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Enter the Dragon

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Enter the Dragon (1973)

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Reviews Counted: 35 Fresh: 34  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins
Synopsis:
Bruce Lee was immortalized in his films as a martial arts master and first-class entertainer. ENTER THE DRAGON was the first martial arts film that American audiences had witnessed, and was actually produced in both Hong Kong and Hollywood. Interestingly, ENTER THE DRAGON also set the stage... [More]
Bruce Lee was immortalized in his films as a martial arts master and first-class entertainer. ENTER THE DRAGON was the first martial arts film that American audiences had witnessed, and was actually produced in both Hong Kong and Hollywood. Interestingly, ENTER THE DRAGON also set the stage for non-traditional, culturally specific narratives to make their way into Hollywood. Bruce Lee plays a kung fu master recruited by a foreign government to infiltrate the island of a megalomaniac martial artist named Han. Han's bodyguard is also found to have killed Lee's sister, giving Lee a personal vendetta to fight for. The Hall of Mirrors sequence towards the end of the film is now famous, as are Lee's incredibly gymnastic martial arts abilities. This trend-setting film holds up as an entertaining, engaging action movie, more than 30 years later. [Less]

Genre: Action/Adventure

Starring: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, Ahna Capri, Bob Wall

Director: Robert Clouse
Screenwriter: Michael Allin
Composer: Lalo Schifrin

DVD Info

Release:

May 4, 2008

[DVD Details]

Blu-ray Disc Features:

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Surround Sound 5.1 - English
  • Mono 1.0 - French
  • 2S - Latin Spanish
  • Subtitles - English, French, Latin Spanish - Optional
  • Closed Captioned - English - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
  • 2. TV Spots
  • Interviews - 1. "Interview Gallery Featuring Linda Lee Cadwell"
  • Featurettes - 1. "Blood and Steel: The Making of ENTER THE DRAGON"
  • 2. "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey"
  • 3. "Bruce Lee: The Curse of the Dragon"
  • 4. "Bruce Lee: In His Own Words"
  • 5. "Location: Hong Kong with ENTER THE DRAGON"
  • 6. "Backyard Workout with Bruce - Vintage Home Movies"

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Worth seeing for Lee, but still unforgivably wasteful of his talents.

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01/26/06 03:16 AM
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04/24/04 11:55 PM
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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Enter The Dragon marked a new high point in Bruce's ability to marry brilliant choreography with dynamic shooting styles.

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10/16/01 07:17 PM
Almar Haflidason
BBC
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Certainly one of the baddest movies there is -- in every sense of the term.

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01/01/00 12:00 AM
Keith H. Brown
Edinburgh U Film Society
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08/14/07 03:17 AM
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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It's worth catching this schlock art film to see Lee play a 007-type super-agent, who is an expert in kung-fu.

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05/29/07 04:42 PM
Dennis Schwartz
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Presents a powerful, kinetic ballet by a martial arts master at the peak of his form--just try looking away from him.

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05/02/07 06:31 AM
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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Rising popularity of the Chinese martial arts as screen entertainment climaxes in fine crescendo in this violence-drenched actioner.

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03/01/07 08:03 PM
Variety
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Nonstop action is what these films are about, and that's what you get here.

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03/01/07 03:33 PM
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Ripping entertainment overall, with just enough meat for amateur sociologists.

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03/01/07 03:32 PM
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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...it's still great entertainment and remains a first-class action thriller in first-class style.

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07/13/06 12:22 AM
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com
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High karate and low kitsch ... Forget the dopey James Bond plot and train your eyes, little grasshopper, on Lee as he takes on army of henchmen, demonstrating his revolutionary kung-fu moves and a fire-breathing squint.

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06/15/06 01:20 PM
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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10/10/05 08:16 PM
Cole Smithey
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10/09/05 02:29 PM
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily
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The granddaddy of martial arts movies

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09/09/05 07:26 AM
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World
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06/27/05 05:12 PM
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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On an adventure level, the performances are quite good. The one by Mr. Lee, not only the picture's supermaster killer but a fine actor as well, is downright fascinating.

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05/09/05 03:16 AM
Howard Thompson
New York Times
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For martial arts fans, this is THE one. (I'm not such a fan.)

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10/15/04 08:24 PM
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan
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07/02/04 07:53 AM
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)
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The opening drums in Lalo Schifrin's musical score can give you chills.

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06/16/04 08:16 AM
Douglas Pratt
Hollywood Reporter
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