The Dragon Lives Again (1977)

Original title

李三腳威震地獄門

Directed by

Chi Lo

Genre

fantasy film, comedy film, action film, Bruceploitation

Country

Hong Kong

Runtime

1h 38m

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Bruce Lee's soul goes to the underworld after his death. There he meets a bunch of famous characters like Dracula, James Bond, and Popeye. He teams up with them for crazy adventures.

campyabsurdbizarrecomedicfantasticaloutlandishenergeticoffbeat

What happens

The Dragon Lives Again (Chinese: 李三腳威震地獄門; lit. 'Lee Three Legs Power Shakes the Gates of Hell'; originally released as Li san jiao wei zhen di yu men and also known as Deadly Hands of Kung Fu) is a 1977 Hong Kong erotic fantasy comedy martial arts superhero film in which the soul of Bruce Lee (played by Bruce Leung Siu-Lung) goes to The Underworld. There, the afterlife Lee meets a number of pop culture icons from mostly book based films of the 1960s to the 1970s, including Dracula, James Bond, Zatoichi, The Godfather, The Exorcist, Clint Eastwood and Emmanuelle. Lee befriends The One-Armed Swordsman from the Shaw Brothers Studio, David Carradine dressed like the Warner Brothers Television program Kung Fu main character named Kwai Chang Caine and Popeye from King Features comics and cartoons. The film towards the beginning gives the announcement of "THIS FILM IS DEDICATED TO MILLIONS WHO LOVE BRUCE LEE". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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