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To start with, I was predicting Enter The Dragon to be an absolute masterpiece but to be honest I thought it was slightly flawed. It was a really good film still but flaws were that it was rather slow regarding the action and also there wasn't as much action within the film as I was predicting. The action scene near the end was absolutely incredible that led to a classic scene as well as the image with the cuts on Lee's chest and face. Minus the action with the best things about Enter The Dragon, the best thing about Enter The Dragon was that the story was just simple but didnt flow in fast enough. Enter The Dragon is one of the early films that are just entertaining and have a lot of intense moments within the film whether there's any violence in them or not. It is also a classic because it was Bruce Lee's last film and posthumous film too. I love films based around China, Hong Kong, Japan, Indonesia etc because all of the things they have around their neighbourhoods and the way their films are made and the stories they come up with are just amazing which is another reason why I love Enter The Dragon.
When I was watching this film, I wondered whether any of the cast members including Bruce Lee actually spoke any English. I thought it was a dubbed remastered DVD regarding voices and language but it actually wasn't. It was an English languaged film but in Hong Kong and China settings. It was a very violent film. It wasn't so much violent regarding blood but the way the men were killing each other like when it was off-screen. For example, Lee killed a man breaking his neck but you only heard it not saw it. Also, an even bigger man crushed another man's skull which you only heard not saw. Enter The Dragon is Bruce Lee's most famous and last film. Lee died in some say unusual circumstances. He was either murdered or tragically died in an illness to the brain. It is a damn shame Lee never saw this film because he would have been so proud of it and how it turned out to be when it was released back in 1973. Lee died 2 months after the film was completed and produced. Bruce Lee was the complete martial arts expert and will always be that no matter what. If Lee were alive now I personally think he would have been a good collaborator with director Ang Lee especially if he was in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. That is in my personal opinion the best martial arts film of all time and I think it will always be. Bruce Lee's death partly led to his son Brandon's 20 years later and there are suspicions that both were murdered by a particular group of people who didn't like the family. Bruce Lee leaves us with a film that is without a doubt one of the most memorable action thrill rides ever made. This is the first Bruce Lee film that I have watched and I am proud to say that it is because it may be better to start with the actor's best film first and then make your way through his other film which I am going to do. Don't get me wrong Bruce Lee is one-of-a-kind actor but he reminds me a lot of Jet Li for some reason. This would have been a good Ang Lee film because after seeing Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Ang Lee proved that he could have pulled off another martial arts film like Enter The Dragon. Having Ang Lee and Bruce Lee in the same film together would have made one of those two films the ultimate action martial arts film of all time.
The director of Enter The Dragon actually did a good job with really comical sound effects regarding the action fights. I could tell that they were fake but to be fair that didn't bother me in the slightest. Enter The Dragon is my favourite film of 1973 at the moment which does actually surprise me. I really enjoyed this film because of it's pure entertainment and Bruce Lee's mindblowing martial arts moves.
Enter The Dragon is a classic that is one of my favourite posthumous films after The Dark Knight (Heath Ledger) and The Crow (Bruce Lee's late son Brandon). Enter The Dragon is at the present time my second favourite martial arts film after Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Overall, Enter The Dragon is a really good yet flawed entertaining action film that I think everyone should give a try. R.I.P. Bruce Lee. January
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