Stars: Bruce Lee

Director: Robert Clouse

Summary: The first kung-fu film from Hollywood. A martial arts expert is required by British intelligence to counter a smuggling gang.

Lee (played by Bruce Lee) is a martial arts teacher living in Hong Kong. His reputation as a kung-fu master ensures that he is invited to compete at various tournaments. One of his more recent invitations is from a Mr Han. The British government is very interested in Mr Han. They believe he is responsible for prostitution, drug smuggling, and arms dealing. Lee is asked to go undercover and find proof of his crimes at the next martial arts tournament. Joining Lee, are two old friends; an American called Roper (John Saxon) and Williams (Jim Kelly). With its spectacular scenes of violence and action, ENTER THE DRAGON has become one of most renowned martial arts film of all time. It is the first American-funded martial arts feature and also the last that Bruce Lee would ever star in (he died three weeks before its premiere in 1973).

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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

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region B
Special Features:	Interactive menu
Year:	1973
Release Date:	July 2, 2007
Runtime:	102 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B D Y 13265
Keywords:	Action, Martial, English, Enter, Fu, Dragon, Adventure, Kung, Arts
Genre:	Martial Arts