Review of Birth of the Dragon (2017) by Douglas O — 02 Sep 2017

I loved all the old school SF period shots, the amazing fight scenes and the lead actor was dead on as Bruce Lee!

This review of Birth of the Dragon (2017) was written by Douglas O on 02 Sep 2017.

Birth of the Dragon has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Chris Hewitt (Uk) (87) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 21 Feb 2018

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