The last film completed by Bruce Lee before his untimely death, Enter the Dragon was his entrιe into Hollywood. The American-Hong Kong coproduction, 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 center 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.

DVD EXTRAS:

• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen, Collector's Edition
• Commentary by producer Paul M. Heller and writer Michael Allin
• Theatrical trailer(s)
• This Deluxe Collector's Set is packaged in a luxury fitted slipcase, and includes Warner Brother's Enter The Dragon: Special Edition, plus!: CD soundtrack, 8 original limited edition lobby cards, a Commemorative book, Exclusive Senitype movie frame cel and numbered print.
• 1973 Behind-the-Scenes Documentary: Location: Hong Kong with Enter the Dragon
• New Documentary: Bruce Lee in His Own Words
• An all-new introduction and interview with Linda Lee Cadwell
• Widescreen anamorphic format

KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None that I know of.

DVD REVIEW:

I finally have the opportunity to watch "Enter the Dragon" digitally remastered and via digital 5.1 and all I can say is Bruce Lee's first and final American movie is awesome!

It's hard to believe that a movie 25+ years can look so great on DVD.  To celebrate Bruce Lee's anniversary, Warner Bros. went all out on this DVD.  The commentary by producer Paul M. Heller and writer Michael Allin is very interesting.  The cut scenes now included in this DVD makes me happy. 

Many of the scenes were taken out due to violence and purposely not wanting some kid to do a Bruce Lee stunt like grabbing a cobra or using nunchakus.  

I found the documentary "Bruce Lee in His Own Words" very entertaining.  Also the interview with Linda Lee Cadwell worth watching.  There's just so much this DVD is packed with that you will be busy for a few hours and it's all worth it!

There are many Bruce Lee DVD's released in the market but this is release is the true real deal.  Buy the limited edition!

Highly recommended for martial arts and Bruce Lee fans.

THE MOVIE:  A-
THE DVD EXTRAS:  A+
THE DVD OVERALL:  A-

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