Welcome back to my blog. Here’s my recommendation of a movie to check out today and hope you punch your “Ticket to the Movies!” OK, let’s visit the martial arts world today with the legendary and then-instant classic of “Enter the Dragon” with the equally legendary Bruce Lee, who got support in this one from John Saxon and Jim Kelly, who was a black pioneer in martial arts films and starred in “blaxploitation” films of the ’70s.
“Enter the Dragon” was the seminal martial arts flick in the United States at its release in 1973, even though it followed “The Way of the Dragon” (in which fought martial arts superstar-to-be Chuck Norris), but not in the U.S. “The Way of the Dragon” was originally released in Hong Kong in 1972 and it predates by a year. “The Way of the Dragon” wasn’t released in the U.S. until 1974 and was re-titled “Return of the Dragon” in a spurious attempt to make it appear to be a sequel to “Enter the Dragon.” “The Way of the Dragon” was written by, directed by and stars Lee and was the last of his films released while he was alive (Lee died a month before the premiere of “Enter the Dragon”).
OK, now that the timeline’s out of the way …
With “Enter the Dragon,” you get Lee as “Lee” and he’s recruited by British authorities to go undercover at bad guy’s martial arts tournament to get evidence to prosecute. Of course, things don’t go as planned and Lee, again and of course, as to fight his way out of several situations (again, again and of course, Lee’s the best, so you know how these turn out).
“Enter the Dragon” has an interesting supporting cast headed by Saxon and Kelly. Both do a solid job with characters that could have too easily been throwaways in any other film. After Lee, Saxon and Kelly, you get ultra-villain “Han” played by Kien Shih (he was billed as Shih Kien in the film’s credits) and two of Kien Shih’s henchmen: Bolo Yeung as “Bolo” and Robert Wall (“Bob” in the credits) as “O’Hara.” Both would rather have not squared off against Lee!
So, I say punch your “Ticket to the Movies!” and watch “Enter the Dragon.” It is available to rented on a variety of streaming platforms. So, find it! Watch it! Don’t worry, you’ll thank me later for “Enter the Dragon.”
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