Movie Description 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.
| Credits | | Writer: | Michael Allin | | Cast: | Ahna Capri, Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly, John Saxon |
Editorial Reviews "...One of the finest kung-fu films ever made, thanks to Lee..." -- Rating: A Entertainment Weekly - p.82 - Entertainment Weekly Staff (05/29/1998)
"...The most popular martial arts pic ever..." USA Today - Mike Clark (05/22/1998)
"If kung fu is now the standard badass language, ENTER THE DRAGON -- featuring Lee's great slow-burn stare -- is the first grammar lesson." Rolling Stone - David Lipsky (06/10/2004)
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