Return of the Dragon

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Return of the Dragon

R,

1972,

1h 31m,

Action

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88%

16 Reviews

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86%

25,000+ Ratings

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16 Reviews

86%

Popcornmeter

25,000+ Ratings

A martial-arts master travels from Hong Kong to Rome to protect a family and its Chinese restaurant from a gang of thugs.

Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Apr 29, 2018

2/4

This sort of stuff is magnificently silly, and Lee, to give him credit, never tried to rise above it.

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Almar Haflidason

BBC.com

May 30, 2001

4/5

Strip down the excess of strange characters and bizarre humour, and you have Bruce: mesmerising, fast, witty, and one of the rare examples of true screen magnetism.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Mar 22, 2026

The mix of comedy and kung-fu comes off as camp at times but... (w)hen Lee gets into action, whether he’s taking on a gang of knife-wielding thugs or dueling Norris to the death, he becomes the total focus.

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Alistair Lawrence

Common Sense Media

Nov 6, 2023

3/5

With the fight scenes the lifeblood of the movie, little time is spent on plot or character development.

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Mar 8, 2021

2.5/4

hampered by a rather pedestrian plot and, more problematically, some awkward direction and an inconsistent tone that renders some parts of the film absurd while other parts work quite well

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Mike Massie

Gone With The Twins

Aug 31, 2020

7/10

From the start, spunky xylophone-infused music inspires a humorous tone, like that of Jackie Chan's late '70s features.

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Jan 10, 2019

Bruce lee is awesome

Kylo M

Oct 19, 2018

Despite being very good, this movie even has one thing or another to improve; It has a bit incomplete argument and (apart from Bruce Lee) the casting was a bit bad. But besides that, I found the movie very good, with great scenes of action and adventure. Highly recommend.

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Leia M

Sep 16, 2018

Greatest bruce lee movie made. Better than enter the dragon. It's funny. Great action fights. Bruce was great here.

Hagrid S

May 19, 2018

My favorite of Bruce Lee's films because it was one in which he was both the Writer, Director, and, of course, Fight Choreographer. The most personal of his work.

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Harry S

Oct 19, 2017

I'm withholding 1/2 a star because there are parts of the movie that are badly out of focus.

George G

Aug 21, 2017

Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris! What else can I say...

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Synopsis

A martial-arts master travels from Hong Kong to Rome to protect a family and its Chinese restaurant from a gang of thugs.

Director: Bruce Lee
Producer: Bruce Lee, Raymond Chow Man-Wai
Screenwriter: Bruce Lee
Production Co: Concord Productions Inc.
Rating: R
Genre: Action
Original Language: Chinese
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 28, 2017
Runtime: 1h 31m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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