shukocarl79

I recently watched this film. I like Italian exploitation cinema, Spaghetti Westerns, Action, Horror etc and I'm trying the 70's Cop/Gangster flicks now. I've seen a few that have been good to ok but this was dreadful. I can't believe that actors like Henry Silva (whom I usually enjoy), Adolfo Celi, the gorgeous Luciana Paluzzi and Cyril Cusack agreed to appear in this. The 'Hero' is a low-life pimp! I did like the location shooting of early 70's Italy but the story/film plays out like a parody. Fight scenes are laughable but the car chase is ok. I t was shot (mostly) in English but the makers had no intentions of actually synching the dubbing to the lip movements. Silva overacts, the 'Hero' sweats a lot and Woody Strode's part was played by a cigar store Indian. Avoid at all costs!

People need to get over themselves regarding this prime piece of Bruceploitation. It's the mid 70's and Bruce Lee's films are still packing out cinemas 2-3 yrs after release. In that golden age of exploitation cinema it would only be a matter of time before a film would be made based on finding Lee's "Killer(s)". For a low budget Taiwanese flick it comes over as good action /mystery film that showcases it's up-coming lead actor; Bruce Li. Dimension Films did a good job in adapting the original (Bruce Lee - The Star of Stars) by having a good dub-cast deliver the lines in English and augmenting the action with some great library music tracks. People forget that these films were made to make money not to be reverential "tributes". The recent discovery of Bruce and Linda Lee's "Drugs" letters suggest the film makers where more knowing than the average fan(atic) realised. The late Roger Corman would have been proud to have produced a title like Exit the Dragon-Enter the Tiger as it was quite a money-maker in it's day. Hats off to those involved, especially the great Bruce LI as The Tiger!

I remember this being on telly on a Sunday night. I knew the theme and credits but never took an interest in watching any episodes. Cut to 2024 and I'm finally catching up with the series and it's pretty good! Roger Moore's replacement Ian Ogilvy does a great job as a tougher more sardonic Saint. He's not afraid to shoot someone if he has too, nor dangle villains over cliff edges until he gets answers. Great location filming (mainly sunny Italy and raining London), lovely ladies and good guest stars abound. Yes some of the stories are thin but a few are good with gritty ingredients (men raping girls then killing them?). This is a good show and a pity it didn't go to a second series. Ogilvy was born for the part and would have been a good 007 on the strength of this, but Roger was occupying that seat! The last of the great ITC action series.