Glucedee It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

FuzzyTagz If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

InjunNose After the dark solemnity of the two films he'd made under the direction of Lo Wei ("The Big Boss" and "Fist of Fury"), Bruce Lee clearly wanted to steer his creative ship toward sunnier climes. "The Way of the Dragon", which turned out to be the only movie he ever directed, is far too inconsistent to qualify as a classic--but it has flashes of brilliance while demonstrating that Lee's strengths lay, after all, in intense melodrama rather than in action comedy. The alley nunchaku scene roughly midway through is fantastic, but it's the only successful blend of action and humor in the entire film; the rest of the comedy bits fall flat. Not until the mob boss calls in the three karate pros (Chuck Norris, Robert Wall and durable Hong Kong screen villain Whang Ing-Sik) to dispatch Lee's character Tang Lung does "The Way of the Dragon" really gather any momentum, and by then the movie's nearly over. But it's here that the tone of the film subtly changes (aided by composer Joseph Koo's moody and occasionally even disturbing dramatic cues), which attests to Lee's talent as a filmmaker. Had he lived longer, he would have sharpened his directorial skills. The fights are almost flawlessly choreographed, of course, and just as exciting to watch for the twentieth time as for the first. Six and a half stars.

Maziun At it's heart "The way of dragon" is pretty much a B-class movie. The low budget is quite obvious in few places and the story is very thin. The plot is pretty much an excuse for the nonstop action. The characters are one dimensional .The acting isn't anything special ."The way of dragon" promises action and that's the main (if not only) reason to watch this movie. Bruce Lee is responsible for writing and directing this movie. The movie has a very nice flow and well directed action scenes. There is plenty of fights here and they are all well choreographed . The final showdown at the Colloseum is very exciting and memorable. Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris have a great fight which shows how well skilled they both are.The story has a sense of humor which is sometimes subtly shown in the movie (notice the cat watching Lee and Norris fight). It never takes itself too seriously and the lighthearted approach makes you forgive the otherwise thin storyline. There is even one good twist at the end of movie .The music is nice. The characters are black and white , good guys are likable (if not forgettable ) and the bad guys are fun like cartoon villains. Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris give the best performances in this movie. It's no Oscar worthy acting , but a very adequate performances. Norris probably gives the performance of his live here and his last scene here made me care for him and left me sad. That tells you something.After "Enter the dragon" this is probably Lee's best and well known movie. I give it 8/10.

Atli Hafsteinsson It may have Bruce Lee and Chuck Norris in it - but those are the only bright spots on an otherwise laughable film.Was this film made by an Italian tourism board? On the way to the restaurant at the heart of the film, they happen to drive past every Roman monument. Furthermore, the film is terribly lit and shot. More than once, the film is out of focus. There are needless zoom-ins and zoom-outs. These film techniques work in fight sequences but not more low-key scenes.Maybe humour is just lost in translation, but the jokes where Bruce Lee has to go to the toilet (which ceased to be amusing quick) are laughably embarrassing to watch. The pace of the movie is very bad. One of the aforementioned toilet scenes has the girl of the film waiting for Bruce Lee while he's in her bathroom. I also fail to see how any assassin would use a shotgun for taking someone out from afar. The cinematography is also very poor.Thankfully, the fighting scenes deliver and Bruce Lee is on form. His fight scene with Chuck Norris is the film's highlight, but even that is filled with nonsense. Why, exactly, is there a little cat that the director feels compelled to cut to every 30 seconds? When there is a dramatic zoom-in, zoom-out on Lee and Norris, we get another close-up of the cat, ZOOMING IN AND OUT OF IT! Why?! (And thankfully, Chuck Norris would realize he looks better in a beard, and spare us shots of his hairy shoulders.) In terms of fighting, Way of the Dragon is a good watch, but so many pointless shots could simply have been, and should have been, cut. I'm almost positive the makers of The Hangover watched this film, as the main henchman could very well be Leslie Chow's cousin. He adds some comedic elements, but apart from him and the fighting scenes, Way of the Dragon isn't even an unravelled patch on Enter The Dragon.

t-van-rossum7 Actually , my personal favorite was Fist of Fury (Chinese Connection in the US) but this is also a very good movie and it seems that it was the favorite of his wife Linda Coldwell. Way of the Dragon was known as Return of the Dragon in the US and Chuck Norris must have had fond memories of this one. The illegal filming in the Colosseum in Rome must have been a very daring thing to do. The scene with the dart in a man's backside was quite funny. This was to my knowledge the only Bruce Lee film with some humour in it. The question "Is hore name Tang Lung?" (no spelling error by the way, just the accent the man was speaking) by the Korean guy is the line I think I remember best. It was Bruce's first attempt at directing and he did a very good job too.