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Enter the Dragon
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S:龙争虎斗
L:Dragon Fights, Tiger Struggles
P:Lóng Zhēng Hǔ Dòu
W:Lung2 Chêng1 Hu3 Tou4
J:Lung4 Zang1 Fu2 Dau3
Director:Robert Clouse
Music:Lalo Schifrin
Cinematography:Gilbert Hubbs
Runtime:102 minutes[1]
Budget:$850,000
Gross:$400 million

Enter the Dragon (Chinese: t=龍爭虎鬥) is a 1973 martial arts film directed by Robert Clouse and written by Michael Allin. The film stars Bruce Lee, John Saxon, Ahna Capri, Bob Wall, Shih Kien, and Jim Kelly. Enter the Dragon was Bruce Lee's final completed film appearance before his death on 20 July 1973 at the age of 32. An American-Hong Kong co-production, the film was premiered in Los Angeles on 19 August 1973, one month after Lee's death.

Enter the Dragon was estimated to have grossed over worldwide (equivalent to an estimated adjusted for inflation) against a budget of $850,000. It is the most successful martial arts film ever and is widely regarded as one of the greatest martial arts films of all time. In 2004, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".[2] [3] [4] Among the first films to combine martial arts action with spy film elements and the emerging blaxploitation genre, its success led to a series of similar productions combining the martial arts and blaxploitation genres.[5] The film's themes have generated scholarly debate about the changes taking place within post-colonial Asian societies following the end of World War II.[6]

Enter the Dragon is also considered one of the most influential action films of all time, with its success contributing to mainstream worldwide interest in the martial arts as well as inspiring numerous fictional works, including action films, television shows, action games, comic books, manga and anime.

Plot

Lee is a Shaolin martial artist and instructor from Hong Kong who possesses great philosophical insight into martial arts as well as physical prowess, he receives an invitation to a high-profile martial arts competition on an island organised by the mysterious Mr. Han. Lee learns from his Sifu (teacher) that Han was also once a Shaolin student, but had been expelled from their order for abusing their code of conduct.

Lee is approached by British intelligence agent named Braithwaite and asks for his help in an undercover mission, investigating a suspected crime lord named Han. Lee is persuaded to attend a high-profile martial arts tournament on Han's private island to gather evidence that will prove Han's involvement and suspicions to in drug trafficking and prostitution. However, since Han's island is only partly in their jurisdiction, they are unable to conduct any formal investigations - Han will not allow firearms on the island, both to impede assassination attempts and to prevent the international authorities from gaining a justification to launch a raid.

Han runs a martial arts school to protect his drug operations, as well as holding his tournament every three years to recruit international talent to expand his criminal business. Lee agrees to help Braithwaite, believing his efforts will also redeem the Shaolin honor that Han has tarnished. However, shortly before his departure, Lee then also learns from his teacher that Han's bodyguard O'Hara had been the main suspect of the death of his sister, Su Lin. Despite feeling ashamed of himself, Lee then finds himself compelled on a mission of revenge as well.

Lee arrives on Han's island and receives a warm reception. Joining him are other competitors including Roper, a down-on-his-luck white American playboy-gambler who is indebted and on the run from the mob, and Williams, an African-American activist on the run after defending himself against two racist white policemen in Los Angeles. Roper and Williams are old Karate brothers and fellow Vietnam War veterans who also have a betting scam going: one will under-perform until the other can get a bet on the outcome at good odds. Both win their first fights easily.

The rules of Han's tournament are simple: Competitors compete in one-on-one matches against each other, the opponent who gets knocked to the ground loses each round, and any weapons are strictly prohibited in the fighting arena (Han would sometimes break his own rules in desperate moments). The first matches in Han's tournament are Williams vs. Parsons, and Roper vs. Liu.

At the end of the first day, the competitors are all offered girls of their choice by Han's assistant, Tania. Williams chooses several women, while Roper cunningly chooses Tania (as a mutual attraction is apparent between them). Lee asks for a girl he saw earlier in Han's entourage. Lee knows she is Mei Ling, a covert operative agent whom Braithwaite had placed on the island to gather intelligence. However, she has been unable to escape Han's strict observation to never leave there rooms. That night, leaving Mei Ling in his bedroom, Lee begins to stealthily search and infiltrate the island for evidence and finds a secret entrance to an underground compound base, where drugs are being manufactured and tested on unwitting prisoners. He runs into Han's guards but manages to take them down and flee before they can identify him. He is seen by Williams, who is outside for some fresh air and practice, despite strict rules against being outside after dark.

The next morning, Han warns the competitors about wandering out of their rooms at night. He punishes his guards for failure in their duties by leaving them to the hands of the strong and sadistic Bolo, Han's giant enforcer and chief bodyguard. Moments later after the execution, the competition resumes as Lee is called to his first match and his opponent turns out to be O'Hara, During the fight, Han warns O'Hara to step down as Lee keeps outclassing him in a humiliating fashion. Lee is then prompted to kill O'Hara after he tries to attack Lee with a pair of half-shattered glass bottles, thus avenging his sister's death. Embarrassed, Han abruptly ends the day's competition after stating that O'Hara's treachery has disgraced them, announcing that O'Hara's dishonorable attack has caused him to lose face very badly, Han ends the day's matches.

Later, Han summons Williams in his office for interrogation, accusing him of attacking the guards the previous night. Williams denies this, claiming he wasn't the only one out at night, but then changes the subject about wanting to leave the island and Han explains it's not possible. As Williams defies him, Han summons his henchmen; Williams takes them out but Han himself is also skilled which resulted in a destructive brawl between the two, it ends with Williams getting brutally beaten to death by Han with his cast iron prosthetic left hand.

The next day, Han takes Roper on a tour of his underground base and invites him to be his representative for his top-secret heroin smuggling operations in the United States. Han also implicitly threatens to imprison Roper, along with all the other martial artists who joined Han's tournaments in the past, if Roper will not join his operation. Roper reluctantly accepts, after Han also reveals to him the mutilated corpse of Williams over a pit of acid, hinting that Roper will face the same fate if he refuses to cooperate.

The same night, Lee then does some more island infiltration by breaking into the underground base again to gather sufficient evidence to warrant Han's arrest, and uses a cobra snake to scare away a couple of technicians from their office so Lee can manage to send a message to Braithwaite, which causes an alarm to set off, after a prolonged battle with dozens of Han's guards he is eventually lured into a door trap to get imprisoned and then captured.

The next morning, Han commands Roper to fight Lee as a test of his loyalty. Roper refuses, so instead Han has him fight Bolo to the death as punishment, whom he manages to overpower and beat after a gruelling battle. The enraged and infuriated Han then orders all his men to kill both Lee and Roper. Despite facing insurmountable odds, Lee and Roper's skill and power manage to hold off the enemy until Mei Ling releases the captives in Han's underground including the island's prisoners and the other invited martial artists, they aid Lee and Roper in the fight and even the odds.

Amidst the chaos, Han attempts to fight his way out to escape, only to have Lee pursuit and corner him to his museum, where Han retrieves a bladed-talon replacement for his hand to prepare for a brutal fight. After realising he is outmatched and outskilled in the museum, Han retreats into a room full of mirrors, which proves disorientating for Lee, until Lee keeps a strategy in mind that was told my his Sifu, he smashes all the mirrors to foil Han's illusions to easily spot Hon, allowing Lee to kill Han, impaling him on his own spear that was halfway harpooned through a wall.

When Lee returns to Roper where the main battle occurred, he finds that most of Han's men have been defeated and rounded up, but Roper also finds Tania's lifeless body lying amongst the wreckage, much to Roper's mourning. Bruised and bloodied, Lee and Roper exchange a weary thumbs-up as the military helicopters finally arrives to take control of the island in response to the distress call, the first evidence of Han seen infront of them is his bloody tiger-claw prosthetic.

Cast

Production

Due to the success of his earlier films, Warner Bros. began helping Bruce Lee with the film in 1972. They brought in producers Fred Weintraub and Paul Heller.[11] The film was produced on a tight production budget of $850,000.[12] Fighting sequences were staged by Bruce Lee.[13]

Writing

The screenplay title was originally named Blood and Steel. The story features heroic protagonists who are Asian, white, and Black, as the producers wanted a film that would appeal to the widest possible international audience.[14] The scene in which Lee states that his style is "Fighting Without Fighting" is based upon a famous anecdote involving the 16th century samurai Tsukahara Bokuden.[15] [16]

Casting

Rod Taylor was first choice for playing the down-on-his-luck martial artist Roper. Director Robert Clouse had already worked with Taylor in the 1970 film Darker than Amber. However, Taylor was dropped after Bruce Lee deemed him to be too tall for the role.[17] [18] John Saxon, who was a black belt in Judo and Shotokan Karate (he studied under grandmaster Hidetaka Nishiyama for three years),[19] became the preferred choice.[20] During contractual negotiations, Saxon's agent told the film's producers that if they wanted him they would have to change the plot so that the character of Williams is killed instead of Roper. They agreed and the script was changed.[21] In a six decade career, the character would become one of Saxon's best known roles.[22]

Rockne Tarkington was originally cast in the role of Williams. However, he unexpectedly dropped out days before the production was about to begin in Hong Kong. Producer Fred Weintraub knew that karate world champion Jim Kelly had a training dojo in Crenshaw, Los Angeles, so he hastily arranged a meeting. Weintraub was immediately impressed, and Kelly was cast in the film. The success of Kelly's appearance launched his career as a star: after Enter the Dragon, he signed a three-film deal with Warner Bros[23] and went on to make several martial arts-themed blaxploitation films in the 1970s.[24]

Jackie Chan has uncredited roles as various guards during the fights with Lee. However, Yuen Wah was Lee's main stunt double for the film, responsible for the gymnastics stunts such as the cartwheels and jumping back flip in the opening fight.[25]

Sammo Hung also has an uncredited role in the opening fight scene against Lee at the start of the film.[26]

A rumour surrounding the making of Enter The Dragon claims that actor Bob Wall did not like Bruce Lee and that their fight scenes were not choreographed. However, Wall has denied this, stating he and Lee were good friends.[27]

Filming

The film was shot on location in Hong Kong. In keeping with local film-making practices, scenes were filmed without sound: dialogue and sound effects were added or dubbed in during post-production. Bruce Lee, after he had been goaded or challenged, fought several real fights with the film's extras and some set intruders during filming.[28] The scenes on Han's Island were filmed at a residence known as Palm Villa near the coastal town of Stanley.[29] The villa is now demolished and the area heavily redeveloped around Tai Tam Bay where the martial artists were filmed coming ashore.[30] [31]

Soundtrack

Argentinian musician Lalo Schifrin composed the film's musical score. While Schifrin was widely known at the time for his jazz scores, he also incorporated funk and traditional film score elements into the film's soundtrack.[32] He composed the score by sampling sounds from China, Korea, and Japan. The soundtrack has sold over 500,000 copies, earning a gold record.[5]

Release

Marketing

Enter the Dragon was heavily advertised in the United States before its release. The budget for advertising was over . It was unlike any promotional campaign that had been seen before, and was extremely comprehensive. To advertise the film, the studio offered free Karate classes, produced thousands of illustrated flip books, comic books, posters, photographs, and organised dozens of news releases, interviews, and public appearances for the stars. Esquire, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and Newsweek all wrote stories on the film.[33]

Box office

Enter the Dragon was one of the most successful films of 1973.[33] Upon release in Hong Kong, the film grossed,[34] which was huge business for the time, but less than Lee's previous 1972 films Fist of Fury and The Way of the Dragon.

In North America, the film was receiving offers of from American distributors by April 1973 for the distribution rights, several months before release.[35] Upon its limited release in August 1973 in four theatres in New York, the film entered the weekly box office charts at number 17 with a gross of in 3 days.[36] [37] Upon its expansion the following week, it topped the charts for two weeks.[38] Over the next four weeks, it remained in the top 10 while competing with other kung fu films, including Lady Kung Fu, The Shanghai Killers and Deadly China Doll which held the top spot for one week each.[39]

In October, Enter the Dragon regained the top spot in its eighth week.[39] It sold tickets[40] and grossed from its initial US release, making it the year's fourth highest-grossing film in the market.[41] It was repeatedly re-released throughout the 1970s, with each re-release entering the top five in the box office charts.[42] The film's US gross had increased to by 1982,[43] [44] and more than (equivalent to $ million adjusted for inflation) by 1998.[45]

In Europe, the film initially monopolised several London West End cinemas for five weeks, before becoming a sellout success across Britain and the rest of Europe.[46] In Spain, it was the seventh top-grossing film of 1973,[47] selling 2,462,489 tickets.[48] In France, it was one of the top five highest-grossing films of 1974 (above two other Lee films, The Way of the Dragon at and Fist of Fury at), with 4,444,582 ticket sales.[49] In Germany, it was one of the top 10 highest-grossing films of 1974, with ticket sales.[50] In Greece, the film earned in its first year of release.[51]

In Japan, it was the second highest-grossing film of 1974 with distributor rental earnings of .[52] In South Korea, the film sold 229,681 tickets in the capital city of Seoul.[53] In India, the movie was released in 1975 and opened to full houses; in one Bombay theatre, New Excelsior, it had a packed 32-week run.[54] The film was also a success in Iran, where there was a theatre which played it daily up until the 1979 Iranian Revolution.[42]

Against a tight budget of $850,000,[12] the film grossed upon its initial 1973 worldwide release,[55] [56] [57] making it one of the world's highest-grossing films of all time up until then.[56] The film went on to have multiple re-releases around the world over the next several decades, significantly increasing its worldwide gross.[12] The film went on to gross over internationally by 1981, making it the highest-grossing martial arts film of all time.[58] It was reportedly still among the all-time highest-grossing films in 1990.[59]

In 1998, it had grossed more than worldwide.[60], it has grossed an estimated total of over worldwide,[61] having earned more than 400 times its original budget.[12] The film's cost-to-profit ratio makes it one of the most commercially successful and profitable films of all time.[46] [62] Adjusted for inflation, the film's worldwide gross is estimated to be the equivalent of over .[63] [64]

Critical reception

Upon release, the film was initially received mixed reviews from several critics,[39] including a favourable review from Variety magazine.[65] The film eventually went on to be well-received by most critics, and it is widely regarded as one of the best films of 1973.[66] [67] [68] Critics have referred to Enter the Dragon as "a low-rent James Bond thriller",[69] [70] a "remake of Dr. No" with elements of Fu Manchu.[71] J.C. Maçek III of PopMatters wrote, "Of course the real showcase here is the obvious star here, Bruce Lee, whose performance as an actor and a fighter are the most enhanced by the perfect sound and video transfer. While Kelly was a famous martial artist and a surprisingly good actor and Saxon was a famous actor and a surprisingly good martial artist, Lee proves to be a master of both fields."[72]

Many acclaimed newspapers and magazines reviewed the film. Variety described it as "rich in the atmosphere", the music score as "a strong asset" and the photography as "interesting".[73] The New York Times gave the film a rave review: "The picture is expertly made and well-meshed; it moves like lightning and brims with color. It is also the most savagely murderous and numbing hand-hacker (not a gun in it) you will ever see anywhere."[74]

The film holds an 88% approval rating on the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes based on 78 reviews, with an average rating of 7.80/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Badass to the max, Enter the Dragon is the ultimate kung-fu movie and fitting (if untimely) Bruce Lee swan song."[75] On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100 based on reviews from 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[76] In 2004, the film was deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.[77]

Enter the Dragon was selected as the best martial arts film of all time, in a 2013 poll of The Guardian and The Observer critics.[78] The film also ranks No. 474 on Empire magazine's 2008 list of The 500 Greatest Movies of All Time.[79]

Home video

Enter the Dragon has remained one of the most popular martial arts films since its premiere and has been released numerous times worldwide on multiple home video formats. For almost three decades, many theatrical and home video versions were censored for violence, especially in the West. In the UK alone, at least four different versions have been released. Since 2001, the film has been released uncut in the UK and most other territories.[80] [81] [82] Most DVDs and Blu-rays come with a wide range of extra features in the form of documentaries, interviews, etc. In 2013, a second, remastered HD transfer appeared on Blu-ray, billed as the "40th Anniversary Edition".[83] [84]

In 2020, new 2K digital restorations of the theatrical cut and special edition were included as part of the Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits box set by The Criterion Collection (under licensed from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment through the physical home media joint venture in US and Canada named Studio Distribution Services, LLC. and Fortune Star Media Limited), which featured all of Lee's films, as well as Game of Death II.[85]

Legacy

The film has been parodied and referenced in places such as the 1976 film The Pink Panther Strikes Again, the satirical publication The Onion,[86] the Japanese game-show Takeshi's Castle, and the 1977 John Landis comedy anthology film The Kentucky Fried Movie (in its lengthy "A Fistful of Yen" sequence, basically a comedic, note for note remake of Dragon) and also in the film Balls of Fury. It was also parodied on television in That '70s Show during the episode "Jackie Moves On" with regular character Fez taking on the Bruce Lee role. Several clips from the film are comically used during the theatre scene in The Last Dragon. Lee's martial arts films were broadly lampooned in the recurring Almost Live! sketch Mind Your Manners with Billy Quan. Ram Gopal Varma directed the martial-arts film titled , heavily inspired by the film.

In August 2007, the now-defunct Warner Independent Pictures announced that television producer Kurt Sutter would be remaking the film as a noir-style thriller entitled Awaken the Dragon with Korean singer-actor Rain starring.[87] [88] [89] It was announced in September 2014 that Spike Lee would work on the remake. In March 2015, Brett Ratner revealed that he wanted to make the remake.[90] [91] In July 2018, David Leitch was in early talks to direct the remake.[92] As of 2024, there are no further updates on this project.

Cultural impact

Enter the Dragon has been cited as one of the most influential action films of all time. Sascha Matuszak of Vice called it the most influential kung fu film and said it "is referenced in all manner of media, the plot line and characters continue to influence storytellers today, and the impact was particularly felt in the revolutionizing way the film portrayed African-Americans, Asians and traditional martial arts."[93] Joel Stice of Uproxx called it "arguably the most influential Kung Fu movie of all time."[94] Kuan-Hsing Chen and Beng Huat Chua cited its fight scenes as influential as well as its "hybrid form and its mode of address" which pitches "an elemental story of good against evil in such a spectacle-saturated way".[95] Hollywood filmmaker Quentin Tarantino cited Enter the Dragon as a formative influence on his career.[96]

According to Scott Mendelson of Forbes, Enter the Dragon contains spy film elements similar to the James Bond franchise. Enter the Dragon was the most successful action-spy film to not be part of the James Bond franchise; Enter the Dragon had an initial global box office comparable to the James Bond films of that era, and a lifetime gross surpassing every James Bond film up until GoldenEye (1995). Mendelson argues that, had Lee lived after Enter the Dragon was released, the film had the potential to launch an action-spy film franchise starring Lee that could have rivalled the success of the James Bond franchise.[97]

The film had an impact on mixed martial arts (MMA). In the opening fight sequence, where Lee fights Sammo Hung, Lee demonstrated elements of what would later become known as MMA. Both fighters wore what would later become common mixed martial arts clothing items, including kempo gloves and small shorts, and the fight ends with Lee utilising an armbar (then used in judo and jiu-jitsu) to submit Hung. According to UFC Hall of Fame fighter Urijah Faber, "that was the moment" that MMA was born.[98] [99]

The Dragon Ball manga and anime franchise, debuted in 1984, was inspired by Enter the Dragon, which Dragon Ball creator Akira Toriyama was a fan of.[100] [101] The title Dragon Ball was also inspired by Enter the Dragon,[100] and the piercing eyes of Goku's Super Saiyan transformation was based on Bruce Lee's paralysing glare.[102]

Enter the Dragon inspired early beat 'em up brawler games. It was cited by game designer Yoshihisa Kishimoto as a key inspiration behind Technōs Japan's brawler Nekketsu Kōha Kunio-kun (1986), released as Renegade in the West.[103] [104] Its spiritual successor Double Dragon (1987) also drew inspiration from Enter the Dragon, with the game's title being a homage to the film.[103] Double Dragon also features two enemies named Roper and Williams, a reference to the two characters Roper and Williams from Enter the Dragon. The sequel (1988) includes opponents named Bolo and Oharra.

Enter the Dragon was the foundation for fighting games.[105] [106] The film's tournament plot inspired numerous fighting games, such as the Tekken series, for example.[107] The Street Fighter video game franchise, debuted in 1987, was inspired by Enter the Dragon, with the gameplay centered around an international fighting tournament, and each character having a unique combination of ethnicity, nationality and fighting style. Street Fighter went on to set the template for all fighting games that followed.[108] The little-known 1985 Nintendo arcade game Arm Wrestling contains voice leftovers from the film, as well as their original counterparts. The popular fighting game Mortal Kombat borrows multiple plot elements from Enter the Dragon, as does its movie adaptation.

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  44. Book: Mennel . Barbara . Cities and Cinema . 2008 . . 978-1-134-21984-1 . 87 . Golden Harvest took on Bruce Lee and began co-producing with Hollywood companies, leading to its kung-fu action films, including the Bruce Lee vehicle Enter the Dragon (dir. Robert Clouse, 1973), which “grossed US $100 million in the United States alone” (Lent 100; also Sun 1982:40). . 8 June 2020 . 8 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200608191945/https://books.google.com/books?id=pQB3MembWe8C&pg=PA87 . live .
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