Jim Kelly aka Williams aka Black Belt Jones has passed

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Bummer. He was stellar in Enter the Dragon.
 
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Maybe he finally went to that Hawaii in the sky...
 
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Anybody else find it weird that his character ( a black dude) was the only hero to die in "Enter the Dragon"? He was lynched, even.

RIP
 
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No damnit, no. Nooooooooo!

Jim Kelly was the shit... may he rest in peace. :(
 
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ETD was a massive part of my childhood, along with a certain Mr Lee.

RIP Jim Kelly :(
 
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Thanks for posting that vid, Trey. Just as good now as it was the first time.

RIP, Williams.

My favorite part of Enter the Dragon is when he beats the shit out of those bigot cops and drives to the airport in their own car.
 
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Yes that is sad news. Now only John Saxton remains of the trio from ETD.

Three the Hard Way is a pretty great flick with Jim Kelly besides the classic Black Belt Jones.
 
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jim kelly was cool as shit in enter the dragon but i never saw him in anything else
a shame
saxon never shoulda been in enter the dragon, took away from jim and bruce
 
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LoneSage said:
jim kelly was cool as shit in enter the dragon but i never saw him in anything else
a shame
saxon never shoulda been in enter the dragon, took away from jim and bruce
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BAHHHHH.. that movie was perfect.
 
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NeoGeoNinja said:
Really?

In the whole of that film?

Wow.
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Were you expecting me to say some part with Bruce?

I already know everything Bruce is going to do in that movie. It's cool, don't get me wrong, and Bruce Lee is and always will be the man, but he doesn't do anything in ETD that he doesn't do in the other movies. In fact, ETD isn't even my favorite Bruce Lee movie. That would be Return of the Dragon.

So yeah, Williams beating up two cops and driving their stolen police car, with the cherries flashing, to the airport is my favorite scene in the movie.
 
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Taiso said:
Were you expecting me to say some part with Bruce?

I already know everything Bruce is going to do in that movie. It's cool, don't get me wrong, and Bruce Lee is and always will be the man, but he doesn't do anything in ETD that he doesn't do in the other movies. In fact, ETD isn't even my favorite Bruce Lee movie. That would be Return of the Dragon.

So yeah, Williams beating up two cops and driving their stolen police car, with the cherries flashing, to the airport is my favorite scene in the movie.
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Nope. "I'll be too busy looking goooood," is the best part.

It was Bruce's movie, but Jim stole it with his charisma.
 
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