Me, You, and Kung Fu (Enter The Dragon (DVD))

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Product:	Enter The Dragon (DVD)
Date:	03/09/01 (40 review reads)
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Well been on BBC 2 tonight. Was a talking point down at the boozer. Here's what was raised:

Having seen this movie countless times on tv and video, the transfer to dvd is superb. Great stereo sound and a sharp clear picture. The only thing that lets this film down is the bad dubbing and the censoring of the famous nanchuck scene in the cavern which is very disappointing. Also a scene at the beginning has been cut along with a few frames at the end of the scene where Bolo kills the guards.All in all Bruce Lee remains the undisputed king of kung fu. If you have never seen this movie, get it now

Hes even got the DVD, lover.

Although people complain that the story was poor, it still deserves top marks because before this, there was nothing like it in big American cinema. Bruce Lee had real screen presence and the fight scenes are amazing, especially in one of the last fights where he effortlessly kicks the crap out of hundreds of attackers without even breaking into a sweat

Your typical average pub type guy opinion.

This, Bruce Lee's penultimate film, is a conglomeration of the finest Martial Arts on celuloid mixed in with western actors trying their best to look like they know what they're doing. John Saxon tries his best, but he isn't up to even Jim kelly's standard, never mind Lee's. It seems such a shame that so much of the film was cut for this DVD. The nunchuka scene is gone, as is a scene near the start (strangely) where Bruce has a conversation with his mentor about the upcoming tournament. Why these cuts? They have left in the scene with O'Hara attacking Lee with the broken bottles (which was cut from the original cinematic release) which I would have thought much easier to be copied by foolish people than the nunchuka scene. And then again, what about other films. The petrol/razor scene wasn't cut from Resovoir Dogs, nor the stabbings or shootings from almost any other film you care
to mention. Yet the skill and control of Lee's rice flails is left on the cutting room floor. Sacrelege. The "extra minutes" not shown during it's initial release were always present in the English version, so don't be fooled into thinking you're getting unseen footage, because you're not! Apart from that the film is pleasing on most counts. Lalo Shifrin's music is brilliant as usual, and the photography of the locations is top notch. Once you get used to the English dubbed over English (you'll see what I mean) the film is highly enjoyable

Ive got the DVD too, bargain here my son.

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