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IMDb rating 7.2
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Critic rating 8

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Critic Jo Berry
rated 8

This is the film that provides just about the best combat sequence ever shot. No fancy camera work, no trickery. Just two guys at the peak of their powers knocking seven shades out of each other.

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Cast & Crew

Bruce Lee
As Tang Lung
Bruce Lee
Director
Chuck Norris
As Colt
Malisa Longo
As Italian Beauty
Tony Liu
As Tony
Giuseppe Marrocco
As Man at Airport (uncredited)
Riccardo Billi
As Bank Manager (uncredited)

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The Way of the Dragon is a 1972 martial arts film directed by and starring Bruce Lee. The movie follows Tang Lung (Lee), a young martial artist from Hong Kong who travels to Rome to help his cousins, who are being harassed by a local crime boss. Tang Lung must use his martial arts skills to defend the restaurant and defeat the crime boss's henchmen. Along the way he meets Chen Ching-hua (Nora Miao), a beautiful young woman who helps him in his quest. The film features a memorable fight scene between Tang Lung and Colt (Chuck Norris), a world-class martial artist hired by the crime boss to take down Tang Lung. The Way of the Dragon showcases Lee's signature martial arts style and his ability to blend action, comedy, and drama in a thrilling and entertaining film.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Way of the Dragon include Death Wish, The Yakuza (1974), Cool Hand Luke, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, Freebie and the Bean, Black Gunn.

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The Way of the Dragon was released in theaters on August 7, 1974.