Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave
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| Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave 아메리카訪問客 |
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| Directed by | Lee Doo-yong |
| Produced by | Kwak Jeong-Hwan |
| Written by | Hong Ji-un |
| Starring | Jun Chong Deborah Dutch Anthony Bronson Sho Kosugi Bae Soo-Cheong Kim Moon-Joo |
| Music by | Kim Hee-kap |
| Cinematography | An Chang-bok |
| Editing by | Hyeon Dong-chun |
| Studio | Hap Dong Films Co., Ltd |
| Release date(s) |  June 12, 1976 |
| Running time | 96 min. |
| Language | Korean |
| Budget | N/A |
Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave (아메리카訪問客 Visitor in America) is a 1976 Bruceploitation movie starring Bruce Lee impersonator and tae kwon do instructor Jun Chong (using the name Bruce K.L. Lea). The movie was directed by Doo-Yong Lee, though persistent rumour claims that the movie was directed by Italian horror director Umberto Lenzi. (He may have directed the Bruceploitation elements that were tacked on to the original film.) The poster for the film bears a resemblance to the Meat Loaf album, Bat Out of Hell, but the film was released a year before the album's release date. The poster's artwork was very common among exploitation films.
The version of the film seen on UK and US videos and DVDs comes from an US edit of an English dub prepared in Hong Kong. Although the film was released in Korea in 1976, it isn't clear if the film had a release in Chinese markets. The music score for the Chinese/English version contains music lifted from the soundtracks to Rocky (1976) and Rollercoaster (1977), two films not released until after the Korean release date of this film. The sound FX on this version is typical HK sound FX rather than the sort heard in Korean films. Also, the script for the English dub makes repeated references to the Asian characters being Chinese, when the visual evidence is that they are Korean. The US distributors added the infamous "Bruce Lee" opening sequence.
The UK VHS added their own bit of Bruceploitation falsehood, by stating that Danny Inosanto [Bruce Lee's student and an actor in Game Of Death (1978) and The Chinese Stuntman (1981]) was in the cast, and listing the plot synopsis for Exit The Dragon, Enter The Tiger (1976) on the video sleave, probably because they realised the film had nothing to do with Bruce Lee fighting back from the grave!
[edit] Plot overview
The opening sequence of the movie shows a Bruce Lee imitator leaping out from under a tombstone after the grave is struck by lightning. While the title and intro of the movie imply a story involving Bruce Lee returning from the afterlife in order to do battle, the bulk of the movie involves a plot having nothing to do with Bruce Lee.
Jeong Jun plays Han-Wuk, a Korean man trying to discover the truth behind the death of his brother Han Ji-Hyeok. He travels to America and allies himself with a woman named Susan (Deborah Dutch). Han-Wuk is harassed by a number of petty criminals and thugs in his attempt to find his friend. Eventually, he begins to suspect that Ji-Hyeok is still alive, and involved in a criminal racket.
[edit] Reference
[edit] External links
- Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave at the Internet Movie Database
- Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave is available for free download at the Internet Archive [more]
- Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave at AllRovi
- Korean Film Database entry
- Korean Powerhouse entry
