Creator’s Commentary is here.
New house, new camera, same old Spoony! Well, a clone’s basically as good as the real thing, isn’t it?
In this special two-part episode, we take a look at the phenomenon of Brucesploitation and one of its most tasteless examples: The Clones of Bruce Lee, a movie that not only dares to rip off Bruce Lee’s good name, but does it several times!
The first part covers the Clone Bruce’s first mission: to infiltrate the crime syndicate of notorious gold smuggler Chi Lo by going undercover as a martial arts motion picture star. Think they can pull it off?
Check back soon for Part 2!
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Thanks so much for doing what you do, Spoony! Totally awesome stuff!
I demand fanart of the original Dr. Insano, the female one!
You know, it’s funny that you would review this flick now, as I just like a week ago, got this weird Martial Arts collection containing like twenty movies, most of which are within the Bruceploitation-genre. Just take a look:
Blood of the Dragon, Bloodfight, Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave, Champ Against Champ, Clones of Bruce Lee, Crippled Masters, Deadly Kick, Dragon Lee vs. The Five Brothers, Fighting Ace, The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe, Fists of Bruce Lee, Image of Bruce Lee, Kung Fu, Kung Fu Fever, L.A. Street Fighter, The Master, Rage of the Master, The Real Bruce Lee, Screaming Ninja, Snake Crane Secret
All of them are in desperate need of an angry rant. Some of them actually had their moments, but no. They are just plain awful. Please, go to amazon and buy it and give them a piece of your mind. It’s only like $14 or something. That’s way less than a buck a flick, they’re practically giving them away. I got mine for $5 plus shipping. Could it be that the price and quality of the films could be related? But please, review them.
- http://www.amazon.com/Martial-Arts-20-Movie-Pack/dp/B00196SUPQ
Bill Nye was my childhood idol. I watched his show every day. Now I’m a bio major. Now I can be a mad scientist like I always dreamed!
I wonder if it’s even possible to do a review like this for some of the truly terrible kung fu movies floating around. Fists of Legend (a cash in on Fist of Legend) for example has no characters (just a bunch of fighters who never demonstrate that they even have a personality) and no real plot (some guys want to kill sun Yat Sen, so they wander aimlessly about the countryside while other guys aimlessly wander the countryside trying to protect him).
You don’t mess with 1000 Miles to Grace land. That movie was awesome
I liked that Spoony brought up “Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave” because I had read a review of it on the old “Stomp Tokyo” website years ago. The only reason that movie is a Bruceploitation flick is that Aquarius Releases (the guys who gave us “Zaat”, “Surf II”, and a “Boggy Creek” sequel) shot that goofy scene of lightning striking Bruce Lee’s tombstone causing a Lee impersonator to jump out. Actually BLFBFTG is a cheapo Korean “fish out of water” movie about a martial arts master who goes to America, so in a way it’s a ripoff of Lee’s “Return of the Dragon.”
I’d go gay for Spoony… Not creepy. Weird though.
Also, The Warriors music.
oddly enough Bill Nye will be at my college as a distinguished speaker…..kinda tempted to go see him now that dr insano gave him such a huge recommendation there at the end. Also Spoony where did you get “you dirty Jew” from? I agree with the people on the forums when i 1st heard it i heard “kill” like he couldn’t think of something witty to call Bruce 1 so he just said “kill”.
Clones, huh? I should look into that.
I’m not sure if it’s been mentioned elsewhere, but Clones is also available on the “Master Ninja Collection”. And it also has no credits at the end.
On an obscure note, near the beginning of the movie there are scenes where the nurses are helping the Bruces walk down a hallway. There’s this loud electronic waaop waaop sound. I think they stole it from the beginning of “You Shouldn’t Do That” by Hawkwind.
“My Hawkwind album cover will help!” – Crow T Robot
Spoony, why, for the love of God, did you fuck up the aspect ratio? Aren’t you supposed to care about things like tha, being a video and movie fan? What gives?
Hey a thought for burton’s voice that it would he would talk using random lines from movies that anwsers the question but the really make no sense at the same time
So I don't know what would work better, the actual quote, or a robotized voice. But that is a great idea.
So I don't know what would work better, the actual quote, or a robotized voice. But that is a great idea.
Acabo de perceber algo… o assistente zuado do Chi Lo parece muito com uma versão chinesa do Zacarias
Just for you Spoony, I am GOING to watch this!
Then because it's so bad, I'll sell it to an idiot, on freecraigslistads.
What was Linkara trying to do in the very first part of the video?
@jetman123: He was trying to reanimate Spoony's protoplasm, following the events of the Final Fantasy VIII review finale.
ya everyone knows u reanimate someones protoplasm by using a hammer duh
The Professor from this movie (Jon Benn) actually had a role in an actual Bruce Lee movie, Way of the Dragon, as a mob boss
I was searching through my dvd and vhs collection and I found The Image Of Bluce Lee in it. best dvd blurb ever. “Bruce Li plays the title role in the image of bruce lee. It's not that they're really look alikes, but they sure are fight-alikes…”
clones of bruce lee? if only they did that in real life.
This isn't the first martial arts film (if you want to call this that) that steals the Rocky theme. Kung Fu Genius also did it.
Bill Nye the nazi spy
Bill Nye the Nazi spy
He will end your ass… WITH SCIENCE!!!
Bruce lee is almighty!!!!!!!!! you cannot impersonate him! and these guys aren't secret agents, they're secret ASIANS.
Unless we kill the other one… Permanently! Why is line so awesome?
Unless we kill the other one… Permanently! Why is line so awesome?
he will end your ass…WITH SCIENCE!
Girlsano, now my mind has exploded with clone-ness
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