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Enter the Dragon (Two-Disc Special Edition)
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List Price: $26.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Peter Archer, Mike Bissell, Ahna Capri, Mickey Caruso, Betty Chung
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Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790784236
Format: AC-3
ISBN: 0790784238
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2004-05-18
Running Time: 102
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1973-08-19
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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 coproduction, 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 center 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
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Summary: A splendid kung fu film that offers more than the genre's usual
Comment: The 1973 film ENTER THE DRAGON was the first Hollywood kung fu film, placing the then little-known Bruce Lee among American actors and featuring a plot of international proportions.
Of course, the Hong Kong roots of the genre still hold. The manaical supervillain Han (Shih Kien) is murdering young women on his private island. When Han organizes an international martial arts tournament, Lee is sent by the Hong Kong government to bust Han's operation. He is joined by American businessman Roper (John Saxon), hoping to get some money to pay off mafia debts, and black activist Williams (Jim Kelly), who just seeks victory and looking good.
There's a great deal of humour in the story, beyond the traditional incompetent henchmen and improbably deft martial arts. I can't imagine that the film-makers did not intend that the viewer take the supervillain's tropes seriously. When Han strokes his cat while plotting his schemes, or when he gives one character a tour of his entire criminal enterprise before asking him to join them, we can't help but chuckle at this borrowings from James Bond. The film works well as mindless entertainment.
Nonetheless, the film-makers succeeded in making a film that was more than a simple action outing. Two scenes made ENTER THE DRAGON a classic of cinema. In a scene where Bruce Lee wields nunchaku we are treated to one of the finest documents of athletic prowess, testimony that Lee was not just a simple action star but a great sportsman. The climax of the film, where Lee duels with Han in a hall of mirrors, is rich in symbolism and elegantly filmed, coming to influence many films since. And I personally, a recent visitor to Hong Kong and one passionately interested in the area, enjoyed seeing how Kowloon and Hong Kong Island looked before the boom era.
I had a good time watching ENTER THE DRAGON and recommend to any who might be intrigued by a kung fu film that transcends its genre to some degree.
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Summary: New World Fighter.....
Comment: Those who judge this film based on movies filmed 5 years ago are just plain silly.... or simple.
There were literally NO martial arts films available in movie-houses in 1973-74.
I saw this movie in theater when I was 13 years old, and let me tell you...it was incredible.
Dated, very '70's, but as Han himself puts it: "The battle with the guards was magnificent"...."
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Summary: Good Purchase! If You Like The Genre, It's a Classic!
Comment: The movie's FOUR stars, but there are just so many extra features, it's almost worth paying 20 big ones for it. But you're on Amazon, so search for the deals.
Personally, if we could take this disk and swap it into "THE MASTER PACK" for "Game of Death," Then we are looking one hell of a buy because, oddly enough, "Game of Death" is included into this package.
I've always loved Kung Fu movies. I'm strange that way. Anyways, I've always had a soft spot for Bruce Lee because he tries to teach a lesson in all of his films. Yes, they are violent, and this film is violent, but there's always a deep meaning behind every punch and kick in teeth. HA! By itself, the movie is great. It's colorful, there are plenty of good original fights in very different and eye appealing locations. If you're a casual fan, then you've seen "The Big Boss" and "Fists of Fury." Those are my favorite films by him. I enjoyed the dark and violent stories those films offered. "Big Boss" was about a corrupt drug dealer. Very exciting and thoroughly violent. "Fists of fury" was equally exciting with amazing original stunts. It was about Bruce seeking revenge for the murder of his trainer. I thought both had great endings. The point of this rant being, they were very intense films full of emotion and a sort of darkness. They made you cheer Bruce on, in his missions. Enter the Dragon is a little more lighthearted. It's also a LOT more Americanized. For a 70s action flick, it was exciting. It's almost like a James Bond movie.... it's just full of that sort of combination of action, witty well-timed humor and exotic locations complete with a bizarre arch-nemesis bent on world domination.
As fun as the movie was, it just wasn't terribly memorable. It is definitely a FUN, VIOLENT, and INTERESTING film, which is all that really matters when you consider the genre. To me, I don't think it carried the emotional and fear inducing affects that "Big Boss," and "Fists of Fury" seemed to invoke, but it was probably just as entertaining. In fact, if you don't know crap about Bruce Lee movies, but you love those goofy Jackie Chan movies (he's awesome too), check this one out before anything else.
This special edition package is for the fans. You can learn a lot about Bruce Lee. Included into the disk, you'll get the chance to see his last movie "Game of Death" as it was ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE VIEWED, you will also have SPRAWLING documentaries complete with interviews, stories (There's one about Chuck Norris) and even footage of him as a kid training. Definitely a fan pack. A fanny pack.
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Summary: the best bruce lee`s movies
Comment: this is the best movie of bruce lee, where he shows something about his philosophy about fighting, and the documentals are very interesting, its almost unreal the things he did,
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Summary: Watch a Master of Movement
Comment: Every so often a genius of kinesthetic flow arrives in the world; Enter the Dragon is an opportunity to witness first hand the phenominal ability of Li Jun Fan (Bruce Lee) at the very top of his craft. I feel safe in saying that there is no other martial artist put on film that has such dynamic presence and amazing focus as Lee; and Enter the Dragon captures this intensity like no other film.
This film is the first in many ways. Not only the first Chinese/American team up of a martial arts film, it is the very first true martial arts picture ever to be filmed in English. Martial arts star Sammo Hung is highlighted in the first five minutes of the film (first time I believe) and there is even a bit part for an extremely young Jackie Chan (watch closely) as the recipient of Lee's "fists of fury". Starring Bruce Lee, John Saxon and new-comer Jim Kelly, Lee plays a Shaolin monk that is convinced by British Authorities (at the time Governing Hong Kong) to infiltrate an island via a martial arts tournament run by a rogue Shaolin monk named Han (Played by Shih Kien). The government wants Lee to infiltrate the tournament and contact them with information of Han's activities.
The film is laced with Lee's Zen philosophy of life. He uses martial arts as a metaphor for all of life and a vehicle in which to understand all of life's big questions. This film is Lee's final masterpiece as the Little Dragon died 6 days before the US release of Enter the Dragon. This film is a testament to an amazing human being that managed to bridge the gap between East and West. A must see for anyone interested in Martial Arts or Eastern thought.
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