The Image of Bruce Lee

Infobox Film
name=The Image of Bruce Lee
director=Yueng Kuen
writer= Zhaoquan Weng
starring= Bruce Li
Leih Chang
Danna
Bolo Yeung
producer= Alex Guow
production company= Goldig Film Company distributor= 20th Century Distribution (North America)
released= August 31, 1978 (Hong Kong)
music= Frankie Chan
runtime= 91 min.
country = Hong Kong
language= Cantonese
imdb_id=0077724|

"The Image of Bruce Lee" was originally released in Hong Kong as "Meng nan da zei yan zhi hu" (Internation English title: "Storming Attacks"), although the Bruceploitation title was added for its American release. the film is in public domain. [http://www.publicdomaintorrents.com/nshowmovie.html?movieid=291] [http://www.desertislandfilms.com/MarArtsPD.html]

It is a contemporary (1970s) action film about Bruce Li as a special agent who teams with a Hong Kong police officer to crack a smuggling ring (among the smugglers: Bolo Yeung). In fan circles, the film is mostly known for the frequent nude scenes by co-star Danna.

Reaction

On the website [http://www.geocities.com/many_bruces Bruceploitation] , 'Keith' more or less sums up the appeal of the film by writing:

"Oh yeah kung fu carnage and gratuitous full frontal nudity, with a formula that like that you can't go wrong! I liked this movie it was cool. Every five minutes somebody was getting in a fight except one time, but that was a part with the nudity, so that makes up for it. Watch this movie if you can cuz it's good." [http://www.geocities.com/many_bruces/]

In the fanzine "Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger", Carl Jones writes:

"Image of Bruce Lee" has been likened to an episode of "The Sweeney" with martial arts thrown in. It certainly has the look of a gritty 70's cop show...The fights are good and realistic and Li gets to show some handy moves with a Bokken (wooden Japanese sword) during one particular scrap with the boss's goons." [http://www.geocities.com/many_bruces/brucelizine/index.htm]

Trivia

* Apart from the title, the only thing this film has to do with Bruce Lee is when someone tells the Bruce Li character that he resembles Lee.

External links

*Download at Archive.org: [http://www.archive.org/details/ImageofBruceLee]