Birth of the Dragon
In 1964, a young Bruce Lee owns and operates a San Francisco Kung Fu Academy, specializing in the Chinese martial art Wing Chun. Lee cares for his students, providing advice, roles as extras in his upcoming projects, and defending them from the gangs of Chinatown. One of Lee's students, Steve McKee, spars with Lee while fighting in anger, causing Lee to counter and embarrass him. McKee and Vinnie Wei work for the latter's mother's laundry business, where they find out that master Wong Jack-man is on a pilgrimage from China to observe the kung fu scene in the United States. While carrying out a delivery to the China Gate restaurant, McKee falls for an employee, Xiulan, who is forbidden to communicate with anyone on the outside. One night, McKee sneaks over to the restaurant to give her a grammar book, teaching her fellow roommates basic English.
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 |
| Genre: | Action, Biography, Drama |
| Country: | Canada, China, United States |
| Produced By: | Christopher Wilkinson, Janice Williams, Stephen J. Rivele, Helen Ye Zhong, Kelly Mullen, Jaeson Ma, Michael London, Hong Pang, Leo Shi Young, David Nicksay, Joel Viertel |
| Directed By: | George Nolfi |
| Written By: | Christopher Wilkinson, Stephen J. Rivele |
| Cast: | Billy Magnussen, Tony Chris Kazoleas, Xing Jin, Joel Montgrand, Tom Hart, Hawlan Ng, Ed Moy, Gelsea Mae, King Lau, Christina July Kim, Tom MacNeill, Sunny Chen, Rick Lasquete, Jingjing Qu, Peter Chao, Cabran E. Chamberlain, Steven Wiig, Lillian Lim, Yee Jee Tso, Thomas Dalby, Yu Xia, Terry Chen, John Lobato, Alan Chu, Steven Roberts, Vanessa Ross, Jamie M. Roberts, Jim Eliason, Natalie Stephany Aguilar, Jay Kamal, Mahal Montoya, Heidi Michaelis, Simon Chin, Gerardo Barcala, Darryl Quon, Melody Peng, Darren E. Scott, Michael Andrew Reed, Anthony Puah, Philip Ng, Simon Yin, Felix Chu, Vincent Cheng, Larry Kitagawa, Teresa Navarro, Andy Arness, Jeff Mosley, Mary Lu Marr, Ron Yuan |
| In Theaters: | Aug 25, 2017 |
| Runtime: | 1 hour 35 minutes |
| Production: | Groundswell Productions, Kylin Pictures, Anomaly Entertainment, WWE Studios |
| Budget: | $31,000,000 |
| Box Office: | $6,901,965 |
| Available On: | Amazon, Itunes, Vudu |
| Read More On: | Wikipedia |
