Until that glorious day when I found it, rented it, watched it and watched it again. What can I tell you? It's not just the greatest martial arts movie ever made, it's one of the greatest action movies ever made. It's a top-ten film on any guy's film list. And if it isn't, it surely should be.
Ultimately, Enter the Dragon is a film without much of a plot. Bruce Lee plays a (what else?) ultra powerful super martial artist named (what else?) Lee. He's given a mission by the leader of his Shaolin temple to track down a man who once trained there. This man, Han, has turned the teachings to his own benefit, bringing shame on the temple. It's his job to restore honor to the temple. Conveniently enough, Han is holding a martial arts tournament to which Lee has been invited. Again, conveniently enough, a nebulous government agency wants him to attend as well, and shut down Han's criminal operations. With all this, how can Lee say no? Fortunately, he doesn't say no, and he agrees to go.
As the cliché dictates, Han has his own private island fortress where a large, scary bodyguard protects him. Han selects beautiful women who he makes dependant on drugs. The nebulous agency knows this, but can't prove it. Lee's job is to get the proof. Naturally, as the cliché dictates, there's an agent on the island already, who will try to contact Lee. For added fun, it turns out that three years ago, Han's men killed Lee's sister (or forced her into suicide), giving Lee even more reason to want to kill off Han and his people. This encounter also gave Han's bodyguard his groovy facial scar. Han himself is also disfigured. He lost a hand somewhere and now has a series of prosthetic limbs he uses to smash or impale things. Naturally, these figure significantly into the final scenes.
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