John Saxon is extremely good as a compulsive gambler who joins the contest to find his way out of a losing streak. Kien organizes a martial arts contest, which is actually a front to find salesmen to peddle his wares throughout the world. Michael Allin’s inventive screenplay brings Lee to the island fortress of master criminal Shih Kien to find evidence to convict him of white slavery and opium trade. The movie itself, produced by Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller in association with Raymond Chow of Hong Kong’s Concorde Productions, is a whoop-and-holler entertainment, which is to say that it’s a lavish, corny action movie, not boring for a second and as outrageously wry as it is visually appealing. His charismatic presence is remarkable in Enter the Dragon, and it’s a shame he didn’t have the chance to become the great, unique star he seemed destined to be. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review is below:īruce Lee’s last movie is the only one that gives him the star treatment he deserved. unveiled Enter the Dragon, the 98-minute, R-rated actioner starring Bruce Lee, in theaters.
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