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Enter the Dragon

Golden Harvest Company | Release Date: August 19, 1973

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83	METASCORE Universal acclaim based on 16 Critics

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100

Bob Graham

Enter the Dragon goes far beyond the philosophical, of course. Its best sequences, and the only real reason for seeing it again, involve Lee's phenomenal physical and emotional presence. Read full review

100

David Lazarus

Bruce Lee was the Fred Astaire of chop-socky, and Enter the Dragon represents his finest work. Read full review

Tom Breihan

Even though the movie was, in a lot of ways, a glorious mess, it turned out to be a huge success on just about every level. Read full review

Keith Staskiewicz

A sequestered island, a slinky score, a villain with a secret scheme and a deadly prosthesis — it’d be good, cheesy fun even without the centerpiece fight sequences. Read full review

Andy Patrizio

If you want plot and thespian displays, well, look elsewhere. For action, you can't top this film.

Alan R. Howard

Bruce Lee's last movie is the only one that gives him the star treatment he deserved. 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. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

Action superstar Bruce Lee's consensus best movie and biggest international hit. Lee is a secret agent inflitrating a sinister island kung fu kingdom, battling John Saxton, Jim Kelly and the nefarious martial arts lord Shih Fien in famous set-pieces like the hall of mirror showdown. Read full review

Ian Nathan

It's not a great film, but Lee's superhuman skills make it an occasionally jaw-dropping experience. Read full review

Jay Cocks

The movie can be flat-out fun, a sort of carnival of combat that can turn even a sophisticated audience into a group of gawking kids at a Saturday matinee. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Film carries all the explosive trappings that make for a hit in its intended market and is glossed with a melodramatic narrative to take full advantage of its theme. Read full review

Dave Kehr

Ripping entertainment overall, with just enough meat for amateur sociologists. Read full review

Pauline Kael

The slender, swift Bruce Lee was the Fred Astaire of martial arts, and many of the fights that could be merely brutal come across as lighting-fast choreography.

Chris Cabin

The lack of sentimentality helps focus the viewer on what the film depicts exceptionally well, namely wanton bad behavior and enthralling, wall-to-wall ass-kicking. Read full review

Howard Thompson

The picture is expertly made and well‐meshed; it moves like lightning and brims with color. Read full review

Staff (Not Credited)

Nobody shows much evidence of acting ability, and the script is full of holes. Nonstop action is what these films are about, and that's what you get here. Read full review

Worth seeing for Lee, but still unforgivably wasteful of his talents. Read full review