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THIS SHOULD BE "A TRIBUTE TO BRUCE LI"
First off, this box deserves 5 stars even if only for the two Bruce Li movies. No real Bruce Lee movies are featured here. "Fist of Fear, Touch of Death" was good but is VERY badly researched in it's history of Bruce Lee. BRUCE LEE FIGHTS BACK FROM THE GRAVE is really good. It stars Bruce K.L. Lea. He is no Bruce Li, but he does a pretty adequate job as the hero. Then there's the two classic Bruce Li films that are in my opinion, presented better here than in any other release to date. In case you are unfamiliar, Bruce Li is the successor to Bruce Lee. He was a student of Bruce Lee and comes across to me as a better martial artist than Lee. His real name is Ho Chung Tao. Perhaps Bruce Li's most famous film, BRUCE LEE, THE MAN THE MYTH is included here.

SIDE A: MOVIE 1: IMAGE OF BRUCE LEE
This 5 star classic features Bruce Li as a cop investigating an international forgery operation. This features some of the best fights of Bruce's career.

MOVIE 2: BRUCE LEE FIGHTS BACK FROM THE GRAVE
The film's pretty good but has nothing to do with the title.

SIDE B: MOVIE 1: FIST OF FEAR, TOUCH OF DEATH
While quite a bad film, it's presented in widescreen, appears to be remastered and looks and sounds stunning.

MOVIE 2: BRUCE LEE THE MAN THE MYTH
Here is the dialouge for a trailer of this movie: "All new All True! Based on the life and times of Bruce Lee. Starring Bruce Li, a sixth degree black belt in kung fu, a master in three forms of wing chun, a master in tae kwon do, so much like him you'll swear Bruce Lee lives!" This is without doubt the best Bruce Lee biopic ever made. Bruce Li is at his Bruce Lee peak in this film. Doing the wails and noises, hopping around with geatures and such. Although the general fan favorite is "The Chinese Stuntman", the movie here and "Exit The Dragon, Enter The Tiger" are probably Bruce's most famous films.

OVERALL: A must buy for Bruce Li fans although you wouldn't think so.

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One great bio-pic of Lee plus three Bruceploitation films
A Tribute to Bruce Lee is more for Bruceploitation fans than Bruce Lee fans, with the exception of the excellent Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth. None of these four movies actually feature Bruce Lee at all, and three of them basically have nothing to do with him whatsoever. The aforementioned Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth, however, is arguably the finest biographical film of Bruce Lee's life ever made, and it stars the most famous of the Bruce clones, Bruce Li, in what is almost surely his finest role. Li manages to capture some of the essence and fighting style of the Dragon, and Bruce Lee's life is portrayed in a quite positive manner. The film steers clear of innuendoes of any kind until the very end, when it dramatizes a couple of speculative and rumor-based hypotheses concerning the mysterious death (or, in one case, disappearance) of Lee at the young age of 33.

Whereas Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth is a five-star look at the real Bruce Lee's life, the abominable Fist of Fury, Touch of Death stands as its polar opposite. This film is nothing short of the worst Bruceploitation film ever made. The story, surrounding the 1979 karate championships where Bruce Lee's "successor" will be determined by the winner of the welterweight fight between complete no-names, is atrocious. The greatest sin of this film, however, is its presentation of a completely fictional and error-riddled biography of Bruce's early years.

Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave is a travesty of a title , and the plot summary of this film that you will find on the back cover detailing Bruce's return to battle the Dark Angel of death is patently false and woefully inaccurate. This movie is really too weird to go into here, but the captivating Deborah Chaplin who plays opposite our hero Wong Han (played by Bruce K.L. Lea) helped make this Bruceploitation film much better and enjoyable than the plot could ever have managed to be on its own.

Image of Bruce Lee is another film salvaged quite nicely by an amazing actress - in this case, the gorgeous Dana Lei. Bruce Li plays a pretty lousy detective whose inability to remain out of sight on reconnaissance missions leads him to face a number of kung fu challengers along the way. Bruce Lee fans should get a kick out of seeing Yin-Chieh Han, who played the bad gay in Fist of Fury (aka The Big Boss), as well as Bolo Yeung from Enter the Dragon, spot important roles in the film. The amazing Dana Lei, though, makes this otherwise crackpot film a Bruceploitation favorite of mine - not only is she gorgeous and talented, she also supplies the late plot twist that elevates this film a step above mediocrity.

Any Bruce Lee fans should see Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth, but many such fans will be turned off by the other three Bruceploitation films rounding out the four movies included in this release. If you inexplicably love the Bruceploitation films as much as I do, though, Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave and Image of Bruce Lee are two of the more memorable knockoff films which you will not want to miss. No Bruce Lee fan can possibly find a single bit of enjoyment in Fist of Fear, Touch of Death, but it is worth a look for anyone who wonders just how low a Bruceploitation film could possibly go in order to make money off a dead hero's name. As long as you know what you are getting here and don't have a problem with Bruceploitation films, A Tribute to Bruce Lee is actually a very affordable, entertaining purchase.

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Uh, hello?
Hey dudes! WHo is reviewing this thing! The dude who said these films deserve academy awards is on dope! "Fist of Fear, Touch of Death" is the worst bruce lee exploitation ever. It was made by Fred Williamson and his con artists at World Northal Films in the late 70's to pad their bank accounts. There were numerous lawsuits surrounding this turkey! Oh, Note to other reviewer: BRUCE LEE appears in none of these films, except for quick outtakes in that loser "Fist of Fear...". "Bruce Lee The man the Myth" is the only film worth watching, and yes, IT IS far superior to the Hollywood chick flick "Dragon STory". You can buy "MAn the Myth" seperately here at Amazon.com, so search for it and get it. The other two clunkers in this package are quite simply filmed road kill wrapped in a brightly colored package.