Lightning strikes Bruce Lee's grave and his spirit is reborn. Wong Han (Bruce K.L. Lea) arrives in LA and is attacked. He finds his brother Ji-Hyeok Han killed. When he's attacked at the studio, the police arrests him instead. He's bailed out by sinister Scott Li who proposes a missing person job but he rejects Li. He's walking the streets of LA in mourning when he rescues waitress Susan Clark from an attacker. She turns out to be a follower of his late brother. She recalls a large lawsuit which destroyed his brother's business and five mysterious strangers who met him right before his death.Lea has the look of corporate middle management. He's definitely copying many of Bruce Lee's mannerisms including his patented tasting his own blood move. At the time after Bruce Lee's death, this is one of many copycat exploitations. The problem is that Bruce Lee has nothing to do with most of this movie. Only the lightning strike opening and the Bruce Lea name suggest the great martial arts legend. While it's not a crime, it's close to a misdemeanor to fight film culture. The plot itself is solid B-movie material until it becomes boring. There are jarring disjointed elements and unbelievable convenience. I don't know how Susan can afford that big house as a waitress. The actors are amateurishly overacting at times that is when Mr. Lea can actually emote. The villains remind me of the Village People. The first half is able to draw me in but the second half fails to maintain any momentum.

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.

*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!

People hate on this movie like it is their job. I found it for $3.99 at a TOPS grocery store in Upper Tupper, Adirondacks, NY. Worth every penny!!! While how much the movie has to do with the title can be debated, the fight scenes are pretty awesome. Better than this, though, is the incredible acting. I instantly fell in love with the dubbing (usually does not happen) and have watched this film several times since. Show it to all your friends. This is an excellent kick-off to a kung-fu party as it sets the mood and gives a light tone before you get into more legitimate films.Highly recommended, especially at 3.99 for the DVD!!! Bonus: the DVD comes with a quiz!