Another Legend that followed the destiny of his father. Brandon Lee was born on February 1, 1965. He was the son of famous martial artist Bruce Lee and his wife Linda Lee Cadwell. Born Brandon Bruce Lee, he began his career as a fairly successful martial artist in film and television. He is most widely known for his performance in “The Crow”, however, he had appeared in film and television shows highlighting his martial arts prowess.
Brandon Lee died due to a tragic freak accident in the set of “The Crow”, result of a misplaced bullet-cartridge in one of the prop-guns that was supposed to shoot his immortal character in one scene. He was rushed to the hospital, but passed away on March 31, 1993. “Who the hell gave that stupid prop-guy the gun in his hands!?”
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If you like the series you’ll like this one, too – BUT! Before I start, let me say this: WHO, WHY, HOW the fuck did they choose David Caradine? I mean, HEY, he has the martial arts experience of an ape who lived his hole life in a circus (o_0)=@)x_0) Ouch!!!
Brandon Lee would wipe the floor with Caradine’s ass any day of the week. Anyway, if you want to see Brandon Lee in his first “big” role then you’ll enjoy this, with a big smile on your face. It was also the only movie where he played a villain. It has it’s moments, so even for a TV Special it is still watchable.
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It could get worse, but hey in the 80’s and 90’s, a lot of production companies in China and Japan started doing direct to VHS movies. This is Brandon Lee’s only one, where he also got his voice dubbed in Chinese. That alone is a reason to watch this and laugh your ass of :-D and It’s directed by Ronny Yu, of “Bride of Chucky” and “Freddy vs. Jason” fame.
The action and fight scenes, although cut too fast and confusingly, might bring a little happiness to your boring Monday evening. If you liked Jackie Chan’s movies from that time it will fill in perfectly. In every move of Brandon’s fights you’ll find some of his father’s style and that is just a dream to watch, especially for you guys who train and do martial arts themselves.
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Slowly but surely it started to get better for Brandon Lee´s career, but not this time :-D This movie is, to sum it up into one word: COMMERCIAL. The insiders will know what I mean. You really have to try hard to like it. A good and solid B-Movie and that’s all about there is to it. On the other side a disgrace to every James Bond movie but still you have to like it when it comes to fighting: Brandon Lee ;-) And this might be the ending for his “bad-movie” career. What came after where three kick-ass movies (literally :-)).
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Dolph Lundgren & Brandon Lee in one movie ?! As cops o_0 WOW! It’s not exactly a buddy comedy but in this movie (banned in half the world because of its gory & bloody action) you’ll find out why Lundgren was one of the action stars from that time. And what would you need for a good movie in this kind of genre: Gunshots, girls, kicking, girls, punching, girls, explosions, girls, outrageous dialogue, girls…enough. You can’t even try to take any scene in this flick seriously, if you stopped to try you’d realize the truth, that you’re watching a regular action film. Watch it with your buddies, because this one goes well with beer ;-) And enjoy Brandon Lee’s first role where he slowly get’s to the point where you can call what he does acting. I don’t mean to be mean, but he could fight and he could also act, but only later in life he learned the latter ;-)
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Unarmed and extremely shitty production :-( After “Showdown in Little Tokyo”, everyone expected that the next one would be a big-bang action martial arts movie, but: NO! Poorly written script, a hero that really hangs from one scene to the next just for the fights (which are very good). Brandon was the only shiny star in this one, and it seems like for a few minutes, when the director wasn’t watching, he could do his thing. No offense but really, good story destroyed because of lack of interest. It’s like you’re watching a fighting game, where the heroes run from one fight to another… Oh, and yes the director now is now doing the “Tekken” movie, God help us… Anyway, this is where we get to:
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“It Can’t Rain All The Time”. One of the best movies of the 1990’s. I don’t know where to start when it comes to other films that tried to copy this one. This is like re-doing David Fincher’s “Fight Club”. Or worse, Stephen Norrington trying to re-imagine “The Crow” – Who the hell had that idea? It’s a disgrace to moviemaking in general! OK, back to the original ;-)
Directed by Alex Proyas (“Dark City”, “I, Robot” and now “Knowing”) with just 15 million dollars, based on the graphic novels from James O’Bar. I can’t help but saying, that even Christopher Nolan might’ve gotten some of his ideas from this film for “The Dark Knight” (hate me, but it’s probably true!).
Rocker Eric Draven (Brandon Lee) and his fiancée Shelly Webster (Sofia Shinas) plan to get married on Halloween. When they get brutally murdered the night before Halloween (Devil’s Night), a crow brings Eric back to avenge his and his love’s death, or as the movie puts it into words: “To put the wrong things right”. While the “revenge” story has been done and redone a million times, Proyas’ ability for storytelling is best shown in the epic romantic way that Eric’s journey develops. Everything, from the exclusive focus on fighting and action to the bad acting, that you knew from Brandon’s career is destroyed in this movie. Proyas tells a tale of revenge and never-ending love with a dark, almost expressionistic style and deep emotions. Every character gets his due screen time, which is a nightmare for screenwriters to avoid plot-holes, but there are none! The cinematography is brilliant, shedding what little light every scene has in the right spots between the very alive shadows. Dariusz Wolski (Director of Photography) really deserves the credit for one of the most memorable visual experiences of modern cinema. Every move in every scene blends perfectly with the characters and the music.
The music in “The Crow” is a real crowd breaker. There is this perfect top-of-chart dark Rock music and then there is the short, but ultimately effective orchestrated score by Graeme Revell. I personally liked the score much more, but then again the are these songs that support the scenes and this is something that usually doesn’t work, but blends really well in “The Crow”. It is around 50/50, but a good mix of solutions were found for every taste ;-) The Crow is a story of love and revenge, loss and retribution. It is the portrayal of the struggle between the pain of seeing the past, and the peace of gaining closure. Director Alex Proyas did a wonderful job of capturing this struggle on film.
PS: There is a Work-Print Version of the Film which is much longer and also has the famous “Skull Cowboy” scene in it :-). Have fun searching for it.
Brandon Bruce Lee
February 1st 1965 – March 31st 1993
R.I.P.
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Sori (Director´s name) is back, after “Appleseed” & “Vexille” two anime features. We present you his first real feature (He did one before “Ping Pong”) about an classic japanese tale “Zatoichi – The Blind Swordsman” in this case here, it´s a woman (lone goze: blind woman singer) ;-) YATTA! 
Oh Dear Lord! Sometimes I ask myself – Why do I love Asian Cinema? I am sure it´s not because of this one :-( 
Every move kills! At the first moment it seems like a re-remake of “Infernal Affairs” As we follow our hero (Wu Jing) through his adventure, it seems that there is more then meets the eye!