Enter the Dragon [Includes Digital Copy] [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray]

Overview

One of the most popular kung fu films ever, and perhaps the peak of the famed Bruce Lee's career, Enter the Dragon achieved success by presenting a series of superbly staged fighting sequences with a minimum of distractions. The story finds Lee as a martial-arts expert determined to help capture the narcotics dealer whose gang was responsible for his sister's death. This evil villain operates from a fortified island manned by a team of crack martial artists, who also host a kung fu competition. Lee uses his skills to enter the contest and then tries to chop, kick, and otherwise fight his way into the dealer's headquarter. The story is, of course, merely an excuse for showdown after showdown, featuring masterly fighting by Lee in a wide variety of martial arts styles. Essential viewing for martial arts fans, the film was also embraced by a larger audience, thanks to a fast pace and higher-than-usual production values.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/08/2023
UPC:	0883929793723
Original Release:	1973
Rating:	R
Source:	Warner Home Video
Language:	English
Time:	1:42:00
Format:	Blu-ray
Sales rank:	8,158

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bruce Lee	Lee
John Saxon	Roper
Jim Kelly	Williams,Actor
Shih Kien	Han
Bob Wall	Ohara,Oharra
Anna Capri	Tania,Tania
Betty Chung	Mei Ling,Han Traitor
Geoffrey Weeks	Braithwaite
Bolo Yeung	Bolo
Peter Archer	Parsons
Ho Lee Wan	Old Man
Marlene Clark	Secretary
Angela Mao	Su Lin
Li Jen Ho	le vieil homme
Allan Kent	le golfeur
Bill Keller	le flic de L.A.,Actor
Mickey Caruso	le flic de L.A.
Pat E. Johnson	Hood
Darnell Garcia	Hood
Mike Bissell	Hood
Hidy Ochiai	Actor
Linda Lee Cadwell	l'nvité à la fête
Billy Chan	le garde des cavernes,le voyou en prison,l'invité à la fête,Tourney Referee
Ling Wei Chen	le guardien
Chok Chow Cheung	le moine
Roy Chiao	Shaolin Abbott
Alan Chung San Chui	le guardien
Ho Lee Yan	Actor
Mykelti Williamson	Actor
Yang Tse	Actor
Chuck Norris	Messenger
Chi Lau	Actor
Sammo Hung	Fighter
Lalo Schifrin	Composer

Technical Credits

Michael Allin

Robert Clouse	Director
Raymond Chow	Producer
Paul M. Heller	Producer,Producer
Jerry Weintraub	Producer,Producer
Michael Allin	Screenwriter
Bruce Lee	Stunts
Leonard Ho	Producer
Ping Wong	Sound Effects
Andre Morgan	Producer
Mickey Caruso	Stunts
Robert Lin	Sound Effects

Editorial Reviews

Billed as the first martial arts film produced by a Hollywood studio, Enter the Dragon was a star vehicle for the legendary Bruce Lee. Tragically, Lee died under mysterious circumstances a month before its release, ending any hopes that this tour de force would catapult his popularity to another level. The story is straightforward: Lee (his character referred to only as Mr. Lee) travels to a martial arts tournament on the private island of a reclusive Bond film-esque crime mastermind, Mr. Han (Kien Shih). He has two goals: to shut down Mr. Han's opium operation and to avenge the murder of his sister. Cast with a number of martial arts experts, including karate champion Jim Kelly (who along with actor John Saxon flank the Asian hero with a black and a white costar), the gadget-free Enter the Dragon now seems an exercise in action-film classicism. Lee's fighting form is clean and pure, and he uses violence only as a last resort. A funky Lalo Schifrin score (with occasional Asian inflections) and Kelly's huge Afro set the film unmistakably in the early '70s, but the famous sequence that pits Lee against Han in a room of mirrors is timeless, inspired cinema.

Barnes & Noble - Gregory Baird

Martial arts phenomenon Bruce Lee never made a perfect movie, but his first (and last) English-speaking star vehicle comes closest to capturing his electricity and charisma. A US-Hong Kong co-production intended to introduce Lee to an international audience, Enter the Dragon has Lee sharing screen time with two co-stars, veteran John Saxon and American karate champion Jim Kelly, but Lee dominates the movie as assuredly as he does the multitudes of bad guys thrown his way. The formulaic story, a crude James Bond riff with a hint of blaxploitation outrageousness, is wearying in the early going, but it hardly matters as the dynamite fighting sequences begin to dominate near the halfway point. Though it lacks the insane kineticism of the subsequent Hong Kong martial arts renaissance of the 1980s and 1990s, the movie is nicely photographed, and Robert Clouse's direction keeps the attention focused on Lee's remarkable presence. The hall-of-mirrors finale, in which Clouse and Lee gleefully update Orson Welles' classic sequence from The Lady From Shanghai, has to be seen to be believed. Lee even shows a bit of acting ability in some of the quieter moments, but his tragic death at age 33, about a month before Enter the Dragon's US premiere, would put an end to his film career.

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