Day 129 - Enter the Dragon



Day 129          龍爭虎鬥  (Enter the Dragon) [1973]
                          
Screenplay                    Michael Allin
Director                         Robert Clouse
Cinematography            Gilbert Hubbs
Music                            Lalo Schifrin
Leads                            Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Bob Wall, Jim Kelly, Betty Chung, Shih Kien
Production                     Warner Bros. Concord Production Inc.

IMDb                                7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes                95%

This film may have well been called ‘Kicking and Screaming’ as that’s pretty much all that happens. It has a plot, although there’s really no substance to it, it’s all Bruce Lee punching and kicking the hell out of people. He is invincible – as long as you run at him one by one and (conveniently) don’t have any guns to use against him. He can probably dodge bullets too, or at least they would simply not penetrate his sinewy, toned muscles. The amount of onomatopoeia levels on absurd, to the point where you wonder whether they are trying to make a joke out of it. I also prefer Kung-Fu movies to have bad guys that can actually put up a bit of a fight, but the three good guys seem to be the best, and the bad guy is old and ‘cheats’ with his screw on weapons. There’s not much else to say – it’s a martial arts movie – but watch it just for Bruce Lee’s speed. He is, after all, a legend.

Acting                            1.5 / 4
Writing                           1.5 / 4
Cinematography             2.5 / 4
Music                                3 / 4
HWF rating                  2 / 4

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