In 1964, a young Bruce Lee owns and operates a San Francisco Kung Fu Academy, specializing in the Chinese martial art Wing Chun. Lee cares for his students, providing advice, roles as extras in his upcoming projects, and defending them from the gangs of Chinatown. One of Lee's students, Steve McKee, spars with Lee while fighting in anger, causing Lee to counter and embarrass him. McKee and Vinnie Wei work for the latter's mother's laundry business, where they find out that ma... (Full plot summary below)
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In 1964, a young Bruce Lee owns and operates a San Francisco Kung Fu Academy, specializing in the Chinese martial art Wing Chun. Lee cares for his students, providing advice, roles as extras in his upcoming projects, and defending them from the gangs of Chinatown. One of Lee's students, Steve McKee, spars with Lee while fighting in anger, causing Lee to counter and embarrass him. McKee and Vinnie Wei work for the latter's mother's laundry business, where they find out that master Wong Jack Man is on a pilgrimage from China to observe the Kung Fu scene in the United States. While carrying out a delivery to the China Gate restaurant, McKee falls for an employee, Xiulan, who is forbidden to communicate with anyone on the outside. One night, McKee sneaks over to the restaurant to give her a grammar book, teaching her fellow roommates basic English..
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| AV ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyThe aura of cheap-o emptiness is overwhelming: Scenes tend to be visually featureless, composed against strangely empty walls or Vancouver street corners. Even the occasionally decent fight choreography looks unappealing. |
| Toronto StarBruce DemaraThe fight scenes - including the actual showdown - are well executed and the story, though hoary, is actually a lot of fun. |
| GeekBob ChipmanSo, our main character in the "Bruce Lee Origin Movie" (really!) is... some fictional guy named Steve. |
| Cinema ScopeSteve MacfarlaneMcKee isn't just a hapless bystander: the concoction of his character points to the cold market reality of this motion picture's US-Chinese co-financing ploy. |
| WizardLuke Y. ThompsonIf you like Bruce Lee, try to get Ng cast in a different biopic, but avoid this one like a one-inch punch. |
| Christianity TodayKenneth R. MorefieldWhatever the criticisms, Yu Xia's portrayal of Wong Jack Man makes the film well worth seeing. |
| EricDSnider.comEric D. SniderDully mediocre. Even those who just want to see some sweet martial-arts action will be left wanting more. |
| TheWrapRobert AbeleAs alternatingly silly and serious as its mix of wisdom and wallops, and even with that blond bro gumming up the works, “Birth” is nevertheless zippy, B-movie entertainment. |
| The Times of IndiaReza NooraniPhilip Ng as Bruce Lee is well cast. The early swagger and the transformation later are portrayed quite well. |
| Daily Express (UK)Allan HunterThe film comes alive during the energetic fight sequences. |
