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Game of Death (1978)

1978 | Action | Crime | International

100 mins Hong Kong SAR China

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.



Produced by Raymond Chow, Bruce Lee
Director Robert Clouse and Bruce Lee
Writer Jan Spears and Bruce Lee
Cast Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Colleen Camp, Hugh O'Brian, Robert Wall, Dan Inosanto, Ji Han-jae, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Mel Novak, Sammo Hung, James Tien, Roy Chiao, Casanova Wong, Kim Tai-jong, Yuen Biao and Alan Chui Chung-San

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Images And Data Courtesy Of: Raymond Chow, Bruce Lee.
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Dean (6927 KP) rated

Jul 8, 2023  
Game of Death (1978)
Game of Death (1978)
1978 | Action, Crime, International
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6.8 (9 Ratings)
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Some cool fights
Overall not a great film, pretty weak story, bit simple. Only has a short amount of Bruce Lee footage that was filmed before his death in '73. Most of this is in the final 20 minutes as he takes on various martial arts experts one on one to get to the syndicate boss. This part is clearly what inspired @Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003) with Uma Thurman wearing a similar outfit to pay homage to Lee.
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Chris Sawin (602 KP) rated

Jun 23, 2019 (Updated Jun 23, 2019)  
Game of Death (1978)
Game of Death (1978)
1978 | Action, Crime, International
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6.8 (9 Ratings)
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'Game of Death' was the film Bruce Lee was working on when he died. He had stopped working on this to work on 'Enter the Dragon' and never had the opportunity to complete ‘Game of Death.’ The good news is that Lee shot a good 100 minutes worth of footage (only around 30 mins survived, the other 70 mins are lost) for 'Game of Death' (they only used around 12 minutes of this footage in the actual film). The bad news is Robert Clouse came around and tried to make an entire film leading up to the Bruce Lee footage that was shot including Bruce Lee look-a-likes and a cardboard cutout. The entire film is pretty awful since the story is lame and the acting is over dramatic.

The archived footage of Bruce Lee just seems forced and thrown in to try and make a buck while the actual footage of Lee's funeral feels tasteless and inconsiderate. Clouse would unfortunately give birth to something that would spawn many films including Bruce Lee clones starring the likes of Bruce Li; a lukewarm sensation known as Bruceploitation. The actual Bruce Lee footage is some of his best, but is only shown in its entirety in the documentary "A Warrior's Journey" included in the two-disc special edition DVD of ‘Enter the Dragon.’ So the film itself honestly isn’t worth your time unless you really just want to see Sammo Hung’s brief appearance.