Game of Death (1978)

Posted : 6 months, 3 weeks ago at May 3 5:57

Even though Enter The Dragon & Fist Of Fury often interchange with this movie as far as my being my favorite Bruce Lee film, Game Of Death is the one that I find myself watching the most. Maybe it's cuz, with since it actually remains unfinished (in my eyes, the post-Lee parts don't count... ) it leaves plenty of room for interpretation on what could have been. After Lee's death, martial arts genre took a real nose dive as far as the kind of quality & especially the kind of integrity that Bruce seemed to be striving for. And while lately, the genre has taken many strides forward as far as being taken more seriously as a cinematic artform, watching the ideas that Bruce set upon this early "kung fu flick" always make me wonder about the potential that the original Dragon must have dream...Read more

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago at May 11 6:24

I'd wanted to see Game of Death for years. I'm a big fan of Bruce Lee and I assumed that this, with his iconic yellow jumpsuit, would be his ultimate film. I was aware that he'd died before completing it, but I didn't realise how little he had actually completed. I would guess that about 20 or so minutes of film has Bruce Lee in it, the rest is a lookalike. The problem is, you buy a Bruce Lee film to watch a complete legend in action. The Pagoda fight scenes were amazing, but not really worth the price of the film alone, considering how cheap and poorly made the rest of it is. One hilarious moment sees Bruce Lee's still face superimposed into the mirror image of his body double. Awful. The film was completed at a later date after Lee died, and you can see the difference in film qual...Read more

Rating : 3/10