcinemagic.com lists:

呂小龍
Huang Chien Lung
Huang Kin Lung
Lu3 Xiao3 Long2
Lui Siu Lung
Lui Siu Lung (1)
Wong Kum Hung

[Chen Kuan Tai]

thx, really nice site :)

[Asmo]

Lau Kar Wing has also been referred to as Bruce Lau, but I don't think he ever 'imitated' Lee.

[AlbertV]

Bruce Lai had some great kicks and Bruce Lo also played the spearman in white in the film Flag of Iron.....

Chinatown, Bruce Lo was actually Japanese star Yasuaki Kurata. When they released a film called "Dragon's Claws" starring Kurata-san, they called him Bruce Lo in some markets.

However, you are right. Lung Tien-Hsiang, who played the spearman in white, was a Lee imitator, but his imitator name was "Shou Lung".

[Chinatown Kid]

Ah ok, thanks Albert. I was thinking of the right guy(he was in True Game of Death) but just had his name wrong. I never realized Kurata was considered a Bruce imitator at one time because I never recalled him mimicking Bruce. I guess it was one of those name changes only by producers trying to cash in on Bruce hoping to sale more tickets.

And while I do enjoy some of the Lee imitators and their films, I agree there is nothing like the one and only original and none have come close to being as good as the real Bruce Lee.:cool:

[Sifu]

Christopher Walken :o

[I Am Caine]

Brucesploitation - the spate of kung fu movies staring an imitation Bruce Lee in the wake of his death. Examples of such imitators: Bruce Le, Bruce Li, etc.

I'm going to start us off with Game of Death II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_of_Death_II). Game of Death was a Bruce-sploitation movie itself, what with the way it was finished and featuring tricks to make Bruce appear in unfinished scenes. Game of Death II is a hoot, stitching several scenes from different movies and even news footage into the narrative, redubbing it, and letting it all flow together. Stars Tang Long as "Bobby Lo" and is well worth it for some excellent Yuen Woo-ping fight scenes. Even if some of them are ridiculous.

[thekfc]

There are a few threads on that topic already - you can start here:

http://kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3999&highlight=bruce

http://kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=581&highlight=Bruceploitation

http://kungfucinema.com/forums/showthread.php?t=808&highlight=Bruceploitation

For me - Enter The Fat Dragon.

[I Am Caine]

Nice! Thank you.

[falkor]

Balada Dua Jagoan - CLASSIC Larry Lee Bruceploitation!!! A clip can be found on Youtube.

[I Am Caine]

Thanks!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=dx77VR7YGgI

[falkor]

That film is SUPERB! Larry does proper Bruce Lee battle cries 4 real...

[GungFuFighter]

Ah, what a genre. When the late Bruce Lee (RIP) died, he left a void in the HK box office. So, many people tried to make money and have Bruce Lee imitators. Bruce Le, Bruce Li, Dragon Lee, ect.

What are some of your favorite Bruceploitation flicks.

Enter the Game of Death - Starring Bruce Le, the movie is actually pretty good. Hell it's better then Game of Death. But it does get ridiculous, yet it still stays fun.

Mission of the Dragon - Starring S. Korea's Dragon Lee, this flick is also entertaining. A Kung Fu student, Dragon Lee, has been called a master by his sifu, but his father is killed. He trains harder, and fights the guy who killed his dad.

The Dragon Lives Again - This one is starred by Bruce Liang, and is totally off the wall. Bruce Lee (Bruce Liang)has been sent to hell, and meets the king of the underworld, who has a pillar that he shakes to create an earthquake in hell. In hell, he becomes friends with Popeye the Sailorman, and Kwai Cane Chang from the tv series Kung Fu. But he makes enemies with Zatorichi, James Bond, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Clint Eastwood, Emmanuele, Zombies, and Mummies. What a great flick.

I'll tell you more of my favorites later.

[Joe Pineapples]

definitely bruce lee the man the myth, you gotta see that for sure dood trust me

[GungFuFighter]

Well a today I tried watching Muscle of the Dragon on DVD but my copy is so crappy, it stalls and doesn't work right. =(

[Morgoth]

Muscle of the Dragon is one of the wworst movies ever made. You are better off not being able to watch it, trust me.

My favorite bruceploitation is Chinese Connection 2.

[Mark Pollard]

I just merged close to a dozen threads all discussing this sub-genre in general. Apologies in advance for any mixed up conversations in the preceding posts but this topic needed to be reined in.

There are still a number of other threads that discuss specific Bruceploitation films or actors.

[Morgoth]

Man I guess this really needed to be merged. After reading I Am Caine's posts, I can't believe I forgot GOD 2. That's easily my favorite bruceploitation.

[Killer Meteor]

Ah, what a genre. When the late Bruce Lee (RIP) died, he left a void in the HK box office. So, many people tried to make money and have Bruce Lee imitators. Bruce Le, Bruce Li, Dragon Lee, ect.



To be fair, I don't think the HK box office relied on Bruceploitation. It was more overseas producers and distributors. HK just went comedy crazy

[AlbertV]

Luck just hit me today. I went to Bealls Outlet in Orange City (right near where I live now) and I found a copy of THE YOUNG BRUCE LEE on Goodtimes VHS and the price tag said $1.99.

Here's where the luck had struck me. It turned out the video was on the clearance rack...I got the VHS for only (drumroll please) $0.11...no joke...ELEVEN CENTS!!!!

I'm watching the movie right now...it has Bruce Li in it. The original title is THE LEGEND OF BRUCE LEE and it came out in 1976.

[Killer Meteor]

Actually, The Legend of Bruce Lee was a later Bruce Le film. I noticed that and the Bruce Li film you mention got their titles confused by Tai Seng's releases!

[AlbertV]

That's true. In the film I have, Li was credited as "Lee Shiao Lung".

[Morgoth]

The Bruce Le one is horrible. Only thing I remember is a scene where he's learning from watching a snake, and he dumps wine down the snake's throat.

[HyperDrive]

Wow, I'll keep some of these in mind especially The Dragon Lives Again.

I have a four pack called Martial Arts Extreme Bruce Lee. It contains the Bruce Li movies: Blind Fist of Bruce, The Image of Bruce Lee, The Fists of Bruce Lee. Then, possibly one of the most bizarre films ever, called Fist of Fear, Touch of Death, finishes it off.

[Chinatown Kid]

Bruce Li's best imo are Dynamo, Chinese Stuntman, The Lama Avenger, Bruce and the Iron Finger and Soul Brothers of Kung Fu. Watch his others at your own risk!:)

Never did think much of Bruce Le, his skills weren't too hot and he really overexagerated the Lee mannerisms. about the best I ever seen him look was in Enter the Game of Death but that's not saying much.

Tang Lung aka Kim Tai Chung was the best martial artist out of the imitators, his Greenhouse fight with Cassanova Wong in Game of Death II is one of my favorite fight scenes.

Dragon Lee acted really weird and overdid the mannerisms in the Godfrey Ho shlock. He had a powerful looking physique and nice kicks though.

Dragon Shek I do not like, the fight scenes in the movie Dragon The Master where chopped up beyond belief.

Let's hope Danny Chan can do a good job playing Bruce in his upcoming portrayel, he is the closest in resemblence to Bruce I've seen.

[Morgoth]

Dude if you thought Dragon the MAster was bad, make sure you stay the hell away from Dragon in Fury.

[Chen Kuan Tai]

To me Fist of Fury 2 (aka Chinese Connection 2) was the best of Bruce Li's flix, next to Dynamo of course. The reason I liked it so much was because even though you knew it had almost no connection to the original, it didn't take much thought for it to feel as if it was a direct sequel! And if you didn't feel the same way, we still always have Dynamo!

The worst of his flix had to be Bruce Li goes to New Guinea! Oh my god was that bad!
I am still looking after Dynamo NL version (uncut and in right picture ratio). Anyone own?

[Squid Lips]

I passed on an opportunity for a scope version on 16mm of Dynamo on Ebay once that went for $30! Would have been worthwhile investment to make a DVD of it....

[Chinatown Kid]

I remember the late Linn saying that Crash Cinema had the option to release the 35mm print of Dynamo on DVD but passed on it. :S

[Chen Kuan Tai]

I remember the late Linn saying that Crash Cinema had the option to release the 35mm print of Dynamo on DVD but passed on it. :S
That's really sad. The think is I know someone in Germany who own the Dynamo NL version (http://www.ofdb.de/view.php?page=fassung&fid=40072&vid=123231), but the guy (http://www.ofdb.de/usercenter/view.php?page=info&uid=8321) don't want to copy it for others.

Maybe, someone knows him and can get it for us clone movie fans.

greetings
ckt

[Chinatown Kid]

I know what you mean man, Dynamo is my favorite Bruce Li film and I would love to see it in true 2.35 widescreen.