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The Clones of Bruce Lee<\/strong>\u00a0 (1980)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Newport Releasing\/Action\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 90 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (martial arts violence, nudity)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Joseph Kong\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Kuang-Hsin Wu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: 1980 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Dragon Lee, Bruce Le, Bruce Lai, Bruce Tai, Jon Benn, Andy Hannah, Yang Tze (Bolo Yeung), Do Kong (Chiang Tao).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: N\/A<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Rating<\/strong>: ***<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0After the untimely death of martial arts superstar Bruce Lee in 1973, Asian filmmakers tried to cash in his fame by hiring lookalikes to star in their imitative kung fu movies bearing such titles as Re-Enter the Dragon, Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave and Exit the Dragon, Enter the Tiger. They even gave their leads soundalike names like Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Bruce Lai and Dragon Lee. This is the subgenre known as \u201cBruceploitation\u201d.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The label also applies to The Clones of Bruce Lee<\/strong>, a gleefully insane chop-socky actioner starring Lee, Le and Lai as a trio of Bruce clones under the control of scientist Professor Lucas (Benn, The Way of the Dragon). It all starts in the hospital shortly after Bruce dies. Lucas, acting on the orders of government agent Colin (Hannah), takes a sample of the actor\u2019s blood and creates three perfect clones he names Bruce Lee 1 (Dragon Lee), Bruce Lee 2 (Le) and Bruce Lee 3 (Lai). Intended for use in crime fighting, they\u2019re quickly trained in martial arts before being sent into the field.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a01 is sent to deal with a movie producer using his studio as a front for a gold-smuggling operation. Posing as an actor, the producer quickly becomes suspicious and orders him killed on-camera. 2 and 3 go to Thailand where they meet up with another agent, Chuck (Thai), who will help them take down a madman with plans of world domination. His plan somehow involves a formula that turns human skin into bronze. Upon successfully completing their missions, the three Bruces return to base in Hong Kong where a disgruntled Lucas pits them against each other after not receiving his due recognition for creating the clones in the first place.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0The person responsible for The Clones of Bruce Lee<\/strong> is Joseph Kong, a filmmaker whose extensive Bruceploitation filmography also includes Enter the Game of Death and My Name Called Bruce. It has it all- mad scientists plotting to rule the world, metal-skinned assassins, death rays, and topless disco-dancing beachgoers. If you\u2019ve ever wanted to see all these things in the same movie, this is your chance. Who knows, you might even be entertained.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0Like most Asian-made kung fu cheapies that played the grindhouse circuit circa the 70s, The Clones of Bruce Lee<\/strong> is a movie of piss-poor quality. It has the lousy acting, bad dubbing, poorly synched sound effects, chop-choppy editing and nonsensical plot familiar to fans of the genre. Or should I say beloved by fans of the genre? I suppose it doesn\u2019t matter since The Clones of Bruce Lee<\/strong> is a bad movie either way. By that, I mean badly made only. It is NOT unwatchable. Quite the opposite, you won\u2019t be able to avert your eyes. It\u2019s such a nutty flick, you\u2019ll want to watch it all the way through.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I\u2019m not going to waste my time or yours by attempting to extol the virtues of The Clones of Bruce Lee<\/strong>. There is no virtue, artistic or otherwise. A movie like this exists for one purpose only, the fight scenes. There\u2019s plenty of kung fu fighting here. The \u201cactors\u201d get to show off their skills and while they might resemble Bruce, their skills are no match. At best, they\u2019re adequate. They can fight but only as long as they take on one opponent at a time. I\u2019ve often wondered what would happen if the opponents decided to gang up on the hero, haven\u2019t you? In any event, the numerous fights in The Clones of Bruce Lee<\/strong> go well with the insanity of the insane narrative. Or should I say inanity of the inane narrative? However you choose to state it, this movie is clucking nuts!<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I realize I keep coming back to the same thing but it\u2019s the main reason to watch The Clones of Bruce Lee<\/strong>. The minds that came up with it have to be certifiable, right? It\u2019s a trip to Crazy Town. The training montage is underscored by a piece that sounds almost exactly like the theme from Rocky but it\u2019s different enough that the makers don\u2019t have to credit Bill Conti. In the midst of it all, there\u2019s this out of nowhere scene of a group of topless young woman cavorting on a beach. It serves no purpose to the plot; it\u2019s merely a ploy to ensure an R rating. BTW, did you notice one of the trainers is played by Bolo Yeung (credited as Yang Tze)? He was in Enter the Dragon with the real Bruce. He was also the bad guy in Bloodsport starring Jean-Claude Van Damme.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n \u00a0I think I\u2019ve said all there is to be said about The Clones of Bruce Lee<\/strong>. It\u2019s kind of like the Plan 9 from Outer Space of the kung fu genre. It\u2019s sleazy in its shameless exploitation of Bruce but it\u2019s so joyfully dumb that it doesn\u2019t matter. It\u2019s an unintentional comedy made funnier by the movie\u2019s insistence on consistently taking itself seriously. It\u2019s a goof that doesn\u2019t realize it\u2019s a goof. Or is it? Either way, The Clones of Bruce Lee<\/strong> is a lot of fun but only if you like junky movies to begin with.<\/p>\r\n The Clones of Bruce Lee\u00a0 (1980)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Newport Releasing\/Action\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 90 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (martial arts violence, nudity)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Joseph Kong\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Kuang-Hsin Wu\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: 1980 (US)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: Dragon Lee, Bruce Le, Bruce Lai, Bruce Tai, Jon Benn, Andy Hannah, Yang Tze (Bolo Yeung), Do Kong (Chiang Tao).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: N\/A Rating: *** \u00a0After the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-b-movies"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Clones-of-Bruce-Lee-PIC.jpg?fit=1280%2C720&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6037,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/6037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/movieguy247.com\/MovieGuy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/The-Clones-of-Bruce-Lee-POSTER.jpg?resize=620%2C918&ssl=1\")
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