"Enter the Dragon"

I don't know if I was expecting more than a kung-fu movie, but all this was was a kung-fu movie. Now that is in no way condemning this movie. In fact, this movie was quite good. The biggest problem is that the story had the potential to be a good story (though not that original), but was instead just barely serviceable as a vehicle to the fight scenes. If your main character is a monk, don't have him know all about crime lords and underworld dealings and espionage, have him be a monk that knows how to fight and that's what you're using him for. Outside of that, the stories of other characters involved were great, and they were actual characters, not just cardboard cut-outs that could fight so you put them in the movie. The next biggest problem is the fighting. Of course it was good, this is Bruce Lee! He's like the Asian Steve McQueen who looks better in a suit and would win in a fight. The potential problem is in which kind of martial arts you want to see. There is the more serious, what I perceive as more realistic, style found in more recent and mainstream martial arts movies. Or there's the cheesy, I-flex-with-each-hit-and-scream-and-sweat-and-make-everything-over-dramtic-whilst-fighting style. This is definitely the latter, which is fine. No one makes that face better than Bruce Lee. The exception to this fighting style is the climatic fight between Bruce Lee and the villain which takes place in a room full of mirrors. This was nothing short of incredible and basically makes up for any cheesiness that existed before. If you like kung-fu movies, well then you've probably already seen this movie. If you like kung-fu movies and you have not seen this movie, then you should probably see this movie. Bruce Lee's abs demand you see it.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070034/