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Sho nuff from the last dragon movie2/14/2023 I was never sure if “The Last Dragon” was honestly intended as a film aimed for the African American demographic a la “The Wiz,” or if it was an honest spoof of martial arts films that marketed on the pop of the eighties in the process, because if you watch this you know the film is laughably bad, but you can’t help but wonder if the actors know this. This leaves the film open for a lot of music blaring over the dialogue nine times out of ten, wildly neon set pieces, and a ridiculous montage of Bruce Lee scenes playing while Leroy goes orgasmic and kisses his love interest who happens to be the local popular VJ. He finds himself hating Leroy, and plans to kill him, while Leroy battles an evil music promoter, and searches for an ultimate power known as “The Glow.” This Shogun is named “Sho’ Nuff the Shogun of Harlem” who also walks around in Samurai garb and the traditional hairdo. ![]() ![]() ![]() A young man named Bruce Leroy (Taimak, whose acting is at par with Hayden Christensen) who is genuinely a martial arts buff and appears at low rent theaters dressed in traditional garb of kung fu masters eating popcorn with chopsticks finds himself at the mercy of a local shogun. Imagine a kung fu film built in the same vein “The Wiz” was. To a young boy like me, this was the action genre at its finest, with amazing performances, and a climactic battle that rivaled Luke and Darth.You can stop laughing now.Īnyway, “The Last Dragon” is the worst kind of Bruce Lee homage. “The Last Dragon” is a bad movie, but sadly it’s a good memory of my childhood. I recall always reading TV Guide and cutting out the small pictures advertising certain films appearing within the week. Many film buffs based in knowing cult classics or bad films in general just know what film I’m talking about and they just can’t help talk about and bask in all its pure horrid presence.īut back when the CW was simply WPIX Channel 11 in New York, their rotating limited library of films were cyclical to the point where I knew what would be on before it came on. One of the biggest childhood favorites that I gladly admit to loving is “The Last Dragon.”
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