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Bruce Lee, Robert Wall - Way Of The Dragon (1972)

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Enter the Dragon - Robert Clouse 1973 Bloodsport - Newt Arnold 1988

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Enter the Dragon (1973)

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Time 13-Aug-2023 19:30 Day Sunday Where Cineworld - Rushden Lakes Screen 2 Seat H9 Price £2.43

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RIP Bob Wall

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GAME OF DEATH:

Mob targets actor

Lee in the yellow jumpsuit

Cheep shameless cash grab

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Enter the Dragon (1973) dir. Robert Clouse

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Enter The Dragon (1973)

Plot: Martial arts expert Lee (Bruce Lee) attends a tournament held by the mysterious Han (Shih Kien), in order to spy on him at the behest of the secret service.

Review: Enter The Dragon was to have been Bruce Lee’s big break into the Western market. Already a star in China, and having acquitted himself in other roles (notably Kato in the Green Hornet), Lee’s blend of acting and martial arts was primed to make him a big star.

And that’s exactly what would have happened, had he not died tragically at the age of just thirty-two, from a reaction to a headache tablet. Enter The Dragon was a massive success upon its release, so much so that his previous films enjoyed wider re-releases to give audiences more of his work. It would certainly have put him in demand, and he would have been a big star; this film was chosen for the National Film Registry in the Library of Congress in the U.S., such was its significance. Of course we can only speculate as to what might have happened had he survived, but if there were more films like Enter The Dragon in the pipeline it would have been great.

It’s an iconic film and an iconic performance, and probably would have still been the same had he lived. While the film has some minor issues, it has certainly stood up well; it’s quite obviously ‘70′s, but it has an endearing quality to it so that you overlook its age and enjoy it for the story it is. Due to the East meets West nature of its production, there were a number of issues along the way, but still everybody was able to overcome them to create something bold and interesting. Lee wasn’t just the star, but choreographed the movies fight scenes too; his martial arts background, and a group of willing young stars including Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung make for some memorable action sequences.

Of course, as with his son Brandon, we can only speculate what Bruce might have achieved. Based on this evidence, it might have been stellar.