Bruce Li Movies
- 1988
- R
Matthew (Richard Norton) lives in the year 2025 in the aftermath of the collapse of civilization. At a remote temple in the desert he discovers the head of the spear a Roman soldier is said to have poked into the side of Jesus as he hung on the cross. This magical artifact enables Matthew to travel back in time to 1986, when the film was made. His mission is to join the spearhead with the missing shaft, which, according to legend, will give him the power to prevent the holocaust which led to the collapse of civilization. At the temple site he meets Michelle (Linda Carol),an anthropology student, and her boyfriend Slade (Robert Patrick). After saving them from a gang of evil bikers, he enlists them in his mission to change the future. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robert Patrick, Linda Carol, (more)
- 1982
- R
This action thriller from Hong Kong begins with Princess Rawleen (Mandy Moore) having to rush back home after her father (the king) dies unexpectedly and cannot finish a major deal with the U.S. Rawleen gets sidetracked when her jet is sabotaged, and she ends up at the mansion of a friend where she is kidnapped. The hero, a CIA agent named Jack Sargeant (Bruce Baron) sets out to find her with the help of the Dragon Force, an international, underground, crime-fighting unit headed by a karate expert (Bruce Li). The hapless Princess cannot become unkidnapped until the heroes have kicked and chopped the competition down to zero, a feat which takes up much of the 100-minute running time. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
An area policeman (Bruce Li) releases seven prisoners so that they can help in the fight against local crime. Together, they form a powerful martial-arts group. Some releases erroneously credit Bruce Le with the starring role. ~ John Bush, All Movie Guide
When a man forms a small movie production company, he doesn't plan on being foiled by the owners of several major studios, who have devised what they believe is an ingenious method of taking him out of the picture. Their plan goes wildly askew, however, when the drug they had intended to use as an aphrodisiac turns out deadly. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
Lee Chen Kun, Ma Tien Long, Johnny Taylor star in the martial-arts maelstrom The Fierce Boxer. The usual plotline in this sort of fare involves the hero avenging his father's death. This time, however, it's the father who's the central character. Kun plays that character, an ageing but far from infirm martial-arts master. His skills are taxed to the utmost when he is called upon to rescue his son from evil opponents. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1981
- R
Bruce Li, one of the best of the Bruce Lee wannabes, is the Iron Dragon. Li "strikes back" at the men who killed his martial-arts master. As often happens in films of the sort, the rate of attrition in the ranks of the villains is astonishing. And, as always happens in films of this sort, it's one-on-one at the finale. Filmed in 1981, Iron Dragon Strikes Back was distributed in the US three years later. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Martial arts star Bruce Li (aka Ho Chung-tao) stars as the legendary Bruce Lee in this dramatic biography which examines Lee's rise to fame and untimely death. Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story begins with Lee's years in the United States, as he teaches martial arts and eventually gets his big break on the television series The Green Hornet. Lee becomes a major star in Hong Kong, and becomes the greatest star in martial arts films, but his marriage hits a rough patch when he becomes involved with actress Betty Ting Pei, whom he was seeing at the time of his death. Bruce Lee: A Dragon Story was one of several unauthorized biographies of Bruce Lee that hit screens after the star's death in 1973, and Bruce Li was one of a handful of actors who sought to follow in his footsteps, including Bruce Lei, Bruce Le, and Bruce Leigh. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
A martial artist looking to lead a peaceful life after avenging the murder of his brother finds that it's not so easy to break the cycle of violence in this sequel to the popular Bruce Lee film starring Bruce Li. In avenging his brother's death Chen Shan (Li) nearly lost his life at the hands of the notorious Far East Organization. Now all Chen wants is to return home and bury the past, but the surviving members of the vengeful organization are out for blood, and it's only a matter of time until they track Chen down. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- 1979
- R
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The third entry in the Street Fighter series found the filmmakers adding in James Bond style trickery to spice up the kung-fu formula. This time, Terry Tsugury (Chiba) is hired by the criminal Owada clan to rescue a pair of cassette tapes that contain a formula that would the cheap manufacture of heroin. Tsugury pulls it off successfully but when his employers to double-cross him, Tsugury takes off with the tapes. The criminals send a group of thugs after him, led by a laser-shooting mariachi known as Mr. Black (Black). With a little help from female government agent Kaho (Shiomi), Tsugury use his fighting skills and mastery of disguises to foil the Owada clan and their henchmen. In the process, he gets to the bottom of a drug conspiracy that involves both the criminal underworld and the local police. Star Sonny Chiba went on to several more kung-fu epics built around his tough-guy charisma and Sue Shiomi later starred in a Street Fighter series spinoff entitled Sister Streetfighter. ~ Donald Guarisco, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sonny Chiba
One of the many similarly named actors to cash in on the success of the legendary Bruce Lee, Bruce Li stars in Blind Fist of Bruce as a man who learns various forms of martial arts from a wise man. Armed with the skills, Li protects himself and his family from the gangsters who threaten their security. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- 1978
- R
After the death of Bruce Lee in 1973, a slew of imitators invaded the world of the kung fu flick. One of the more well-known is Bruce Li (aka Ho Chung Tao), who continued making sequels and what one might charitably call homages well into the 1980s. Dynamo would, were it just another kung fu flick, rank somewhere in the middle of the pack; if the plot is strictly connect-the-dots, the fight scenes aren't bad, and there are plenty of them. (Though it should be noted that not all of the fight scenes are actually from this film, a move made presumably to lengthen the movie, which as it is clocks in at a paltry 81 minutes and barely sustains the plot even that long.) The premise--a Bruce Lee lookalike plucked from obscurity to make money for an advertising agency--is awkwardly ironic, and mention of Lee's recent demise early in the film doesn't help matters, although it's probably supposed to. When it is Li onscreen, he's actually fun to watch, and it's regrettable that his career is largely founded on imitating Bruce Lee. He tries, but largely lacks the latter's passionate intensity that was key to his star quality, and the result is a film that's a pale copy of the real thing. If you want to watch a Bruce Lee movie, then you might as well watch a Bruce Lee movie. ~ Genevieve Williams, All Movie Guide
- 1978
- R
Ho Chung Tao's action film Fists of Bruce Lee centers on a cop who has been hired to install a security network at the home of Master Po Fu Mei. The officer falls in love with his client's daughter, whom he must rescue after she is kidnapped by enemies of the client. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
A wealthy businessman finds himself in a heap of trouble after being framed for an illegitimate drug charge in Bangkok. Desperate, he turns to his only foreseeable hope of escape -- his chauffeur, martial arts expert Bruce Li. Directed by Lee Tso Nam, Edge of Fury also stars Tommy Lee. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
Directed by Jimmy Shaw, this vintage kung fu action film revolves around the efforts of an international narcotics ring to dominate the entire Southeast Asian drug market. There's only one thing standing in their way -- martial arts expert Bruce Li. Return of the Tiger also stars Paul L. Smith and cult favorite Angela Mao Ying. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Angela Mao Ying
The legendary Bruce Lee and former NFL great Fred Williamson star in Fist of Fear, Touch of Death, which is concerned with one of the biggest martial arts tournaments in history. The movie was filmed on location at Madison Square Garden. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Fred Williamson, Ron Van Clief, (more)
Yueng Kuen directs Bruce Li in the martial arts action film The Image of Bruce Lee. Li plays an undercover police officer assigned to stop a criminal operation (headed by Yin-Chieh Han and Bolo Yeung) that has already stolen jewels and passed phony currency. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide
A devoted Bruce Lee fan and martial arts instructor dejected by the death of his hero vows to solve the mystery behind his hero's death in this martial arts action effort starring Bruce Li. Upon learning that his hero has died, the dedicated fan finds his passion for life dwindling. When a divine vision of Lee implores the young fan to find and punish those responsible for the martial arts superstar's strange death, Li sets out to deliver justice to those responsible for the crime and restore honor to his fallen hero's name. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bruce Li
- 1977
While doing research on the ancient tribe of inhabitants of an isolated island, two Chinese martial arts experts attempt to save the daughter of a murdered tribal chief from a powerful sorcerer. ~ Kristie Hassen, All Movie Guide
This biography of famed martial arts actor Bruce Lee begins as Lee is leaving Hong Kong for America, to fulfill his mother's wishes. The story follows him to San Francisco, where he first settled, and to the University of Washington in Seattle, where he established his first martial-arts classes. Scenes from such Bruce Lee films as The Big Boss are re-created. ~ Brian Gusse, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Bruce Li, Caryn White, (more)
- 1976
In this martial arts action movie, a young kung fu master seeks vengeance upon the villains who murdered a prominent miner. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
