"You can call it the art of fighting without fighting." (Enter The Dragon (DVD))

Member Name: Ataraxia

Product:	Enter The Dragon (DVD)
Date:	19/05/09 (24 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Fights!!!

Disadvantages: Bad acting, Bad Plot

When you watch Enter The Dragon these days, it becomes pretty obvious, almost immediately, where films like Mortal Kombat and Conan The Destroyer got their inspiration from.

This, the first kung film to be produced by a major Hollywood studio, and the last completed Bruce Lee film before his death "by misadventure", is credited with popularizing the martial art in America and establishing Lee as a cultural icon.

And the reason that the film is considered such a quintessential film of the 1970s is not because of the plot or acting (both are appalling, to say the least) but because of the action. The fight choreography in Enter The Dragon is so good that we needn't bother dwelling on what's bad here.

So ignore the paper-thin, James Bond-type plot, of the butt-kicking spy recruited to infiltrate a fortress during a martial arts tournament, and the piss-poor attempts at emotional expressiveness- enjoy Enter The Dragon for what it is: Jaw-breaking kicks, high- pitched squeals, and incredibly-ripped male bodies.

Indeed, Lee's phenomenal fitness has to be witnessed to be believed.



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Summary: Lee's phenomenal fitness has to be witnessed to be believed.