Matialth
Good concept, poorly executed.
RoboRabbit89
I will be honest, I have never seen a Bruce Lee film until 2017,
with "Enter the Dragon" and I enjoyed that film.
As for this one being his last, before his untimely death I have to say it's fun.
It falls into the category of being so bad it's good. Hard-core fans don't take it too seriously, and if your like me, you shouldn't.
There wasn't much footage to use from the archives, because of what was completed, all of it is in the pagoda; I don't know much about it, I'm not sure if there was even a script, I'm just aware that their are just script notes found. I felt the way director Robert Clouse (Enter The Dragon) did the film was still pretty good; because from what I have heard, he didn't like or at least, care that much for what had been shot five years before.
Because according to the director, many movies already copied the same idea,
before the film's release! So it's understandable that he wanted to do something
different.For what's it's worth I really liked it, it's fun. Even though it's bad, but that's why I
like it, because it's bad, and over the top. The main baddie Dr. Lang is differently
over the top funny, his laugh is hilarious! I give it a 6/10. Bruce Lee's last film is
just pure escapist fun. Give it a look.
hrkepler
In 1972, Bruce Lee started to work on his next film 'Game of Death'. He had filmed over 30 minutes of fight scenes before he got an offer from Hollywood to star in 'Enter the Dragon'. Bruce Lee was about to continue the filming of 'Game of Death', but unfortunately he passed away. Five years later the filmstudio Golden Harvest hired director Robert Clouse to create a movie around the unused footage that Lee already finished. 1978 'Game of Death' is quite solid on the plotwise (although totally diferent from the Lee's originaal script) though occasionally inconsistent and filled with plot holes that clearly shows that the rest of the movie was just thrown together to show that epic final fight scene. Rest of the cast is formed by solid character actors, but none of the actors from original shooting (and disciples and friends of Lee) refused to appear this new versioon as they thought the new movie would be disrespectful towards Bruce Lee's memory. Yes, 'Game of Death' was just an opportunity to Cash in on Lee's name, and the film was balancing on the edge of extremely bad taste (using footage from Bruce Lee's real funeral).Tae-jeong Kim, Alan Chui Chung San and Yuen Bio (who himself is good actor and fantastic martial artist) were used as stand ins for Bruce Lee in the role of Billy Lo. The stand ins were filmed in the shadows or behind back and their faces were usually covered with large sunglasses, but the screen presence of real Bruce was missing. No one can replace his charisma and spark. But I can't say that the film wasn't entertaining at all - it had it's moments, especially Dean Jagger as sleazy main villain.I wouldn't reccomend this film, but if you are huge Bruce fan, then you might want to see how his 'final film' came out. But I'd rather watch the documentary 'Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey' instead.
matthewstelly
Robert Clouse, the same guy who directed "Enter the Dragon" also directed this movie. Bruce died after making "Enter the Dragon," but Clouse and other Hollywood pimps felt they could use excerpts to include in "Game of Death." Kareem Abdul Jabbar is in this one but is no match for the great Master Lee. Bruce has to fight his way through a maze of different kinds of fighters, tricks, traps and other trivia. I think that Chuck Norris' "The Octagon" might have ripped off some ideas from "Game of Death." It's an interesting movie, but there's so much editing and manipulating to replace Bruce's image that any aficionado will be bored senseless. Let Bruce rest in peace, but the movie is certainly worth watching. Bruce Lee fan or not
gavin6942
A martial arts movie star (Bruce Lee, sort of) must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.Why this movie exists is really the ultimate question. They wanted to pass it off as a Bruce Lee movie, but it is not one. No matter how you slice it, and then paste it back together, putting footage from older Lee movies into a new story does not make it a Lee movie.Some of the edits are really sloppy, and many times the stand-ins are just awful. There is a nice section of fight footage later on, but it is not enough to make this work. What should have happened is this film being split into two: a full film with a different actor replacing Lee, and a short film just showing footage of Lee's fights that never made it to a film because of his passing. The blend is just a mess.
