Game of Death
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Movie Reviews of Game of Death
Movie Review: An embarassment to Bruce Lee
Summary: 2 Stars
This was the film Bruce Lee was working on when he died. He had stopped working on this film to work on Enter the Dragon and never had the chance to come back and finish this. The good news is that Lee shot a good 30 minutes worth of footage for Game of Death. The bad news is Robert Clouse came around and tried to make an entire film leading up to the Bruce Lee footage that was shot including Bruce Lee look-a-likes and cardboard cut-outs. The entire film is pretty awful since the story is lame and the acting is over dramatic. I'm surprised Sammo Hung agreed to be a part of this at all. The archived footage of Bruce Lee just seems forced and thrown in to try and make a buck while the actual footage of Lee's funeral just feels tasteless and inconsiderate. Clouse would unfortunately give birth to something that would spawn many films including Bruce Lee clones starring the likes of Bruce Li. The actual Bruce Lee footage is some of his best, but is shown in its entirety in the documentary A Warrior's Journey included in the special edition of Enter the Dragon. If you're a Bruce Lee fan, don't waste your time with this. Stick to the films he actually completed and watch A Warrior's Journey to see the reconstruction of Lee's intended cut of this film.Movie Review: Mediocrity
Summary: 2 Stars
I love Bruce Lee movies. However, when I got "Game of death", I knew that it was fake since Bruce Lee died before finishing this movie. The film was completed about six years after Lee's death. However, for the memory of Bruce Lee, I decided to watch it anyway.
Bruce Lee plays as Billy Lo who is being blackmailed by some mafia gangsters. Naturally, Billy refuses to cooperate and that makes him a target for elimination by the gangsters. Since Bruce Lee died during the making of the movie, most of the film is played by Tai Chung Kim, who performed reasonably well. To disguise the fake Bruce Lee, he can be seen wearing sunglasses, fake beards and bandages. I, however, enjoyed the fights, although they are not up to the standard of Bruce Lee.
Of course, the parts that Bruce Lee really appeared were first class. An example is when he has to fight Kareem Abdul-Jabber. Unfortunately, Bruce Lee only appears for only about 11 minutes or so.
The movie could have been made better if the plot was sensible. So my recommendation is to rent the movie and not to buy it: it is not worth buying.
Movie Review: Yep, It's Pretty Bad
Summary: 2 Stars
"Game of Death," as you may already know, was finished six years after Bruce Lee's death with 30 minutes of Bruce Lee footage (cut down to only 11 in the final version). In the rest of the movie, the inconveniantly dead Lee is doubled by some other guys. I bet the writers wrote this movie based on how they could disguise the doubles. Doubles are seen wearing sunglasses, bandages, and even fake beards. In one classic instance, Bruce Lee's face is superimposed over one of the doubles. The plot itself is really awful and enough to make one sort of queasy, but the movie, while not for the purist, is a certifiable curio.The DVD is in its original aspect ratio of 2.35:1. The picture looks bright, but a few scenes are scratchy, and the colour often bleeds. The box advertises a theatrical trailer, even showing a picture of the main menu with "theatrical trailer" as one of the options. Frustratingly, it is nowhere to be found.
Movie Review: Classic Movie ....AWFUL DVD!!!!
Summary: 2 Stars
I will keep this review short!!This DVD isn't a digital transfer-the sound is MONO!!!! Yes, you can get the SAME sound & picture with a decent VHS version of the movie.Wait for a better release!! (THE ONLY Bruce Lee DVD that is completely digital w/5.1 Surround Sound is 'Enter The Dragon'!!!).Save your money!! SDMovie Review: SHAME it has been EDITED in American way.
Summary: 2 Stars
WHY did American production CUT OFF all the POINT Bruce Lee was trying to make out of this film before he was murdered? I see NO RESPECT, nor HONOR for Bruce Lee in this film. CHEAP RUINED MOVIE....what a disgrace. At least Chinese people should have finished the film instead of Hollywood who made money off of it.