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Enter the Dragon

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Enter the Dragon (1973)

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Reviews Counted: 37

Fresh: 36

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 7.8/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 17 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

US Box Office: $0

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... 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. [More]

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

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

Director: Robert Clouse

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

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The only real disappointment about Enter the Dragon is that it is Bruce Lee's last movie.

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08/24/08
TIME Magazine
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The chop-socky film to beat them all.

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08/24/08
Channel 4 Film
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If kung fu is now the standard badass language, Enter the Dragon -- featuring Lee's great slow-burn stare -- is the first grammar lesson.

Full Review Source: Rolling Stone | comment Comment
08/14/07
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone

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
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Presents a powerful, kinetic ballet by a martial arts master at the peak of his form--just try looking away from him.

Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine) | comment Comment
05/02/07
Christopher Smith
Bangor Daily News (Maine)

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
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
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Ripping entertainment overall, with just enough meat for amateur sociologists.

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03/01/07
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

...it's still great entertainment and remains a first-class action thriller in first-class style.

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07/13/06
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

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.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
06/15/06
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

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

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment 2 Comments
01/26/06
Time Out
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No review available.

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10/10/05
Cole Smithey
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No review available.

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10/09/05
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

The granddaddy of martial arts movies

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09/09/05
Jon Niccum
Lawrence Journal-World

No review available.

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06/27/05
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

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.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/09/05
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
Steve Crum
Kansas City Kansan

No review available.

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07/02/04
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

The opening drums in Lalo Schifrin's musical score can give you chills.

Full Review Source: Hollywood Reporter | comment Comment
06/16/04
Douglas Pratt
Hollywood Reporter

It's easy to see why Lee was -- and still is -- such a big star. He had a charm and charisma that few have. The camera loved him. He had that special undefinable quality that James Dean, Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart and a few others have.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/24/04
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
 
 
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