Product Details

• Actors: Johnny Yune
• Directors: Elliott Hong
• Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, Original recording remastered, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Liberation Ent
• DVD Release Date: June 30, 2009
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001W9SYU6
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #68,946 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Item Name: They Call Me Bruce?; Studio: Madacy Records

Product Description

25th Anniversary Edition

In this high quality transfer from a recently found pristine 35mm print, stand-up comic Johnny Yune stars as an Asian immigrant whom everyone calls "Bruce" (because he looks like action star Bruce Lee). Bruce, a cook for the Mob, is duped into making deliveries of cocaine without knowing the contents of his packages. But when a crazy assortment of characters -- ranging from sheriffs and hookers to Kung Fu krishnas -- catch on to what he's doing, he has to learn to fight.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars True 70's flavored B-movie!, July 28, 2003

By	gary e flatt (Daytona Beach, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: They Call Me Bruce? (DVD)

This a true classic. I grew up watching this as a young kid and I love it! Johnny Yune stars as the english accent challenged "Bruce", a goofball of a character that is inexplicably trafficking cocaine for the mafia that he thinks is "special flour". Along the way you'll see more politically incorrect characters, jokes, and slang than you can handle. Dumb cops, amateur "kung-fu", one liners from cheeseville, 70's styled chicks and hilarious stereotypes! If you go into this movie with the mindset that it is a b-movie, I think you could end up enjoying yourself. For the TRUE fans of older Cheesey movies.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible DVD transfer, April 12, 2005

By	Tall Paul (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: They Call Me Bruce? (DVD)

Wow the picture quality is just awful, sound is muffled. The DVD looks way worse than the old VHS version. I would buy VHS if you like this movie. The movie is pretty funny even though the gags are really dated. There is a scene where Marsha Warfield (from Night Court) is in jail and she rubs cocaine on her teeth.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's all about the Yune, October 31, 2004

By	scotbot (the Negative Zone) - See all my reviews

This review is from: They Call Me Bruce? (DVD)

Johnny Yune plays an affable if somewhat dim witted immigrant who inadvertently gets mixed up with the drug trafficking underworld. To say any more about the plot would be pointless as it only serves as a device to spotlight Yune's silly stand-up humor within several contrived situations.

The acting is bad and the jokes are tired but Yune's character is so likable that you can't help but root for him. He's goofy, innocent, clever and has a heart of gold.

Oddly enough, the DVD has been edited of a couple of "tiny bits" to receive a PG rating that my old Beta tape did not have. The items cut were small and unimportant, but it seems strange as what's left of the film isn't exactly inoffensive. Yes, like many films of it's time, it has plenty of politically incorrect, stereotyping humor. But it's directed at everyone and so ridiculous that it can't be taken seriously.

I like this film probably because I saw it on cable over 15 years ago where it ran over and over again and somehow etched itself into my sub consciousness. I also like it because Yune is genuinely funny and charming. You may like it if you like other tasteless and absurd 70s/80s comedies