Birth of the Dragon

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Kung fu is not a game, gentlemen.

It is not a religion.

It's about who lives and who dies.

You dig?

Now, in the street,

you're not gonna have swords or Spears.

If it's a brick,

we use a brick.

If it's broken glass,

we use broken glass.

The idea is to put the other guy away fast.

That is the wing chun style.

If you master it...

You'll command respect...

Wherever you go.

Hey, what was that for?

I heard you've been gambling again.

Everybody gambles in Chinatown.

Not my students.

How much you lose this time?

Not... not much.

How much?

Couple hundred.

You gamble the way you fight, no brains.

When the chenghu town boys

come to collect,

you think they're just gonna

waltz into your punches?

Probably not.

Yeah, probably not.

All right, everybody,

get back to work.

Action!

What?

We ran out of film, Bruce.

Again, Frankie? This is the big finish.

I know, we're using short ends.

Okay. Reload, but make it quick.

Yeah.

What was the last ass I kicked?

Uh, gangster number four.

Okay. Steve, Vinnie,

you guys reset.

-Okay.

-The rest of you...

Get back on the ground.

Hey, sifu,

I think you got me in the nuts on that one.

Well, how many times do I have to tell you?

You have to step back when I kick at you.

- Yeah, well, I'm not gonna be on camera.

- Roll's out.

It's not about you, dipshit. It's about me.

Action!

One, two...

One, two. One, two.

One, two. One, two.

Sifu...

I just wanted to say thank you

for letting me be in the movie.

No problem. You're a natural.

You look great getting your ass beat.

Thanks. Can I ask you a question?

How am I doing in class?

You work hard.

You're even beginning

to develop your own style.

What kind of style?

A bad one. Come, I'll show you.

Good.

It's good for the kune, what about the street?

You think you're tough?

You think you're street?

Come on, show me where your street is!

Relax, Mac. Mac. Mac?

That's what you got to overcome.

Kung fu is about discipline,

about channeling what's in here.

In here, out here.

-Now, tell me.

-Tell you what?

Where's all this anger coming from?

It's nothing. I'm just frustrated, that's all.

Hey, Mac.

Didn't mean to embarrass you in there.

It's fine. I embarrassed myself.

You know, if any one of those punches

would've connected,

you would've knocked me down.

You must've studied boxing before.

No.

Somebody taught you how to throw a punch.

Your dad?

You could say that.

You know what I was doing in there?

Getting inside your head.

If you can psych the other guy out,

before you even throw the first punch,

you already won.

You're good at doing that.

Look, I'm your sifu,

I'm not here to tell you how to live your life.

But I can tell you this...

In a fight,

a chip on your shoulder is just extra weight.

Hands on the outside.

Looking good though, right?

Not really.

But keep at it.

Now get your stuff, get out of here.

I got to start locking up.

Vinnie, Vinnie, Vinnie, my man.

Tony yu.

Long time no see.

I saw you yesterday.

The giants lost, again.

You owe auntie blossom money.

Get off me!

You don't mess with the chengu town, Vinnie.

Hey!

You boys done playing?

Clean your boys up,

go back to the north end.

Vinnie will pay you back tomorrow,

unless you want to deal

with our unfinished business

right here and right now.

- I just hope you learned your lesson.

- Damn right.

Next time I'm going with the Dodgers.

Vinnie, you're gonna

get yourself hurt one of these days.

Mckee, China get order ready. You drop off.

Mm-hmm. Sure thing, miss wei.

You still don't use chopsticks.

He's a barbarian, ma.

You the barbarian.

Fight in alley. Get your feet off of my desk.

I love you, ma.

Mm.

Wong Jack man,

he's leaving the Shaolin temple.

Really? See, that's a guy who

gives sifu Lee a run for his money.

I don't know,

i think sifu still beats him.

What's it say?

He's on a pilgrimage...

To check out kung fu in America.

-He is?

-Yeah.

Where's he gonna be?

San Francisco.

Hey. Here.

Twenty busboy uniform, eight dozen napkins.

-Mm-hmm.

-Where are my 60 tablecloth?

Calm down, they're still in the truck.

I need tablecloth now, every table dirty.

Okay. Okay, I got two hands.

Give me someone to help.

Thank you, for helping me.

You're new around here, right?

I'm Steve.

Do you speak any English?

No.

That was wrong, I should've, um...

That's still wrong.

That sounds like English.

I'm not supposed to speak to

anyone outside the restaurant.

What's your name?

I am quan xiulan.

Xiulan.

Uh...

May I have those?

Baseball digest?

Yeah, sure.

That's how you learned English.

I use what I can get.

Hand me the tablecloth.

Thank you.

That's dangerous, Mac.

You don't want to mess with

a bi nu girl who belongs to auntie blossom.

Who's auntie blossom?

Auntie blossom owns the China gate

but her real job is running rackets

for the chengu town triad

out of the restaurant, I mean,

your girl belongs to them.

At least until she can pay them back

for smuggling her into the country.

That's messed up.

Hey, you want some?

-What is it?

-Barbecued seaworms.

Disgusting.

Hey, one man's disgusting

is another man's delicacy.

Oh, you know what the manager

of the Jackson cafe told me?

-What?

-Wong Jack man is coming in

on the Jeremiah o'brien tomorrow.

-How do you know that?

-'Cause he's wong's cousin.

Let's go meet him.

What are you gonna say to him?

We're gonna look like idiots.

I don't know. I just want to shake his hand.

-You're gonna tell sifu Lee?

-Probably not.

Excuse me.

Ni hao.

No.

Thank you.

Perhaps another time.

I'm... I beg your pardon.

You just asked me to shine your shoes.

Vinnie! Um...

A friend of mine was playing a joke.

A joke, do you...

Yes, I understand.

What may I do for you, Mr. mckee?

Master wong, I just want to

welcome you to America.

Did someone send a car for you?

I hardly merit such luxury.

You are master wong Jack man, aren't you,

from the Shaolin temple?

Yes.

Well, can I give you a lift?

-Thanks for the lift.

-Yeah, no problem.

Master wong, I'm...

I'm just wondering, it would be an honor

if you would perhaps give me

a lesson one day or...

You do not have a master?

I belong to the kune of sifu Bruce Lee.

Yes. I have heard of Lee jun-fan.

Yeah?

If you are a student of sifu Lee,

I doubt there is anything I can teach you.

-See you, man.

-You prick.

I finally meet a living legend

and I ask him to shine my shoes?

Could have been worse.

Really? How?

I could have taught you to say,

"i hear you have a tiny dick."

Hey, wait.

Watch your mouth in here.

And what do you mean,

you finally met a living legend?

You see me every day.

I'm sorry, sifu.

I was talking about wong Jack man.

-What the hell are you talking about?

-Sifu, mouth!

Shut up, Vinnie! How did you meet him?

I heard he was coming to San Francisco.

And I went to, you know,

meet him to shake his hand.

Did he say what he is doing here?

He said he came to observe.

Observe what?

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