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Bookmark this pageEnter the Dragon (1973)
Director: Robert Clouse
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From Time Out Film Guide
The first of a burgeoning series of American film industry attempts to colonise the kung-fu market, this manages to be inferior to even the weakest of Bruce Lee's echt-Chinese movies. A sorry mixture of James Bond and Fu Manchu, it tacks together the exploits of a multi-national crew of martial artists converging on Hong Kong for a tournament, infiltrated by Lee - fresh from his Shaolin temple - on an assignment to bust an opium racket. Worth seeing for Lee, but still unforgivably wasteful of his talents.Author:
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- anon said...
- Posted on Mar 23 2009 02:55 It's just irresponsible to not even mention it's significance or popularity and the fact that this reviewer's opinion is most definitely going against the grain.
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- anon said...
- Posted on Mar 23 2009 02:52 Altogether disagree with the review and the score. I think it's very far from being a martial arts exploitation movie, and many regard it as Lee's magnum opus. It's certainly his most intense - so it must be said if you're putting this film down, martial art movies just aren't for you. I think it's without question a historic moment in western cinema, and only the sheer presence of Bruce Lee in this film made it such.
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- shaam said...
- Posted on Nov 21 2008 05:44 What in the world did you expect in this movie?
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- john said...
- Posted on Jul 29 2008 05:47 You are a failure; your mother should call you an accident.
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- john said...
- Posted on Jan 04 2008 04:57 what exactly were Lee's talents i wonder. He was never a terrific actor. He was a martial artist and an action star. And that is exactly what this movie is. Some of the most compelling fight scenes in movie history. Complain about the plot or other elements all you like, but to suggest fists of fury, big boss, or way of the dragon are somehow more complex or artful is just absurd. You can't have it both ways. If you don't like this movie, you don't like Bruce Lee. Period
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- Al said...
- Posted on Dec 25 2007 21:33 By far the dumbest, most irrational critique I've come across. You're clearly wrong based on this movie's popularity and what it accomplished for martial arts cinema. You have no idea what Bruce Lee represented nor do you understand the real essence of what the movie is supposed to portray. Go back to watching Disney movies with 12 year olds.
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- Dez Nuts said...
- Posted on Nov 22 2007 13:20 Time Out can kiss a dick....
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- Howard said...
- Posted on Aug 17 2007 12:47 You should be fired from your job. For you to say this is wasteful of his talents is absurd. You really should n't be reviewing films if that's what you think.
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Cast & crew
Director: Robert Clouse
Producer: Fred Weintraub, Paul Heller
Cast: Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Shih Kien, Jim Kelly, Bob Wall, Yang Sze, Ahna Capri full cast
Duration: 98 mins
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