Legend of Bruce Lee

Despite an opening sequence which suggests that what follows may back up the title (a collage of stills and articles, cutting to a suitably heroic training session featuring Lee Roy Lung, the film's 'lookalike' find), this sidetracks into an undistinguished contemporary kung-fu action film whose protagonist is apparently - in an odd confusion of reality and fiction - supposed to be the real-life Bruce Lee. Failing as a homage, and not aspiring to the exposé scurrility of A Dragon's Story, it misses out on every count. Lee Roy Lung masters only the least relevant of the star's mannerisms, and is a very boring fighter, a point underscored by the feeble-looking opponents he confronts. Heavily cut, the film is further burdened with an all-purpose soul score.