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Film Analysis: Enter The Dragon

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Jet Li is another prominent member of the genre and this particular title is the utmost successful of the renowned 6-movie franchise, regarding the Chinese folk hero Wong Fei Hung, a chiropractor, doctor and martial arts specialist.
Wong arrives in Canton for a medical seminary; however, he gets involved in the duel between a team of guerillas and the palace authorities. Eventually he meets the guerilla 's leaders and becomes friendly with them. Moreover, when they are arrested, Wong tries to free them, thus resulting in a duel with military officer Nap Lan.
The entire franchise epic is one of the few examples of the genre that dwells seriously in a number of social issues, particularly dispersion, the relation of China with the rest of the …show more content…

The introductory one, the massacre in the club and the final one are the foremost prominent.
7. Enter the Dragon (Robert Clouse, 1973)
A film that was already destined to be memorable, due to its quality, the fact that it was Bruce Lee 's sole English-speaking role and that the director was completely deaf, reached the status of mythical, due to the death of its protagonist, before the ending of the shooting.
A drug trafficking organization assassinates Lee 's sister, who swears to avenge her. In order to accomplish that, he cooperates with English intelligence and eventually manages to enter a tournament held organized by the crime ring, in a secluded island.
Another film of the genre where the script, direction and acting appear solely to place a story behind the action scenes. However, with Bruce Lee in top form, "Enter the Dragon" need not do anything else, apart from letting him shine in the fighting scenes, chiefly of which is the mythical ending one, where he faces the evil boss in a room full of …show more content…

Ip Man (Wilson Yip, 2008)
The surge of movies concerning Bruce Lee 's teacher, and ambassador of Wing Chun style to the world, initiated with this particular film.
The film takes place in Foshan, a city in the southeast of China that was considered as a centre of martial arts. Ip Man enjoys the appreciation of the other teachers in the city, who consider him the strongest fighter, a point proven in a number of battles. Additionally, Ip Man lives an opulent life while keeping a low profile. However, after the Japanese invasion of 1937, the situation for all Chinese deteriorates radically, resulting in Ip Man having to work as a miner to feed his family and duel with Chinese and Japanese fighters to protect his friends.
Although not historically accurate, the film succeeded in portraying realistically, both of the eras in the story.
Sammo Hung and Tony Leung, two of the foremost prominent members of Hong Kong action cinema designed and choreographed the action scenes. Considering that Donnie Yen, who is largely considered as the best actual fighter amongst the many actors of the genre, held the leading role, the result was unavoidably majestic. Additionally splendid in their roles are Fan Siu Wong, who plays the initial rival of Ip Man, and Hiroyuki Ikeuchi, a Japanese general and karate expert. Both of Donnie Yen 's fights with the aforementioned are utterly

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