Century Hero is not really a documentary about Bruce Lee, but rather a bunch of people telling stories about Bruce and how he affected their lives. People interviewed range from friends, actors, writers, collectors, and fans, some of which never even met Bruce Lee. Some people shouldn't have really been there as they had nothing interesting to say, mostly the fans and collectors. Actually, I wasn't really interested by what most of them had to say, except for a few people who knew Bruce and told stories of him. Century Hero is a Bruce Lee documentary, but shows no footage of Bruce. There are other BL documentaries that show footage, even the crappy ones like The Real Bruce Lee. But the budget must have been pretty damn small to not afford some Bruce Lee footage, any Bruce Lee footage. Instead, every once in a while they'll show a picture of Bruce Lee. Wow, exciting. So for 85 minutes we're shown people telling stuff about Bruce and no actual Bruce. I was disappointed with the movie and wish I hadn't wasted my money on it. The movie has an overall cheap look to it. As if it were filmed with a camcorder and the cheesy wipe effects. If you're a die hard Bruce Lee collector then you'll want to get this. But if you have passing interest in Bruce, then I suggest some of the other better documentaries.
I watched this on the VCD from B&S Film, which is in Cantonese & some Mandarin w/ Chinese and English subtitles. There is a regular edition and a limited edition. The limited edition had a production run of only 2000 copies, hence the tie in to the century part (get it?). I got the limited edition, but the biggest problem is the packaging. It's twice as tall as a regular CD case making storage a bit of an issue. Plus it's made of cardboard and has two cards inside. Even the size of the cards is a bit odd as they're bigger than trading cards, but smaller than postcards. The packaging was kinda lame, I almost wish I had gotten the regular edition. The quality of the VCD is good with no noticeable video or audio problems, but there were a few problems with the subtitles. Occasionally, during interviews they cut to a Bruce Lee pictures, but when they do this the subtitles stop, but the person keeps talking. One guy talks for quite a bit and I didn't have a clue what he was saying. John Benn spoke in English and the English subtitles had absolutely nothing to do with what he was saying.
"Reviewed" by Keith.