45th Anniversary of Enter The Dragon.

Watchcat Films celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Enter The Dragon. 
by Gregory J. Bradley

This Sunday, August 19, was the 45th anniversary of the release of the best martial arts film in history, “Enter The Dragon.” Debuted in August 19, 1973, the movie introduced America and the World to the greatest martial artists of all time, Bruce Lee. This movie was to finally showcase the amazing talent and charisma of the first chinese lead in an American-made action movie.

It was a bona fide hit, making Bruce Lee an international superstar!

Unfortunately, Bruce Lee died on July 20th, 1973, a little less then a month before the movie’s premier. He never got a chance to see the finished film.

Even more shocking, 20 years later in 1993, his only son, Brandon Bruce Lee, was killed on the set of his breakout feature film “The Crow.”

He too never got the chance to see his finished film.  How sad it is for such a tragedy to hit a talented family at such young ages.

There has been talk in Hollywood about remaking “Enter The Dragon,” and I say to those who do, DON’T DO IT!!!

“Enter The Dragon” should be recognized as an American classic just like “Citizen Kane,” “Casablanca,” and “The Godfather.” The film was ahead of its time, and should stay there and it only works because of one major ingredient, Bruce Lee.

I based a lot of Watchcat off of Bruce Lee.

Bruce’s amazing martial arts abilities and speed, mixed with his incredible command of the screen, is on display in this movie. And since you can’t bring Bruce back, there’s no reason to remake a classic. If you want to see “Enter The Dragon,” just re-release it in theaters and call it a day!

Watchcat’s very own creator, Gregory J. Bradley, was interviewed with his co-producing partner, Lee Anthony Smith, by Vikki Thomas of The Mighty Dragon to discuss the process of writing the action film, “War” (starring Jet Li and Jason Statham) as well as their directorial debut feature film, “Noir.”

I had the privilege of meeting Wesley Snipes last Saturday with a good friend of mine, Duke. Wesley was a very nice guy, however, I think people forget what a incredible actor he is. He was one of the two top African-American actors of his time, him and Denzel Washington. He has done some great work in the 90s such as “Mo Better Blues,” “New Jack City,” “Jungle Fever,” and two of my personal favorites, “White Men Can’t Jump” and “Blade.”

Blade was so successful, it help put Marvel on the map, which had previously been struggling. Blade proved that the comic book movie could be taken seriously and was not just for kids.

It open the door for Marvel’s comic books film like “X-Men” and “Spider-Man.” It was the gateway to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from “Iron Man” to “The Avengers.” And, contrary to popular belief, “Deadpool” and “Logan” were not the first successful rated R superhero films, “Blade” was.

There would be no “Black Panther” without “Blade” setting the path that a superhero movie could be just as successful with a black superhero. We have Wesley Snipes to thank for that. 

Thanks Wesley!

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Next Wednesday; The Mighty Dragon "Noir" interview part 2.