Synopsis
Their deadly mission: to crack the forbidden island of Han!
A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.
Enter the Dragon
1973 Directed by Robert Clouse
Cast
Bruce Lee John Saxon Jim Kelly Sek Kin Ahna Capri Robert Wall Angela Mao Ying Betty Chung Bolo Yeung Geoffrey Weeks Roy Chiao Yuen Biao Marlene Clark Sammo Hung Jackie Chan Phillip Ko Mang Hoi Mars Peter Chan Lung Paul Chung Fat Tai Bo Tony Liu Yuen Wah Peter Archer Lam Ching-Ying Billy Chan Wui-Ngai Mickey Caruso
Director
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Writer
Editors
Cinematography
Art Direction
Stunts
Jackie Chan Yuen Wah Sammo Hung Yuen Biao Lam Ching-Ying Pat E. Johnson Charlie Picerni Mars Robert Wall
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Spoken Languages
Alternative Titles
I tre dell'operazione drago, Bruce Lee: Der Mann mit der Todeskralle, 용쟁호투, 龍爭虎鬥, اژدها وارد می شود, Operación dragón, Дракона идва, Operação Dragão, Opération dragon, Operación Dragón, I dragens klør, Lohikäärmeen kidassa, Lohikäärmeen tie, U zmajevom gnijezdu, A sárkány közbelép, Ejdeha Vared Mishavad, Í klóm drekans, I 3 dell'Operazione Drago, Burn, Dragon!, Moeyo doragon, In de klauwen van de draak, Wejście smoka, O Dragão Ataca, Intra Dragonul, U zmajevom gnezdu, I Drakens Tecken, Выход Дракона, Ejderin Üç Fedaisi, Вихiд Дракона, The Deadly Three, Der Mann mit der Todeskralle, Operation Dragon, Long Zheng Hu Dou, Operació Drac, Drak přichází, I Dragens Klør, Ο Κίτρινος Πράκτωρ του Χονγκ Κονγκ, Opération Dragon, הדרקון, 燃えよドラゴン, Wejście Smoka, Intrarea dragonului, Выход дракона, Drak prichádza, ไอ้หนุ่มซินตึ๊ง มังกรประจัญบาน, Ejder Kalesi, Вихід дракона, Long Tranh Hổ Đấu, 龙争虎斗
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Not gonna rate this one because I didn’t finish it. My car died at the drive-in and I had to get a jump. Very embarrassing! Anyway, I liked what I saw. Strange to watch a movie that you can fully recognize as having influenced an entire generation of film lovers while also knowing that the movie and most of the movies it has influences have just totally passed you by. Was delighted when the whole drive-in honked at Jim Kelly beating up two racist cops. Also delighted at everyone honking as Jim Kelly was about to have sex. The drive-in loves to honk at a horny moment. Who can blame em! It’s what the bumper stickers want!
John Saxon looks like Zac Efron. Why isn’t the news talking about this?
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If you put martial arts, blaxploitation, and espionage into a tea pot it becomes the tea pot, boiling over with perfection thanks to an immense Lalo Schifrin score, John Saxon, Jim Kelly, a claw/knife handed Dr. No villain, a shitload of mirrors, and Bruce Lee.
Incredibly influential and endlessly enjoyable, this is essential 1973 cinema.
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The Dragon Bruce Lee in the film that made him an immortal legend and an international superstar. Sparring with Sammo. Dragon flip. Tea time. Dragon wisdom. The way Jim Kelly's fro looks when he puts on shades. Filmstrip. Oharra's scar. Toe tag. Gun control. Dragon rowboat. Ball buster. Jackie Chan? Fighting like a girl. Harakiri. Dragon vow. High-stakes golf. A cool as fuck doggie. Fro Kung fu. Police harassment. War buddies. Grasshopper gambling. Dragon humility lesson. Bolo's muscles. When your fro is so pimp you must duck to walk through a walkway. Roasted piggy. Welcome party. Han's gloves. Skinny sumo. Awesome as fuck headphones. Real pimp motherfuckers fuck ho's 4 at a time. Dragon training. Fuck you uniforms! Going all…
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Bruce Lee spends a great deal of this movie looking around, quietly observing everything and throwing off a calculatedly obnoxious bad motherfucker attitude, an attitude he proceeds to back up with his obvious skill as an athletic performer. But it's not the fighting that makes ENTER THE DRAGON great (the fights are fine, shot a little blandly but unobtrusively by Clouse). it's that Lee's less a martial artist here than a vibe, not merely quicker and tougher and stronger but able to assess and recalibrate the frequency of everything around him, like that Looney Tunes gag where someone strikes a tuning fork but it makes them vibrate instead.
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60s bond film through the lens of 70s martial arts/blaxploitation. lee was an unbelievable athlete.
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I know I said I was going to stop reviewing movies on here for a while but guess what it's been a while because this shit rocked.
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"now, you must remember: the enemy has only images and illusions behind which he hides his true motives. destroy the image and you will break the enemy."
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“Enter the Dragon” isn’t just the most successful martial arts film of all time. It’s also…. just about the best.
There is little sense in subtlety when speaking of Bruce Lee’s achievement with the movie. Any humility is unnecessary to the work, and uncharacteristic of the famously, deservedly confident man who stars in it.
Director Robert Clouse’s “Dragon” has nary a moment when it is not in motion. Every second of the picture is a movement - clear, exact - each action building with precision on those preceding. It’s a feat of total grace in filmmaking.
And here’s the best part… it knows that it’s just that good.
Like Lee himself, “Dragon” understands greatness, because seeing it is as easy…
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"It's like a finger pointing away to the moon. Do not concentrate on the finger, or you will miss all of the heavenly glory."
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Criterion Collection Spine #1036
Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits Part 4A little silly but majorly awesome, Bruce Lee's Enter the Dragon is an action-packed feast of martial arts, that feels like a 70s mesh up of Mortal Kombat and James Bond.
"Man, you come right out of a comic book."
With Bruce Lee being such an iconic action star, it is crazy to think this is the only one of his films I had previously seen. But thanks to Criterion putting out his Greatest Hits Collection, that will soon change. And I thought why not start off by revisiting the very memorable Enter the Dragon, which is widely considered one of the best and most influential action films of…
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I'm sure one could criticize any number of stereotypical and otherwise problematic elements of this, but from another and I would argue more productive angle it begins to seem like some kind of blueprint for a utopian popular cinema that never materialized, multiracial, multicultural, international, and antiauthoritarian. Jim Kelly refuses to submit to racist cops, Bruce Lee refuses to wear a uniform, John Saxon refuses to guillotine an innocent kitty cat, and the feds only show up as a closing punchline about their own uselessness.
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Lee (Bruce Lee) is sent to infiltrate a high profile martial arts tournament on an island owned by suspected crime lord Han (Shih Kien) in this martial arts actioner co-starring John Saxon and Jim Kelly.
It’s blend of kung fu and espionage makes the film feel fresh, standing out from similar releases from the time, making it the highest grossing martial arts film of all time. It’s a great showcase for Lee, who died before the film was released, and his electric fight sequences are amazing to watch.
He has such a commanding screen presence, effortlessly moving from dramatic moments to high action. His final fight in the mirrored room is still absorbing to watch, serving as a glimpse of…
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