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I bought this movie years ago at a local dollar store for the title alone and once I got around to watching it, I was pleasantly surprised how entertaining it was. It's been years since I've seen this film, so I'll have to go digging through my archives and watch it again - but don't believe the crap people say. It's an enjoyable movie, though as best as I can recall it didn't have much ( or anything?) to do with Bruce Lee returning from the grave. It's not a zombie movie or anything, just an enjoyable and entertaining kung fu B film from the 70's. I myself am a huge Bruce Lee fan, but I don't initially hate a movie because it tries to capitalize on the death of a legend by using his name in the title...I believe there's an entire genre of that - bruceploitation. I'd definitely recommend this film to fans of B films or old kung fu films. The copy I got was pretty grainy...but I bought it for a dollar, so...I didn't exactly go in with the highest of expectations. So if you buy it cheap or see it for free, read the title, and know the star is bruce lea, go in with your expectations set low - you might like it.

Let's be real here, if you are going to watch a movie called "Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave" and you are expecting a good or even a decent movie, you are delusional.

If you are instead expecting a bad movie with laughable dub and performances, editing and image quality proportional to the amount of money invested in making of the movie and fights that are decent for what they are, though expectedly ridiculous and over the top, you will enjoy your time with the movie.

It is what it is and if you are willing to accept it you will have a great time, especially if you bring a friend along this "so bad it's good" ride. I give it 5/10 and I recommend it to anybody that know's what he's in for.

*Possible Partial Spoilers*

Originally entitled "The Stranger" and directed by Umberto Lenzi (under a Korean pseudonym), who helmed the infamous grossout cannibal flick "Make Them Die Slowly", "Bruce Lee Fights Back from the Grave" is the most hilariously awful installment in the Bruceploitation subgenre of 1974-80. It doesn't even star one of the three well-known Bruce Lee impersonators (Bruce Li, Bruce Le, and Dragon Lee). "Bruce K.L. Lea" is actually Jun Chong, a Korean taekwon do instructor based in Los Angeles. He's terrible as far as imitating Lee's mannerisms goes, but he's a fine kicker. You have to enjoy this for what it is. PLEASE don't expect a Bruce Lee movie! He only made four films--"Fists of Fury", "The Chinese Connection", "Return of the Dragon", and "Enter the Dragon" ("Game of Death" doesn't qualify)--and he wasn't identified by a name other than Bruce Lee in any of them. Not Li, not Le, not Lea, not Lai. The story has nothing to do with Bruce Lee fighting back from the grave, either. Jun Chong does not play Lee nor a character based on Lee, but rather a Korean martial artist who comes to Los Angeles to find out how his best friend died...only to discover that he's being stalked by a weird assortment of bad guys (a Japanese swordsman played by future "Revenge of the Ninja" star Sho Kosugi, a tall, bald black man with a cape and an earring, and a cowboy among them). As I mentioned, Chong does a kind of dimestore Bruce Lee impression during the fight scenes (thumbing his nose, going "waaaaahhhh!"), and the dubbing is truly hilarious--even for a martial arts movie. Particularly amusing is the evil cowboy's voice; he sounds about as masculine as the guy who wore the stetson hat in the Village People. Now that you know what to expect...enjoy! And look around for the original poster art for this film, too. The company that released the DVD is really doing its customers a disservice by not including this wild, cartoony art on the box!

I happened to see this film once when it was broadcast on a smaller channel in Sweden. It must've been over two years ago. I think the movie is so funny, it has no relevance to anything or has a dialogue worth five cents. But hey, if you cut out the martial arts stuff, that's what kung-fu movies are all about. I recommend this movie. If you manage to get a hold of it, then don't hesitate. It's all good fun and a great laugh once in a while makes your life longer. If you're still not satisfied, Bruce Le(e) will fight back from the grave and have a terrible revenge on you. :o)

What happened? When you went to the video store, did someone already rent Beast of Yucca Flats? Eegah was out? Doris Wishman films were all on a five day rental? This is a super low in the history of cinema. Bruce Lee isn't remotely in sight and although the opening title sequence is very, very promising in a Zombie Vs. Ninja sort of way, it quickly, quickly falls off.

The thing I remember most about this film were an Asian guy and a blonde American girl driving around LA trying to find a place to rent.

I think that's all this movie was about. Two people apartment-hunting. It could have been an interesting premise, if it was directed by Wim Wenders, but alas, this is just Z-grade, super lame terribleness that makes Alice in Acidland look visionary. Yikes.

The dubbing is atrocious and the acting makes Andy Warhol's stars seem like Sir Richard Chamberlin.

Watch anything else or better, observe paint drying on the wall, expand your mind reading the dictionary or telephone book or get an addiction. Whatever you do: AVOID BRUCE LEE FIGHTS BACK FROM THE GRAVE!