Exit The Dragon, Enter The Tiger DVD

Advantages: Superb fight sequences, compelling plot and excellent acting.
Disadvantages: Standard of fighting is not as magnificent as Way of the Dragon.

...A long time ago, way back in 1988, I watched a film which changed my life forever. The previous night, using our recently purchased VHS machine, my father had recorded a Kung Fu film for us to watch. At five years old, I had not had much exposure to films, and I had no idea what Kung Fu was or meant. All the family sat together, as we used to back in the days when we were all young and living at home, and my father pressed 'Play'. Enter the Dragon started, and it was to teach me about Kung Fu. Enter the Dragon was my first introduction to Bruce Lee, who is arguably the greatest Martial Artist of all time, and it was one I was never going to forget. I became a fan of Bruce instantly; his competence in acting was secondary to the magnificent Kung Fu he used to cripple his enemies. My interest and love for Martial Arts began in the wake... Read review

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Advantages: Those fight scenes! Those locations! Those effects...Get the picture?
Disadvantages: Novel boiled down to film-length leaves simplistic yet confusing plot

...based on Steve Martin’s joke when he hosted the Oscars, this year. He joked that he was surprised not to see any tigers or dragons when he saw the film, until he realised they were all crouching and hidden! Steal from the best, I always say!... Read review

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Advantages: Fantastically acted, brilliantly choreographed and directed. Believable and moving romance
Disadvantages: The flying scenes are perhaps overdone losing any realistic feel

...I was forced to travel to Nottingham to see this film as ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’ is not on in Bolton for some strange reason, but it was well worth the two and a half hour car journey. Ang Lee (‘The Ice Storm’) has produced a simply breathtaking film, and although thirty minutes of the film are dedicated to fight sequences, this is a whole lot more than just a martial arts film, and as such it is no surprise that the film has had such mass appeal. Chow Yun Fat stars as Li Mu Bai, a dragon warrior who has become tired of fighting and vows to retire. He hands in his legendary, centuries old jade sword, ‘the green destiny’, and asks his inamorata, Shu Lien, played by Michelle Yeoh (Tomorrow Never Dies) to give his sword away as a present. She dutifully completes this task, but it is stolen... Read review

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