The original and best of all Bruce Lee's movies this one is timeless. Enter the Dragon was the one that put Lee on the map and sent him to superstar cult status. A classic this one has everything and has set the standard for many a martial art epic for many years since. The fight scenes are still fresh and awesome with Lee showing his genuine martial art ability and unmatched speed and agility. Despite knowing the storyline and format I quickly found myself willing Lee on towards the fight scenes as they truly are tremendous. The background music and bizzare fashions of the early 1970's only add to the cult that Lee championed and brings you back to the kung-fu boom of the era. Enter the Dragon special edition is the one to own to sum up Bruce Lee's dynamic and stand alone career. Whether a martial art fan or not this special edition does justice to the Lee legend and will have you making cat like noises as you search for the remote to see the Master chop and kick his way through the bad guys once again. It is a must have for every movie fan.
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Production Year: 1981 - Martial Arts - Director: Kenji Misumi, Robert Houston - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Kayo Matsuo, Minoru Ohki, Akiji Kobayashi, Shin Kishida, Masahiro Tomikawa, Tomisaburo Wakayama
Production Year: 1989 - Martial Arts - Director: Jackie Chan - Original Language: Cantonese - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Kenny Ho
Production Year: 1972 - Martial Arts - Director: Bruce Lee - Original Language: English\Cantonese\Chinese - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Bruce Lee, Nora Miao, Chuck Norris, Robert Wall, Jon T. Benn
Production Year: 2002 - Martial Arts - Director: Yimou Zhang - Original Language: Mandarin - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Jet Li, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Maggie Cheung, Ziyi Zhang
Agree with Christian below, and you should check out his film reviews because they are very good. This is one of my favourite films as well and if you could have added more about what makes this a 'special edition' you may well have sold it to me as I don't have this on tape or DVD and I love extras. Don't be afraid to write a lot more in your review, precis the story, talk about the action sequences, whatever you want just don't add any spoilers. Let me know if you add more and I'll happily re-rate.
christianfilmcritic 11.01.2007 09:37
Although I agree with your enthusiasm for this film, your review did not really tell me much about what the film was about. Plus as a collector of Special Edition DVDs I would have wanted to know what made it a special edition, ie the Special Features, what are they and are they any good or are they just padding to make us Bruce Lee fans part with are hard earned pennies.
Jan 10th, 2007
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