There was a point in time, I forget when, when somebody, I forget who tried to convince Louis and I that a Malaysian guy, with the help of the mystical art of silat actually killed Bruce Lee. The Lee family and anyone involved with the Chinese culture of course quickly covered this up and made it look like Bruce Lee had died from an alleged ‘medical problem’.

In retrospect, thats probably the dumbest fucking thing I have ever heard.

As I write this, I have no idea if that picture is gonna fit or not but I don’t care. Bruce wouldn’t.

In Way of the Dragon Chuck Norris was on the verge of beating Bruce Lee - a man who would probably have in his prime, have given Superman a tough fight. Norris was taller, bigger, wearing adidas allstars and more importantly, wearing white pants. You cannot lose in white. Not in a kung fu movie anyway. But this was no ordinary kung fu movie. And Bruce Lee was no ordinary un-billed asian villain who would populate Walker Texas Ranger a decade later.

I dont want to see any more slow motion punches, no more tried and tested action with bullet time, no more Jean Claude Van Damme doing the splits across chairs, no more Arnold Schwarzenegger JUMPING UNTO EIN HELICOPTAH AND DODGING BAZOOKA JUST IN NICKK OF TIME JINGLEALLTHEWAY!! The action in Way of the Dragon was real. Cinema at its purist. Combat at its purist.

I like this movie because it kind of acts like a benchmark in modern cinema. On the one hand, from this movie, Bruce Lee went on to become on of the most revered and influential figures in modern martial arts. Chuck Norris went on to become the guy who gives the thumbs up to Average Joes Gymnasium.