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Way of the Dragon (The) AKA Meng long guo jiang AKA Return of the Dragon (1972)
MAN, CAN WE USE HIM NOW! Bruce Lee is back in the fantastic all new adventures of the Super Hero from "Enter the Dragon..." ..his last performance is his best!Director: Bruce Lee
OVERALL: Draw-
OVERALL: Draw
- The US Shout! Factory "Bruce Lee: The Legacy Collection" includes the most extras and with multiple Mandarin/Cantonese/English dub audio options.
- The HK "Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection" and Taiwan "Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection" have the Mandarin/Cantonese in DTS and the original Cantonese mono with some differing exclusive extras. The R1 Fox "Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection" also has the extras from the HK IVL but only includes the Mandarin/Cantonese tracks in mono and the English dub in DTS.
- The Scandinavian release has the "Immortal Dragon" 2001 documentary as an extra.
- The R2 UK Hong Kong Legends "Platinum Edition" and R2 UK Cine Asia "Ultimate Edition" also have many exclusive extras, though note they only have the Cantonese mono track and English dub mono track.
- The R2 UK Mediumrare release has the Shout! Factory Mike Leeder commentary and the Hong Kong Legends "Platinum Edition" extras though most of the extras are on the Blu-ray copy.
General note:
- The original soundtrack is Mandarin.
This film is also known as:
- "Revenge Of The Dragon"
- "Fury Of The Dragon" -
CUTS:
- R0 China- Zoke Culture - No cuts
- R0 Hong Kong- Universe Laser and Video Co. Ltd. - No cuts
- R1 America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - Yes - the scene where Bruce Lee goes to the prostitutes apartment is missing (89:43 NTSC)
- R1 Bruce Lee Ultimate Collection America- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment - No cuts (98:29 NTSC)
- R1 Bruce Lee: The Legacy Collection America- Shout! Factory - No cuts (99:12 NTSC).
- R2 Germany- BMG Video - Yes - Bruce Lee's kick to Bob Wall's groin is missing.
- R2 Holland- Hong Kong Legends - No cuts
- R2 Scandinavia- On Air / Star Media Entertainment - No cuts (96:05 PAL)
- R2 United Kingdom- Mediumrare - No cuts (94:49 PAL)
- R2 Bruce Lee 30th Anniversary Commemorative Box Set United Kingdom- Hong Kong Legends - Yes, the "Golden Harvest" logo is missing (95:00 PAL)
- R2 Platinum Edition United Kingdom- Hong Kong Legends - Yes, the "Golden Harvest" logo is missing
- R2 Special Collector's Edition United Kingdom- Hong Kong Legends - Yes, the "Golden Harvest" logo is missing (95:00 PAL)
- R2 Ultimate Edition United Kingdom- Cine-Asia - Yes, the "Golden Harvest" logo is missing (95:00 PAL)
- R3 Hong Kong- Mega Star - No cuts
- R3 Bruce Lee Ultimate DVD Collection Hong Kong- IVL - No cuts (98:28 NTSC)
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R3 Bruce Lee Ultimate DVD Collection Taiwan- Catalyst Logic - No cuts (98:28 NTSC)
- R4 Platinum Edition Australia- Hong Kong Legends - Yes, the "Golden Harvest" logo is missing (94:30 PAL)
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Comparison added by Craig on 15/07/01
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 02/10/22UPDATE LOG:
12/04/11: Added R0 China release and updated the Tagline.
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03/02/11: Removed dead link from the Overall.
10/11/13: Addition of R2 UK Ultimate Edition and comparison clean-up.
05/02/16: Addition of US Shout!, capsaholic, ASINs.
22/09/16: Addition of UK 30th AE.
26/09/20: Added Taiwan.
02/10/22: Added Scandinavia.
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