I wanted to gauge the familiarity and love of this film, since it's probably the one movie I watched growing up at such a young age. I pretty much memorized every word, every beat, every moment. And I LOOOVE the music. Unforgettable characters, great fighting, and a sore missed opportunity for a likey excellent line of toys and figurines.
For the uninitiated, LAST DRAGON follows the trials and tribulations of Bruce Leroy Green, who must reach the highest level of martial artistry to attain "the glow". However, he gets involved with video VJ vixen Laura Charles and finds himself caught in a power struggle between money-mad Eddie Arkadian, the king of arcades, and Sho'nuff, the Shogun of Harlem.
My copy of the film was actually a VHS taped off television. Broadcast television, no less- all the odd content and time edits were there. So imagine my surprise and disappointment when I finally bought the DVD the other day. The version I had memorized was edited down for television to somewhere in the neighborhood of 80-to-90 minutes, but the film is actually around 109! And I dunno how, but Fellini must have edited the TV version. The original cut of this film played to me the way the Special Editions of the "Star Wars" movies played to others- filled with unnecessary, scene-dragging character introductions, long-winded moments of exposition. It was a real pain-in-the-ass to sit through. I went back to the taped version, and it was still awesome, thank god.
Anyway, share your love for Bruce Leroy and his gang here.
For the uninitiated, LAST DRAGON follows the trials and tribulations of Bruce Leroy Green, who must reach the highest level of martial artistry to attain "the glow". However, he gets involved with video VJ vixen Laura Charles and finds himself caught in a power struggle between money-mad Eddie Arkadian, the king of arcades, and Sho'nuff, the Shogun of Harlem.
My copy of the film was actually a VHS taped off television. Broadcast television, no less- all the odd content and time edits were there. So imagine my surprise and disappointment when I finally bought the DVD the other day. The version I had memorized was edited down for television to somewhere in the neighborhood of 80-to-90 minutes, but the film is actually around 109! And I dunno how, but Fellini must have edited the TV version. The original cut of this film played to me the way the Special Editions of the "Star Wars" movies played to others- filled with unnecessary, scene-dragging character introductions, long-winded moments of exposition. It was a real pain-in-the-ass to sit through. I went back to the taped version, and it was still awesome, thank god.
Anyway, share your love for Bruce Leroy and his gang here.
if you'd rather.
