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www.film.u-net.com - : The most mainstream and respected of the multitude of Kung Fu flicks, Enter the Dragon shoulders this burden ably in a kinetic blur of flesh and blood. Tucked away in the colony of Hong Kong, Lee (Bruce Lee) trains hard and teaches in a school of the martial arts. Competing in tournaments is a regular occurrence and the invitation from a certain Mr. Han (Shih Kien) is no exception. However, that all changes when Braithwaite (Geoffrey Weeks), an agent of the British government, drops by to chat with Lee. It seems that Han likes to mix his martial arts with a dash of drug smuggling, arms running and prostitution. Not surprisingly, Braithwaite would dearly love to dispose of Han and his private little island, if only he had some solid proof. This is, of course, where Lee comes in, a one-man expeditionary force. more...
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www.filmcritic.com - : A bellwether among martial arts films, Enter the Dragon was effectively the final film of Bruce Lee before his death at age 33 of brain edema (ouch). Dragon stands tall for both its high-flying, slow-motion kung fu stunts, its classic Lee vignettes (Lee tastes his own blood then flies into a rage), more...
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www.movie-gurus.com - : 'Enter the Dragon' is exciting, stylish, breathless and preposterous. Any and every excuse for a fight scene is cause for a fight scene, and you better believe there are a lot of excuses. The plot is kind of brilliant, in a backwards way; it's not that it doesn't stand up to close scrutiny, but that it doesn't stand up to scrutiny at all. To ask even one logical question is to be watching the wrong movie. more...
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