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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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)
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Enter Three Dragons (1978)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.