''Enter Three Dragons'' is 1978 Hong Kong martial art

Bruceploitation Bruceploitation (a portmanteau of "Bruce Lee" and "exploitation") is an exploitation film subgenre that emerged after the death of martial arts film star Bruce Lee in 1973, during which time filmmakers from Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea cast ...

movie, directed by Joseph Kong and starring Bruce Lai (Chang Yi-tao), Nick Cheung Lik and

Philip Ko Phillip Ko Fei (, 18 June 1949 – 31 March 2017) was a Hong Kong actor, screenwriter and film director. Early life Ko was born Lam Pak-hang () in Hong Kong on 18 June 1949. After moving with his family to mainland China, he began learning Choy ...

. Actor Dragon Lee made his Hong Kong film debut in the film.

Plot

Sammy is having a trouble with the gangsters after he had lost the diamonds that his boss had ordered to bring. Sammy`s friend Dragon Hong (Chang Yi-tao) and Min Young (Nick Cheung) decides to help Sammy to defeat the gangster boss.

Cast

* Bruce Lai as Dragon Hong *Nick Cheung Lik as Min Young *Samuel Walls as Sammy *

as Kao Fei * Dragon Lee as Bruce Hong (Dragon Hong`s brother) *To Siu-ming as Ah Ming *Chiang Tao as Sammy`s boss *Fong Yau as Kao Fei`s younger brother *Lam Hak-ming as George (Sammy`s friend) *Yeung Chak-lam as Bruce Hong`s teacher *Chang Chung-yee as Dragon Young (Fake Dragon Hong) *Shirley Kam as Katy (Min Young`s sister) *San Kuai as Kao Fei`s man * Bolo Yeung as Bolo *

Lee Hoi-sang Lee Hoi-sang (April 15, 1941 – September 9, 2024) was a Hong Kong martial arts film actor and martial artist, known for his roles in ''The 36th Chamber of Shaolin'' (as Abbot Li Hai Sheng) (1978), '' Shaolin Challenges Ninja'' (1978), ''The In ...

as Iron Head

Reception

According to website ''Cityonfire'' "Enter Three Dragons isn't as wacky as "Clones," but there's definitely enough unintentional entertainment that makes it just as fun." and gave the rate 6 out of 10. The movie however gave confusion to people due to the random additional fight scenes and cuts of the film. Screen Mayhem says, Enter Three Dragons might be considered the ugly step-sister of The Clones of Bruce Lee. Once again packed with too many dragons.

Production and media release

The movie was released in alternate name which gave some people a confusion with the titles. The Korean release of the movie was released the title after ''Three Avengers''. But the thing that makes even more confuse is the movie was released in U.S after the title called ''Dragon on Fire'' which also happens to be an alternate title of '' The Dragon, the Hero'' (featuring John Liu and Dragon Lee.) which made people confused with the movie titles between ''Enter Three Dragons'' and ''Dragon on Fire''. The U.S production was done Samuel Wall (who appeared as Sammy in the movie) however it was later credited as Joseph Lai and Tomas Tang.

Godfrey Ho Godfrey Ho ( zh, 何志强 or 何致强, Chinese: Ho Chi-Keung; born November 10, 1948) is a prolific former Hong Kong film director and screenwriter. Ho is believed to have directed more than one hundred films, including over 80 movies from 1 ...

was co-director of this movie.

References

External links

* 1978 films Bruceploitation films Hong Kong martial arts films 1978 martial arts films 1970s Hong Kong films {{martialart-film-stub