Movie Review: The Dragon Lives Again - Legacy or Lunacy? - Page 2

Their seemingly foolproof plan fails, and Lee defeats them all. The nature of his quarrel with them is never fully explained.

In the end, Lee threatens to kill the king of the underworld, the place of the dead, if the king refuses to allow him to return to earth. The exact results of death in the afterlife are unclear.

So where’s the appeal of this film? Why would anyone watch a movie in which fictional characters team up with fictionalizations of real people and fight various enemies for no apparent reason? Why would anyone watch a film in which the leading lady is billed as the northern European incarnation of a French porn star?

The answer to these questions is surprisingly straightforward. Sure, The Dragon Lives Again is a story of assorted celebrities battling other celebrities in strange places for strange reasons, but, unlike the E! channel, this movie, for all its craziness, is a story of hope, a story of the triumph of good over evil, and in its own way, a story of the wonder of life and the sad absurdity of death.

The Dragon Lives Again is the B-movie equivalent of a Fellini film; rent it now, but be advised — there is some nudity.

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