Scene of the Week: Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story – Ice Fight
Bruce Lee often had people confront him on movie sets and challenge him to a fight. It’s the kind of thing that comes with being a living legend back in the 60’s and 70’s. It made for a number of really good stories of Bruce kicking the living shit out guys and sometimes just taking pity on a poor man for his foolishness. I can tell you that the fight in this scene definitely did not happen the way its portrayed. Hell, most of the movie is made up, but the fact that dudes would pick a fight with Bruce means that there are just as many stupid people in the 1960’s as there are now.
Despite how ridiculous this movie might be compared to what actually happened, this fight scene is freaking great! No matter how kickass the fight scenes are in The Big Boss, no one ever tried to decapitate another guy with a giant saw. My favorite fight scene from the real The Big Boss (which you’ll find below) is bonkers as hell and does feature a saw but it never turns into a vengeful challenge between two men that looks to be a fight to the death.
This scene is one of the few times where living in a gun-loving America would have done the bad guys some good. No matter how badass Bruce Lee is, he can’t run from a .40 cal.
