There are several sequences where Schifrin composed just the right background music to accentuate what was going on in the scene. The opening theme is especially memorable with all the wah wah guitar. The soundtrack is outstanding, done by Lalo Schifrin. … I’ll be too busy looking good.” Roper also gets to beat up on Bolo. Han says, “It is defeat that you must learn to prepare for.” To which Williams replies, “I won’t waste my time with it. Williams also gets a great scene with Han with the classic dialogue beforehand. The real star is the confrontation with Han that includes a hall of mirrors. A very young Jackie Chan was in that sequence as well, but you can’t even recognize him there are so many bodies flying around. Another is when Lee penetrates Han’s underground labyrinth and takes on a whole slew of nameless fighters picking up a series of weapons including nunchuks. It turns out O’Hara led to the death of his sister so Lee wants revenge. The more memorable ones are when he takes on O’Hara, who happened to be a sparring partner of Lee in real life. These are some of the best choreographed scenes Lee ever did. The story turns out to be VERY loose and is just there to justify Lee going to Han's island to beat people up. Amongst Han’s men taking part are O’Hara (Robert Wall) and Bolo (Bolo Yeung). Also invited to the tournament are Williams (Jim Kelly) and Roper (John Saxon). The priest then introduces him to a British intelligence officer named Braithwaite (Geoffrey Weeks) who wants Lee to investigate Han and his drug operations by entering a martial arts competition he is running on his private island. After defeating a fighter played by Sammo Hung who would become a Hong Kong movie star in the next decade, his mentor, a Shaolin priest tells him of a man named Han (Shih Kien) who had perverted the Shaolin ways to his own benefit.
I’ve always thought the action was the best Lee put to film.īruce plays a character simply called Lee. This was to be Lee’s big break into the American market as it was jointly produced by Warner Brothers.
I have always thought Enter the Dragon was better. Many consider First of Fury aka The Chinese Connection as the best constructed movie with its story of Chinese nationalism and the fight scenes. From 1971 to 1973 Bruce Lee stared in just five films.
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