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Birth of the Dragon
U.S. Release Date: August 25
The Plot: In 1960s San Francisco, as Bruce Lee teaches his own type of martial arts to non-Chinese, kung fu master Wong Jack Man is sent from China to stop Lee's heretical ways.
The Buzz: Audiences who managed to catch this biography have called out everyone involved for making a movie that feels anti-Asian and places Steve McKee, a Caucasian character played by Billy Magnussen, at the center of the action. Quietly tucked into the end of the summer calendar, perhaps the idea here is that controversy will help create a profit for the micro-budgeted picture? Experienced writer and Adjustment Bureau helmer George Nolfi directs.
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The Plot: In 1960s San Francisco, as Bruce Lee teaches his own type of martial arts to non-Chinese, kung fu master Wong Jack Man is sent from China to stop Lee's heretical ways.
The Buzz: Audiences who managed to catch this biography have called out everyone involved for making a movie that feels anti-Asian and places Steve McKee, a Caucasian character played by Billy Magnussen, at the center of the action. Quietly tucked into the end of the summer calendar, perhaps the idea here is that controversy will help create a profit for the micro-budgeted picture? Experienced writer and Adjustment Bureau helmer George Nolfi directs.
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