1972 · action · martial-arts
Way of the Dragon (1972)
Directed by Bruce Lee1h 40m1972
After a Chinese restaurant in Rome is threatened by the mafia, who will stop at nothing to acquire the property, the owner recruits a family friend in Hong Kong, kung fu expert Tang Lung, to help them defend their business.
Our read: Way of the Dragon (1972) (1972) reads as a neutral, breathless, grounded action · martial-arts entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, breathless, extreme action / martial-arts, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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