![]() ![]() ![]() He was a true performer, and Lee was also a true example of why it is considered martial “arts”. Game of Death is worth seeing just to get the most out of watching Bruce Lee fight. The movie had immense potential, but the reedited film is lacking with tons of tricks to try to hide the Bruce Lee stand-in face. This combined with some great choreography fighting shows what the movie could have become if Lee had lived and finished it. Lee dons what has become his classic yellow and black tracksuit to battle (even if half the time it isn’t him). Game of Death does have a lot of iconic Bruce Lee to it despite it being a hatchet job. Game of Death however feels like a bastardization of Bruce Lee’s legacy with a rather confusing plot that never quite works. This plotline actually was used in Have Sword Will Travel from 1969, but Game of Death really seemed to take the format over. The movie’s storyline has been used multiple times with Bruce Lee fighting his way up a dojo with increasingly difficult warriors blocking his way (my favorite iteration of this story was the old NES game Kung Fu). The Game of Death would have been awesome. The film was financially successful but also received criticism for the posthumous use of Lee’s footage. The clips from the unfinished film were used with an entirely new plot and a stand-in actor for Lee in scenes to develop the story. The film is made from footage originally shot in 1972 for The Game of Death that was being directed by Bruce Lee before he left the production to shoot Enter the Dragon. Billy is undercover and on the most dangerous mission of his life…and death is at every turn!ĭirected by Robert Clouse, Game of Death is a martial arts film. Land (Dean Jagger), international superstar Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) finds he must fake his death to protect his girlfriend Ann Morris (Colleen Camp) and his journalist friend Jim Marshall (Gig Young) to take down Dr. Targeted by assassins from a crime syndicate run by Dr. 2.5/10.Eerie similarities to Brandon Lee’s death… This is my second bad experience with unfinished/unreleased films being edited into others, (see also, or more appropriately - don't see also: Sam's Song starring Robert De Niro), so I have learnt my lesson. There is still a point of interest for Bruce Lee fans, the last 15 minutes are great, (the real) Lee's fight with Abdul-Jabar is amazing.But it didn't do the overall product very much help (for the full unedited version of what Bruce Lee filmed for this, check out the documentary on the man called 'Bruce Lee: A Warriors Journey'). But I still ended up with a bad taste in my mouth at the end of the film. I even managed to look past the fact that the guy playing Lee's character for the rest of the film barely looked like him at all. I tried to look past the appalling effects such as sticking a picture of Lee's face on a mirror, and filming it as if attached to someone's reflection. I tried to look past the fact that shots switched from old, grainy film to cleaner, sharper film continuously throughout any scene with the real Lee. ![]() His scenes were poorly edited into a full length piece of crap. This is the finished product (without his input). Lee filmed a few fight scenes for a movie before putting the project on hold to do Enter The Dragon, and of course his death. I wish this wasn't credited to Bruce Lee's name, it's an embarrassment to all involved, and I honestly can't see why this film is praised by some people. ![]()
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