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DVD Special Features: Audio Commentary by Paul Heller and Michael Allin Music only track (5.1) Introduction by Linda Lee “Bruce Lee In His Own Words” (19 mins approx) Original 1973 Featurette Backyard workout with Bruce Trailers (x4) TV Spots (x7) Interactive Menus Scene Access Audio: English 5.1 Subtitles: English From The last film completed by Bruce Lee before his untimely death, Enter the Dragon was his entre into Hollywood. The American-Hong Kong co-production, shot in Asia by American director Robert Clouse, stars Lee as a British agent sent to infiltrate the criminal empire of bloodthirsty Asian crime lord Han (Shih Kien) through his annual international martial arts tournament. Lee spends his days taking on tournament combatants and nights breaking into the heavily guarded underground fortress, kicking the living tar out of anyone who stands in his way. The mix of kung fu fighting (choreographed by Lee himself) and James Bond intrigue (the plot has more than a passing resemblance to Dr. No) is pulpy by any standard, but the generous budget and talented cast of world-class martial artists puts this film in a category well above Lee’s primitive Hong Kong productions. Unfortunately he’s off the screen for large chunks of time as American maverick competitors (and champion martial artists) John Saxon and Jim Kelly take centre stage, but once the fighting starts Lee takes over. The tournament setting provides an ample display of martial arts mastery of many styles and climaxes with a huge free-for-all, but the highlight is Lee’s brutal one-on-one with the claw-fisted Han in the dynamic hall-of-mirrors battle. Lee narrows his eyes and tenses into a wiry force of sinew, speed and ruthless determination. — Sean Axmaker, Synopsis Recruited by an intelligence agency, outstanding martial arts student Bruce Lee participates in a brutal karate tournament hosted by the evil Han.Along with champions Roper and Williams, he uncovers Han s white slavery and drug trafficking ring located on a secret island fortress.In theexciting climax,hundreds of freed prisoners fight in an epic battle with Lee and Han locked in a deadly duel. From the Back Cover Twenty-five years following his untimely death, Bruce Lee remains the movies’ supreme martial arts star. And Enter The Dragon, fully restored, in stereo for the first time and containg three minutes not included in the original U.S. theatrical release, stands the test of time as the most poular martial arts epic in film history.