Game Of Death

Classic B rate movie and took me down memory lane.

What’s not to like? It’s Bruce Lee.

Recommended for Bruce Lee fans, and martial arts film junkies alike. The new performances from Danny Inosanto and Bob Wall are really good and worth the price of admission alone.Inosanto is Lee's successor in Jeet Kune Do, and has continued his teachings around the world. In the original footage, he has a classic nunchaku fight with Lee, around the 3rd level of the original pagoda. You'll get to see that alright, but you'll have to wait for it ...In this production, he's also in 2 really good fight scenes, as one of the Syndicate's thugs, and then in a restaurant fight scene where he shows some really good Jeet Kune Do! In the first scene, they find a creative way to insert Abdul-Jabbar as well.Bob Wall (Enter the Dragon, Way of/Return of the Dragon) is great in his usual role as the lead henchman, and kicks "Billy"'s butt around. His acting actually seems more polished compared to in those films.As a surprise bonus, there is an absolutely EPIC ring fight between Wall and Sammo Hung. They were absolutely going all-out, no holds barred for maximum realism.The script eventually gets around to using most, but not all, of the original Game of Death footage. One thing that starts to get annoying is the over-use at this point of the James Bond motif. It was cool at first, but ... very little of the original audio was used with most of original footage. I believe it was only used in the showdown with Inosanto (who likely insisted).What makes this film less than great is Billy Lo himself. The actors who played him (hard to find their names in the credits) show some pretty good Kung Fu, but it is certainly not Bruce Lee, or even Bruce Li, or Bruce Le, or Dragon Lee ... any of whom would have been better for the role.The Kung Fu was good enough, the problem is the film just has too many awkward moments where it is obviously trying to hide the fact that Billy is not Lee. Some were done quite well, but some not so well; at least one was very bad.The opening credits segue into the fight with Chuck Norris from Way of the Dragon, which will be quite entertaining to those who have not seen it. But to Lee fans, it is obviously just a way to fill the time, with very little relevance to the script.The new ending is satisfying and well executed. Lots of footage is used from Enter the Dragon in a very clever way that never looks bad. Totally worth watching.

The audio and video are much better than the typical dubbed in Asian martial arts movie. I have all the official Bruce Lee movies and the quality on this is first class. It is in par with my collector's or anniversary edition of Enter the Dragon or Return of the Dragon.

This movie has to be one of the worst Bruce Lee movies I have ever seen, but I knew that had to be oblivious since he died before the movie was finished. I decided to get it because I thought it could stand on its own, but in reality it can't stand on its own because its billed as "Bruce Lee's Final Movie" and he only appears in about 20 minutes of it and only 12 minutes was from his original project "Game of Death". The original project was supposed to be about a group of seekers (led by Lee) that would raid some tower and seek out the greatest fighters of all time. Unfortunately, Lee decided to put the project on hold when he was contacted to do "Enter The Dragon" and then died before he could restart his "Game of Death" production. All was left was the ending that Lee shot. So to capture on the legend of the late Bruce Lee, it was decided to complete a version of "Game of Death" with a new storyline and some doubles. It was so oblivious when the fakes were on the screen and having close-ups of the real Bruce Lee from his other movies made it look even faker. I could have live with the fake Lee sound effects and voice because many of Lee's movies were dubbed into English anyways, but knowing it isn't Lee makes me want to either laugh at the people billing this as a "Bruce Lee film". The story is basically about Billy Lo (Bruce Lee and a few fakes), a actor, that fakes his death when some mobsters try to kill him for refusing to join them. Billy then spends most of the movie seeking revenge, and then confronts the mobster's henchmen and picks them off one by one. The "henchmen scenes" come from the original "Game of Death" concept with the real Bruce Lee. It should still find a place in your Bruce Lee or Marital Arts movie collection for a few reasons:1. Colleen Camp.2. The fight scene with Bob Wall and the fake Bruce Lee in the locker room.3. Using real footage from Bruce Lee's funeral as backdrop to "Billy Lo's" funeral. I think they even had a open casket shot of Bruce in the film. I think this is true because later when they show a scene with Hugh O'Brien destroying a clay head, the bangs were shorter than shown during the "funeral" footage, making me think they might have shown the real Bruce Lee's body in that quick shot. How tasteful of them.4. The lame attempts to mask the fakes as the "real" Bruce Lee. The infamous scene with Hugh O'Brien, where they attach a cardboard photo of Bruce on the fakes head is too much. The sunglasses and the fact that the doubles looked like they were either smaller than Lee didn't help matters either.5. The final showdown with the "karate masters". It was oblivious that some of these shots were trimmed or never finished, but they still show what Bruce Lee was all about. The fight with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was funny in a Sports Entertainment (Wrestling) kind of way.6. Hugh O'Brien - karate master.7. The final fake that passes more like Bruce than the rest of the fakes.So I would get this film, but please don't expect much.

Bruce Lee at his best.

The best version of this movie out there. Better than any of the collection sets because Shout! Factory went back and did their own transfer that's nice and clean. Good special features, even some unreleased stuff.For a video unboxing of the reverse cover art and review of its picture quality and features, please see my YouTube channel.

海外版の死亡遊戯！海外からの輸入品で予定日より遅れましたが、内容が良かった。日本公開版やアメリカ公開版、死亡的遊戯もしっかりあり映像が綺麗でした！ブルース・リーファンの私には大満足です。

guter film

The movie is what it is - i can't say i'm a fan honestly - it has 11 mins of new footage of Bruce for the film with bits from his earlier films,, along with a lookie likey.I like Bruce a lot and with so few titles available of martial arts Bruce - it still rates as a must have.Also, The extras do elevate this release quite a lot imo.If your new to Bruce, definetly try this later.Chronological is best imo -Big BossFist of FuryWay of the DragonEnter the DragonGame of Death.if you want just one - Enter the Dragon (though you honestly can't go wrong with any of the others either.)Thank you peeps!

日本公開版は、怪鳥音も本人の物を使用してよかった。

I Always Look upon Game Of Death as a pretty Good Action flick Though really This is still without Doubt a Bruce Lee Movie. Made after The untimely Death of Lee The film makers vision of Game Of Death stands up Quite well on its own. Legendary Hollywood star's Dean Jagger and Hugh OBrian are well supported by The lovely Colleen Camp. Camp's big scene in The movie still gets to me When she sings The song Could This Be The Song I Be Singing Tomorrow a beautiful song and Camp sings it beautiful you really need To get The original soundtrack To This movie which I do have To hear The full version of The song. For The best part of The movie we do have a Bruce Lee lookalike standin Handling all The action fight scenes credit should be given To The film makers for staying faithfully To The Dynamic personality That was Bruce Lee. The final half of The movie comes into it's own as we are Treated To footage of The real Bruce Lee filmed just before Lee got The call To make The martial arts epic Enter The Dragon. The Three outstanding fight scenes in Game Of Death featuring Lee are out of This world Tinged with sadness as The last ever fight scenes put on celluloid by The Legendary Bruce Lee. Extras on The Disc are plenty but nothing really new if you owned The DVD release of This film The blu ray Transfer However is stunning. Had Bruce Lee gone on you get a feel with Game Of Death That This is what His next film would have looked like. you could class This as Enter The Dragon Two Game Of Death Though stands on its own as a Very Good Action film and more important as a final Tribute To The Dynamic Bruce Lee.