ENTER THE CLONES OF BRUCE

Synopsis

As the 50th anniversary of martial arts icon Bruce Lee’s death approaches this documentary investigates a bizarre phenomenon that erupted in the wake of the Little Dragon’s untimely passing. Enter the Clones of Bruce, charts the wave of kung fu films that emerged from Hong Kong almost immediately after Lee’s death, starring a slew of imitators in a subgenre known as Bruceploitation. At the time of his death, on July 20, 1973, Lee had completed just four martial arts films. The last of these, the US-Hong Kong co-production Enter the Dragon, would be released a month later and became a smash hit around the world. The film cemented Lee’s status as the face of the genre, and created an unprecedented explosion of interest in kung fu cinema.