One student, Linda Emery (Lauren Holly), becomes the love of his life despite her mother’s fierce antipathy toward the prospect of an Asian son-in-law.Įven a brief synopsis cannot fully convey the narrative density of the undertaking. But the situation additionally propels him into a new career, teaching students the art of self-defense. The object of racial prejudice, Lee obviously holds his own against campus bullies. This affords for another elaborately choreographed fight and leads to the owner (Nancy Kwan) - sensing a better tomorrow for him - bankrolling his college education. Initially, the young man works in menial jobs at a Chinese restaurant. It also turns out that his father lives in fear of the peril to his son from both human and spiritual demons.

Lee’s physical prowess, however, gets him into trouble with the authorities and he’s sent to San Francisco for his own safety. Somewhat awkward socially, he transforms into a confident human dynamo when he’s forced to fight. The jumping-off point of the biopic finds the teenage Lee (the not-related Jason Scott Lee) as a young man in Hong Kong. However, at its core, it’s a romance, and tapping into that audience will determine whether the picture is a small or a big hit. Not truly aimed at aficionados of the action star, it will unquestionably attract that crowd. The combination looks commercially potent and diverse.

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