Biopic -- no, hagiopic -- on the Hong Kong film star and so much more: cultural ambassador, martial-arts revolutionist, mixed-race family man. The source material is the memoir of Lee's widow (subtitle: The Man Only I Knew), so you know not to expect much iconoclasm. Even so, you might not have expected the musical score to take its cue from so grandiose a model as JFK. And the hero's early death (not to mention that of his actor son, Brandon) would seem to throw some doubt on the depiction of his triumphant mano-a-mano versus his Inner Demon, an armor-suited boogeyman who had pursued him since childhood. That aside, Jason Scott Lee (no relation) is a strong enough screen presence to stand in acceptably for The Legend, and Lauren Holly (ex-Julie, AMC -- as the soap-opera magazines would put it) holds her own. With Robert Wagner and Nancy Kwan; directed by Rob Cohen. (1993) — Duncan Shepherd
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