After the tragic death of Bruce Lee, the world went into mourning and the hustlers of the world got a game plan: to clone Bruce Lee! Well, not REALLY clone him, just find some actors who look like him and start making movies! Today we look at this wild genre known as Bruceploitation.

Guess who is back! This is one I’ve been off/on working on for the better part of three years. The script has been done for almost that entire time, but I had to go back and adjust things along the way. The majority of the work has been completed over the past three months. I went from 15 minutes completed to the full 70 minutes we have here. Between last posting and now, my personal life has been wild – but currently I feel like jumping into this with full commitment. We will see how that goes. This is a one man operation, and I created more motion effects for this project than anything else that I’ve ever done. Probably referenced more movies than ever before either!

Music:
The Big Boss-esque theme by – Ajeng C (https://www.fiverr.com/s/pgG86p)
Funky song used during Bruceploitation montage – taken from here: https://youtu.be/khjhIibaCZI?si=kCwi9LdqSjad9CXB (I still don’t know the name of this song)
Rest of the music – Made by Me in Magix Music Maker

Special Thanks:
Lee Holmes – looking over the script, pointing out Fist of Unicorn to me, correcting some inaccuracies I had… lord knows there’s probably more.
Somu M. – Created the Thumbnail for the Video (https://www.fiverr.com/s/o0KVqg).
Michael & Matthew of the Clones Cast – Gathered a lot of information from The Clones Cast for this video. https://screenmayhem.com/the-clones-cast/ listen back on their archive to hear more great information!

Timestamps / Chapters:
00:00-00:32 – Big Boss Intro
00:33-06:53 – Bruce’s Death and Theories
06:54-07:46 – Bruceploitation Topic Intro
07:47-09:32 – Bruceploitation Historical Start
09:33-11:08 – Fist of Unicorn
11:09-12:40 – Bruceploitation Blueprint/Standards
12:41-19:36 – Documentaries/Docudramas
19:37-27:36 – Zany Exploitation
27:37-33:29 – Unofficial Sequels
33:30- 38:50 – Inclusion by Marketing
38:51-41:09 – Actors: Bruce Li
41:10-42:47 – Actors: Bruce Le
42:48-43:51 – Actors: Dragon Lee
43:52-45:32 – Actors: Bruce Lai
45:33-46:45 – Actors: Bruce Leung
46:46-48:40 – Bruce’isms
48:41-52:37 – Films Outside of Hong Kong
52:38-56:38 – Themes / Linda is out, Betty is in
56:39-01:02:06 – Reverence for the Hero while Rewriting History
01:02:07-01:05:13 – The discerning man of culture pines for home
01:05:14-01:07:00 – True exploitation or Just Marketing
01:07:01-01:08:58 – Official Exploitation (GOD)
01:08:59-01:10:41 – The End of an Era

Further notes: there are a lot of notable films not present in this video. Hard to believe I didn’t include Dragon Lee vs. The Five Brothers! There are many, many others. If I missed any greats, share them in the comments so we can all join in and talk about them!

A lot of the information here has been gathered from various sites, interviews, podcasts, etc. Quite honestly, I hope it is all accurate and up to date, but due to the prolonged period of working on this, and a terribly inefficient way of saving my sources (doh!) its hard for me to produce where I picked up every factoid. https://www.clonesofbrucelee.info/ was a great source of information during the creation of this video. I also used https://www.hkmdb.com/ and http://www.hkcinemagic.com/ like my life depended on it!

Please like, comment, and subscribe! If all goes well, I intend to pick up a new microphone (I know, I need it) and will start work on the next project immediately!

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