Editing Bruce Lee (section)

=== Action films ===
{{See also|Chopsocky|Hong Kong action cinema}}

Lee was largely responsible for launching the "[[kung fu]] craze" of the 1970s.<ref name="Desser">{{cite book |last1=Desser |first1=David |title=The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity |date=2002 |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |isbn=978-0-521-77602-8 |editor-last1=Fu |editor-first1=Poshek |pages=19–43 |chapter=The Kung Fu Craze: Hong Kong Cinema's First American Reception |access-date=June 10, 2020 |editor-last2=Desser |editor-first2=David |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sELZJ5vihJUC&pg=PA19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200608071604/https://books.google.com/books?id=sELZJ5vihJUC&pg=PA19 |archive-date=June 8, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Green">{{cite book |last1=Green |first1=Thomas A. |title=Martial Arts of the World: An Encyclopedia of History and Innovation |last2=Svinth |first2=Joseph R. |date=2010 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |isbn=978-1-59884-244-9 |pages=527–64 |chapter=Martial Media |access-date=June 10, 2020 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P-Nv_LUi6KgC&pg=PA527 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610104503/https://books.google.com/books?id=P-Nv_LUi6KgC&pg=PA527 |archive-date=June 10, 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> He initially introduced kung fu to the West with [[American television]] shows such as ''The Green Hornet'' and ''Kung Fu'',<ref name="Green" /> before the "kung fu craze" began with the dominance of [[Hong Kong martial arts films]] in 1973.<ref name="Desser" /> Lee's success inspired a wave of Western [[martial arts films]] and television shows throughout the 1970s–1990s (launching the careers of Western martial arts stars such as [[Jean-Claude Van Damme]], [[Steven Seagal]] and [[Chuck Norris]]), as well as the more general integration of [[Asian martial arts]] into Western [[action films]] and television shows during the 1980s{{ndash}}1990s.<ref name="Green" />

''Enter the Dragon'' has been cited as one of the most influential [[action films]] of all time. Sascha Matuszak of ''[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]'' said ''Enter the Dragon'' "is referenced in all manner of media, the plot line and characters continue to influence storytellers today, and the impact was particularly felt in the revolutionizing way the film portrayed African-Americans, Asians and traditional martial arts."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Matuszak |first1=Sascha |date=July 1, 2015 |title=Bruce Lee's Last Words: Enter the Dragon and the Martial Arts Explosion |url=http://fightland.vice.com/blog/bruce-lees-last-words-enter-the-dragon-and-the-martial-arts-explosion|access-date=March 23, 2020 |website=[[Vice (magazine)|Vice]]|archive-date=January 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102120348/http://fightland.vice.com/blog/bruce-lees-last-words-enter-the-dragon-and-the-martial-arts-explosion|url-status=dead}}</ref> Kuan-Hsing Chen and Beng Huat Chua cited [[fight scenes]] in Lee's films such as ''Enter the Dragon'' as being influential for the way they pitched "an elemental story of good against evil in such a spectacle-saturated way".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Chen |first1=Kuan-Hsing |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q4d4CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT489 |title=The Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Reader |last2=Chua |first2=Beng Huat |date=2015 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-134-08396-1 |page=489|access-date=June 10, 2020|archive-date=June 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200606083852/https://books.google.com/books?id=q4d4CAAAQBAJ&pg=PT489|url-status=live}}</ref>

A number of action filmmakers around the world have cited Bruce Lee as a formative influence on their careers, including [[Hong Kong action film]] directors such as [[Jackie Chan]]<ref name="Birthday">{{cite web |date=November 27, 2020 |title=Happy 80th Birthday Bruce Lee! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OneqSB_oeJk |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128225852/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OneqSB_oeJk |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |access-date=December 7, 2020 |website=YouTube |publisher=BruceLee.com}}</ref> and [[John Woo]],<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |date=January 24, 2010 |title=How Bruce Lee Changed the World |url=https://press.discovery.com/asia-pacific/dsc/programs/how-bruce-lee-changed-world/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124015816/http://press.discovery.com/asia-pacific/dsc/programs/how-bruce-lee-changed-world/ |archive-date=January 24, 2010 |access-date=May 16, 2022 |website=[[Discovery Channel]]}}</ref><ref name=":9" /> and Hollywood filmmakers such as [[Quentin Tarantino]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fitzmaurice |first=Larry |date=August 28, 2015 |title=Quentin Tarantino: The Complete Syllabus of His Influences and References |url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-the-complete-syllabus.html |url-status=live |access-date=May 16, 2022 |website=[[Vulture.com]] |language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220517042305/https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-the-complete-syllabus.html|archive-date=May 17, 2022}}</ref> and [[Brett Ratner]].<ref name=":9">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecTPwICYeBU |title=How Bruce Lee Changed the World |date=May 17, 2009 |type=television documentary |publisher=[[History Channel]] / [[Discovery Channel]] |access-date=May 16, 2022 |via=YouTube |archive-date=May 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220516132750/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecTPwICYeBU&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live}}</ref>