Enter the Dragon

 Martial Artist Lee (Bruce Lee) is recruited by a law officer named Braithwaite (Geoffery Weeks) to go to a tournament hosted by Han, (Shih Kien) a crime lord who resides in an island where he'll host his tournament. Lee is told that there might be an opium trade being performed at the island.

Meanwhile, two friends from the military run into each other. Roper, (John Saxon) and Kelly (Jim Kelly) attend the tournament for different reasons. Roper attends to see how much money he can win. Jim Kelly attends because he didn't have much of a choice.

When they get to the island, what follows is a tournament of brutality, and discovery of corruption,

Bruce Lee        Lee

John Saxon      Roper

Jim Kelly           Williams

Kien Shih          Han  (Shih Kien)

Ahna Capri       Tania

Bolo Yeung       Bolo (Yang Sze)

Robert Wall       Ohara (Bob Wall)

Angela Mao       Su Lin (Angela Mao Ying)

 

Rated R

Run time           101 mins

Aspect Ratio     2.35:1

Panavision

Sound Mix         Mono (original release) Dolby Digital DTS (Re-release)

 

DVD Details

Enter the Dragon is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The picture has been remastered and restored. Black Levels are solid, Color reproduction is great. The 30th Anniversary edition is an improvement in visual detail over the previous release.

The soundtrack is mixed in Dolby Digital 5.1. The soundtrack has been tweaked from the previous DVD release. It sounds a little more balanced and less distorted.

Special features include a making of featurettes. A couple of documentaries about the life of Bruce Lee. One of them has all of the filmed footage for Bruce Lee's Game of Death.

Other features include, trailers and TV Spots.

Trivia

Bruce Lee was working on Game of Death when he was told about the role in Enter the Dragon. He halted production of the film in order to focus on starring in Enter the Dragon with the intention of returning to his other film. Unfortunately, due to his untimely death, he was never able to finish it.

Bruce Lee suffered injuries during filming. One was when filming the fight with O'hara. Bob Wall mis-timed the bottle thrust and cut Bruce Lee's hand. Another was when handling a snake. Bruce Lee got bitten by the snake. Luckily the venom glands were removed.

This was Bruce Lee's last film to be completed.

Before release, alternate titles of the film were suggested to avoid audience confusion. One of them was "The Deadly Three", one of the film's trailer's taglines. Another title was Han's Island.

This is one of a few movies Bruce Lee did where his actual voice is used in the soundtrack.

The opening fight between Bruce Lee and Sammo Hung was shot after production due to Bruce Lee's request.

Roper and William's fates have been switched due to a request by John Saxon's agent.