Strangely enough, the movie “Dragon Island” has remained the best genre example of a martial arts film for over forty years. Moreover, for some admirers of this category of films, the presence of Bruce Lee on the screen is quite enough to revise the picture once every 20.
The charismatic characters of the picture always attracted the audience. It is enough to recall how many Soviet children were so impressed with this film that they went in batches to the martial arts classes straight from the cinema halls of the USSR.
The film "Dragon Island" also delights with the original special music of Lalo Shifrina. His compositions reflected the true spirit of the film.
Bruce lee is alive
For fans of the actor, the main role of the Master in this film is of great importance, because this is his last fully completed shooting. The Dragon Island will remain in their memory for a long time. Bruce Lee was and will be the idol of long-growing teenagers and not only. Modern little athletes continue to watch and admire this actor and athlete. If you discard the predictable plot, you get an excellent video tutorial on martial arts. After all, the fierce manner of battle, the indomitable spirit of a fighter, which were always inherent in this person, will never find their equal. The bright star of Bruce Lee will burn in hearts forever.
Legendary person
It is difficult to say, if Bruce Lee was alive, would he have sunk into oblivion or continued to swim in the stellar waves? We will never know, because he left a living legend, and it will remain forever. Just imagine, the operators of the film “Dragon Island” were forced to use special equipment for filming. This was due to the fact that ordinary movie cameras of the time (1973) did not have time to capture the lightning strike of a legend.
Movie content
The events of the film “Dragon Island” transfer the viewer to the fortress island, which was transformed by one of the leaders of the militants into a school of martial arts. A successful screen to disguise smuggling.
The main character (Lee) has unique abilities: he studies martial arts also from a philosophical and religious point of view. Once he receives an offer to take part in a tournament.
From his teacher, the hero learns that the person organizing the tournament, Khan, was a long time ago a student of Shaolin, but he insulted the sacred rules of the monastery school and was expelled. The police need a brave man who would get to the island and get incontrovertible evidence of smuggling before a special detachment arrives to seize the territory.
The police have already sent their employee there, but since then there has been absolutely no news from her. A fighter like Hero Lee is an ideal option for this mission, because it is forbidden to carry any weapons on this smuggled island.
Bruce courageously gets into the junk provided by Khan to the participants of his tournament, and sets off for the ill-fated island.
Other fighters swim with him: one of them takes part in the tournament in the hope of winning a prize and paying card debts to a gangster group, and someone goes once and for all to get even with Khan and his illegal business. Further in the story are inexorable fights. It ends with the triumph of justice.
What else is there to add? It is difficult to say whether it is worth watching this film several times, given the unpretentious plot, the duration of the shooting, etc. But if you haven’t watched it once, look, it’s the ancestor of hundreds of subsequent not entirely successful copies.