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Language: English

Genre: Action/Drama/Crime/Thriller

Cast: Bruce Lee, Shih Kien, John Saxon, Jim Kelly

Direction: Robert Clouse

Reasons to watch: BRUCE LEE.! (His last completed movie, he died during post-production), mind boggling action sequences – the best ever

Reasons not to: Don’t miss it for anything, even if you hate martial art movies.!

Story: Lee (Bruce Lee) a master of the physical and spiritual disciplines of the martial arts and member of a Shaolin Temple is being visited by Braithwaite (Geoffrey Weeks), a British law officer. Braithwaite wants Lee to participate in to a tri-annual martial arts tournament held on an island owned by Han (Kien Shih), a reclusive billionaire who was once a member of the Temple but has turned traitor. He wants Lee to investigate Han’s island and his tournament as the British intelligence suspect him to be the mastermind of an Opium trade ring and a prostitution racket. When Lee discovers that Han and his men are responsible for his sister’s death, he agrees to become Han’s nemesis.

Also attending the tournament are two American martial arts experts, John Roper (John Saxon) and Kelly Williams (Jim Kelly), who served together in Vietnam and took differing paths toward martial arts upon their discharge - Roper is on the run from Mafia gambling debt collectors, while Williams is on the run after killing two racist cops.

Together they face Han and his army, and some kick-ass action follows. Will they survive.? Well, Enter the Dragon to know.

Climax Handling: A nerve-wracking action sequence, rated among one of the best in the history of Hollywood

Points: Bruce Lee – the Clint Eastwood of the East, or the Charlton Heston, they call him many things – you’ll know why did they call him a legend when you see this movie, The Hall of Mirrors, The 70’s Hong Kong at its realistic best, brief cameos by a lot of people – including Jackie Chan, “it’s like a finger pointing away to the moon”, adrenaline pumping action – without any wires, mind you… There are so many things to admire in this masterpiece

Rating: 9.5/10

Comment: The definitive Martial Arts movie - Don’t miss it for anything!

Tags: Action, Bruce Lee, Crime, Drama, Enter The Dragon, Geoffrey Weeks, Jim Kelly, John Saxon, Last Bruce Lee Movie, Martial Arts, Robert Clouse, Shih Kien, Thriller