Birth of the Dragon
Rating: 5.4/5963 Plot Summary:
In 1964, a young Bruce Lee owns and operates a San Francisco Kung Fu Academy, specializing in the Chinese martial art Wing Chun. Lee cares for his students, providing advice, roles as extras in his upcoming projects, and defending them from the gangs of Chinatown. One of Lee's students, Steve McKee, spars with Lee while fighting in anger, causing Lee to counter and embarrass him. McKee and Vinnie Wei work for the latter's mother's laundry business, where they find out that master Wong Jack Man is on a pilgrimage from China to observe the Kung Fu scene in the United States. While carrying out a delivery to the China Gate restaurant, McKee falls for an employee, Xiulan, who is forbidden to communicate with anyone on the outside. One night, McKee sneaks over to the restaurant to give her a grammar book, teaching her fellow roommates basic English..
Director: George Nolfi
Running time: 1h 35min
Genre: Action, Biography, Drama
Release date: 25 August 2017 (USA)
Cast: Yu Xia, Wang Xi'An, Hai Yu, Yue Wu, Billy Magnussen, Steven Roberts, Riley Wood, Philip Ng, Simon Yin, Terry Chen, Ron Yuan, Lillian Lim, Yee Jee Tso, Jingjing Qu
