Cult Movies - Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon (1973, Dir. Robert Clouse) the first American/Hong Kong coproduction is arguably the greatest Kung Fu movie ever made. Featuring a who's who of bad ass 70's cult stars the film is a mesmerizing, slam bang comic book that never tires.

Enter the Dargon has my favorite film cast of the 70's. Of course you get Bruce Lee in his most electric and brutal performance but throw in Jim "Black Belt" Kelly, John (Tenebre) Saxon, Angela "Lady Kung Fu" Mao Ying and Yang "Chinese Hercules" Sze and you have 98 minutes of the most colorful actors of the grindhouse era.

Enter The Dragon's premise is simple enough and explained in the first ten minutes. The British Government hires Lee to dig up dirt on a man named Han who owns a fortress island that puts on a semiannual martial arts tournament. It seems Han is involved in illegal drug trade and prostitution, so Lee must join the tournament and take down Hans if necessary.

Soon Lee is busting out his Jeet Kune Do (fist-intercepting way) on all sorts of silly bastards and all hell breaks loose. Lee's fight scenes are all equally brutal, busting heads with non chaku and crushing throats with his heels (the incredible Oharra fight).

Other famous scenes involve the death of Williams (Hans cheats, the bastard, when he attaches an iron hand to his arm), The death of Lee's sister (the spectacular Mao Ling) and the finale with Hans in the room of mirrors. Lee's hands and feet were so fast in the fight scenes that they couldn't be captured at 24 frames per second by the cameramen!

Rumors abound about the making of Enter The Dragon. According to some present on the set certain actors and extras tried to seriously hit Bruce Lee while filming scenes. Apparently some wanted to test Lee or be the man who knocked Lee out. Rumor has it Lee was so fast that when he sensed somebody was really trying to hit him he'd block and then obliterate them!

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