Year: 2003
Starring: Bruce Li
Running time: 26 minutes


Mini Lee is another episode of the Kung Faux, the "action packed hip-hop comedy kung fu series". I took that description right off the credits. The gimmick is they take old kung fu movies and cut them down to 26 minutes and add some hip hop/urban dialogue and crazy video effects. It's the perfect thing for the video game generation and stoners who don't have the attention span to watch a full length movie without all the pretty flashing colours and urban slang.

MiNi LEE was originally Bruce Lee We Miss You and the story remains basisically the same. Hatcha and his bi-curious buddy, Nugget, are training at their kung fu school when they get word of Bruce Lee's death. Hatcha goes out drinking that night and gets pretty hammered. The next day he goes to meditate in the 36th Chamber when he is visited by Mini Lee, Bruce Lee's miniature ghost, who shows him how he was killed. Hatcha goes to visit Bruce Lee's ex-girlfriend who has had the same dream with Mini Lee. She tips him off to visit the golf course up the road as Bruce's killer used a golf club. Hatcha goes up the road and is jumped by some henchmen who then get beat down. Meanwhile, Tigor Woodz, Bruce's killer is tipped off to Hatcha's investigation, so he sends a couple goons to go mess up Hatcha's kung fu school. Back in the 36th Chamber Hatcha is again visited by Mini Lee who teaches him the Flaming Dragon style so he can defeat Tigor Woodz. Woodz's goons start beating up the students back at the school, so Hatcha's sister Yo-Yo runs off to get Hatcha. Hatcha returns and after beating the two he heads out to get Tigor Woodz. Armed with the skillz passed on to him by Mini Lee, Hatcha schools Tigor Woodz and gets revenge for Bruce.


I actually enjoyed watching this episode of Kung Faux. It had all the action and some of the new dialogue was kinda funny(?!). Although, it is just a gimmick that does wear off rather fast. The effects and disecting of the screen with coloured grids can get annoying and does break up the action sometimes. The episodes are sourced from old VHS prints no doubt, so these very things can help hide the poor video quality. Overall it's good just watching an episode once in a while, but all the time would probably be (way) too much. If you're interested in it I suggest trying to catch it on TV or renting a DVD. The DVDs are a bit pricey and only feature two episodes, so it's not really worth it to buy unless you're a big fan. Entertaining, but only in small doses.


"Reviewed" by Keith





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