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3A 2016 American martial arts movie directed by Creator/GeorgeNolfi that is a fictional account of a supposedly true story that involves Creator/BruceLee's (Creator/PhilipWangLungNg) challenging UsefulNotes/WongJackMan (Creator/XiaYu) in a duel over who is a better martial artist.
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5The film also stars Creator/JinXing, Creator/BillyMagnussen, and Creator/RonYuan.
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7It was released on September 13, 2016.
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9!Tropes for the film:
10* EnemyMine: Following their match, Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man team up to rescue Steve's girlfriend from Chinatown gangsters.
11* {{Expy}}: Steve [=McKee=] is this of [[Creator/SteveMcQueenActor Steve McQueen]].
12* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
13** Creator/BruceLee, a martial arts teacher and budding actor.
14** UsefulNotes/WongJackMan, an old kung fu master who challenges Lee on his fighting style.
15* PeriodPiece: Set in 1965 San Francisco.
16* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: Set during the duel between Lee and Wong Jack Man, with the story being exaggerated and adding fictional characters to the story.

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