Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey

Year: 2000

Grade: C

Country: USA

Director: Little

Review

no better than any of the other “great man” documentaries made over the years. in fact the first 10 minutes sumarize his entire life which leaves the last 90 minutes to fill in the blanks with detail. that, in my opinion, makes for an odd way to make a documentary. the voice over narration made it seem as though it was made for tv rather than a “serious” documentary like the one below or “when we were kings” about ali (the rumble in the jungle specifically). but because of the subject the documentary was guaranteed to be at least passable. bruce lee was truly a rare person. a philosopher of sorts, an extremely motivated, intelligent and highly skilled guy. the last twenty minutes is actually just lost footage of the film he was working on when he died. oh and they didn’t mention at all why he died, that is unacceptable and really a missed opportunity because of the mystery surrounding it. C.