Review of Enter the Dragon (1973) by Chris P — 01 Jul 2014

Hearing Bruce Lee while fighting is unintentionally hilarious, while also seeing his facial expressions doing the same thing. With that out of the way, Enter The Dragon is one huge martial arts classic that even has been regarded as one of the best films of 1973 and Culturally or Historically Significant by the National Film Registry. Being a fan of Martial Arts films, I was anxious to watch this, and the result was great. Bruce Lee is still the master even after Jackie Chan or Jet Lee, or even Tony Jaa. This film can also be a huge excuse to watch Lee doing what he does better: scream! Just kidding, kicking everyone's asses with that "I'm Invincible" face he always carries.

Bruce also proved to be a legit actor, as his performance was actually decent and his English also good. It's curious how this movie has little to none character development, and yet the characters are memorable; maybe it's because we see what they can do and they do it in a very cool way. Transformers does the same but the result isn't nearly as good. I guess they have some charm we can't help but feel, as they martial arts skills easily drags us in. Undeniably a classic.

Enter the Dragon still works today, but maybe not the same way. There's Ong Bak and many other films that had shown much more skilled or believable fight movements and martial arts, but something they will never reach, it's the charm that Bruce Lee had in every film, and this one is no exception at all. I feel like doing some punches and scream like I having my balls removed. HHHYYAAAAAAHHH!