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The last film completed by Bruce Lee before his untimely death, Enter the Dragon was his entrée into Hollywood. The American-Hong Kong co-production, shot in Asia by American director Robert Clouse, stars Lee as a British agent sent to infiltrate the criminal empire of bloodthirsty Asian crime lord Han (Shih Kien) through his annual international martial arts tournament. Lee spends his days taking on tournament combatants and nights breaking into the heavily guarded underground fortress, kicking the living tar out of anyone who stands in his way. The mix of kung fu fighting (choreographed by Lee himself) and James Bond intrigue (the plot has more than a passing resemblance to Dr. No) is pulpy by any standard, but the generous budget and talented cast of world-class martial artists puts this film in a category well above Lee's primitive Hong Kong productions. Unfortunately he's off the screen for large chunks of time as American maverick competitors (and champion martial artists) John Saxon and Jim Kelly take centre stage, but once the fighting starts Lee takes over. The tournament setting provides an ample display of martial arts mastery of many styles and climaxes with a huge free-for-all, but the highlight is Lee's brutal one-on-one with the claw-fisted Han in the dynamic hall-of-mirrors battle. Lee narrows his eyes and tenses into a wiry force of sinew, speed and ruthless determination. -- Sean Axmaker, Amazon.com
DVD Description
DVD Special Features:
Audio Commentary by Paul Heller and Michael Allin
Music only track (5.1)
Introduction by Linda Lee
"Bruce Lee In His Own Words" (19 mins approx)
Original 1973 Featurette
Backyard workout with Bruce
Trailers (x4)
TV Spots (x7)
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Audio: English 5.1
Subtitles: English
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
This film I would say is the best of all of Bruce Lee's movies. Just before the film starts it show his last interview, before his death on July 20th 1973. It also shows all of Bruce Lee's work and effort that he put into this film. Bruce choreographed this film, with the help of Robert Clouse (Director), doing certain stunts making sure that in this film no one gets hurt. It also shows in this film (The Nunchaku scene and various other scenes which have been reinstated back into this very special film). I would say that this film is number 1 and every body knows that this is the best film ever.
48 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Enter The Dragon is considered by many to be the greatest martial arts movie of all time and it's almost 30 years old. It was made on a small budget which doesn't show, even in comparison to recent movies of the genre. It has exotic locations on a worldwide scale such as Kowloon, a cast of thousands and a credible actor, John Saxon who was at the time a big star but stayed second billing to Bruce Lee because when Lee was on screen nobody else got noticed anyway. There's the excellent music score by Lalo Schifrin who was the man behind the original Mission Impossible theme and of course...Action! With such varied and visually stunning styles as Tai Chi Chuan, Hapkido, Tai Kwan Do, Karate and Lee's invention Jeet Kune Do the action has never looked so unpredictable. This new DVD edition was well worth waiting for. If you've got any other version of this movie, get this anyway. For the first time in the UK it is completely uncut, with the infamous nunchaku scene reinstated, and it's even got extra scenes placed in the movie which were not even in the original cinema release. Where this special edition really shines though is in the extras. Along with the trailers and a workout documentary from 1973, it has extras on it that have been made specifically for this edition such as an interview with Lee's wife Linda Lee Cadwell who can be the only person to have known the truth about his life unlike so many other imitations such as Dragon - The Bruce Lee Story which although hugely enjoyable was inaccurate and over stylised. In the boxset you get 10 exclusive postcards, a copy of the press release brochure and lobby cards. The soundtrack has been reproduced to brilliant effect and the improved picture quality could not have been better, with the visual quality of a movie from today. If you like Bruce Lee, martial arts or action movies in general and don't buy this...You're losing out! Region 2 users usually get a bad deal with extras compared to the rest of the world, but it's nice to see that a lot of time and effort has been put into this ultimate special edition box set. Own this now!
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
a fantastic transfer of the original movie, plus a boat-load of worthy extras
my favourite surprise extra on here was bruce lees original vision for the game of death presented in a 30/40 minute re-edit on the back of a detailed documentary focused around bruce lees changing martial arts philosophy... its a fascinating piece, and shows the ideas that bruce lee intended to put forth in that movie. the re-edit includes the entire footage from the pagoda scene as he fights his way up the levels. of special note is the sound, which is far better than the version included on the game of death platinum dvd... we have superior sound effects for nunchakus etc, plus deeper and higher quality dialogue. so by purchasing this special ed dvd you basically get enter the dragon and game of death
the only small gripe i have is that for some reason disc2 has subtitles available in a variety of languages, but for enter the dragon itself i only have dutch subtitles??
overall though a first class and slick dvd presentation. nearly as strong as bruce lee's side kick.
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