Game of Death
Game of Death
R | 08 June 1979 (USA)
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A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

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Kirpianuscus

for me , it is the film of a single scene. because, from childhood, except the fight between Bruce Lee and Kareem Abdul - Jabbar, nothing else could be interesting. sure, it is not a sin. because it is the film of the Bruce Lee choreography. because the story is only a pretext. and it is enough for impress a precise target . all is well known from the other films of Bruce Lee. and this fact is the good motif for could not define it as a bad movie. because, from the first scenes, you knows - it is only a large collection of clichés. junk ? off course. but this verdict is less well choice if you do not ignore the contemporary films, with the significant exceptions, from Hollywood.

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TheBigSick

This is perhaps the most unique film by Bruce Lee, which is made after his death. Some stand-ins are used in the film. A lot of scenes, including the major fight scenes, are actually played by the stand-ins, not by Bruce Lee himself. But still, there is a very entertaining acrobatic fight sequence in a locker room.

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Phoenix Star

Let's face it - no one can finish Game of Death in the same way Bruce Lee would've done it. One would think that if anyone could've come the closest to his vision it had to be Robert Clouse, the director of "Enter The Dragon". Sadly if you've seen his version of it, you'll notice that his contribution is, lightly put, a disaster. Its shameless attempts at camouflaging the fact that Bruce Lee wasn't already part of it are commonly known: The infamous Cardboard-cutout, the doubles that don't look at all like Bruce, the shades, the beards, the recycled footage from past films, hilarious editing and the list goes on. Everyone knows it and everyone laughs at it.The only saving grace is the footage Bruce had already filmed. These are truly great fights, but they are way overshadowed by the poor quality of the rest of the movie. You never get the feeling like you are watching one whole movie, rather than a mess of two movies.The first half hour is though to sit-through and I was almost overwhelmed with boredom. It desperately lacks Bruces' charisma and his sense of direction and it goes to show that he was the true mastermind behind "Enter the Dragon". The original footage was also terribly dubbed, at least in the version I saw. Even for someone who is used to bad dubbing of HK movies, this one was exceptionally annoying and off.The good thing is that you can find the Bruces' original, unedited footage online or on DVD, and it's best watched that way, with minimal editing from third parties and without some other directors involvement. There's roughly 40 minutes of it and it has scenes that didn't make it into Robert Clouses version. Now this is the good stuff one expects from a Bruce Lee film. I imagine this could've been his best movie to its date, even better than "Enter The Dragon". Its fights are awesome, full of memorable ideas and they are brimming with Bruces' charisma and intensity. Clouses Version gets a 3 out of 10 only because of the so-bad-it's-good factor. If you want some genuine Bruce Lee action; go for the unedited footage. Even at its unfinished state it's light-years ahead of this one.

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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.

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