After Everton, the 5 film is Enter the Dragon - and I just have to watch it. You can't just watch the first few minutes.
It's interesting to see how many computer games 'draw inspiration from' aka rip-off, ideas from this film. Truely ground breaking - you don't have to have a big budget to blow you away (I'm looking at you Avatar!).
Lets have a look at the games it reminds me of:
Way of the Exploding Fist: Lee vs O'Hara, one hit knock downs - the daddy of martial arts games. Still holds up well now. C64 version....obviously!
Mortal Kombat: Johnny Cage seems to be modelled on the John Saxon (Mr Roper) character. The watching crowd of minions, even the gasp after a finishing move - pure Dragon.
Street Fighter: The mysterious fighting tournament, just about everything in this game is a rip off of Bruce Lee! They even introduced a character that looked just like him. Mr Han = Shadowloo. Oh lets forget about the godawful film they spun off with Kylie in it.
Yie Ar Kung Fu: Even the name is taken from Bruces famous hollerin'. I think the hero's name is Lee. Love the different types of character you had to contend with, with their different weapons and attacks, a bit like Bruce in the final showdown of the film. This was one of my favourite games of all time on the Acorn Electron - happy days.
Ooooh flying kick to the face! Just like Yie Ar......
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