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Game of Death (1978)

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Summary: A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him. (imdb)
Poster submitted by Gauntlet
AKA: Si wang you ju
Genres: Drama, Action
Country: Hong Kong, USA
Directed By: Robert Clouse
Written By: Bruce Lee, Jan Spears
More information at the Internet Movie Database
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na gorkemoge
65
T6
na Hutzovinian
71
T6
Why did he have to move on to Valhalla?
na DLawrence
78
T6
na Ofterdingen
60
T5
na eltonldf
60
T5
na PhotonStorm
60
T3
na Prismatic
80
T6
na Zygrunte
74
T8
na bapster
98
T8
na NoSex
60
T4
na sldsnk
78
T6
na sicirou
25
T4
na shebang
43
T4
na dotCommunism
40
T2
na frg
52
T2
na starving
65
T2
na Mick
90
T5
na Equanimity
65
T6
na buser333
60
T6
na Piglet
65
T5
na Carlospx
50
T4
na Vecheeso
90
T10
na drstrangeluv
40
T2
na komois
75
T6
na lostinlodos
90
T10
90, for the Hong Kong uncut, un-recut version .
na mikedemo
60
T4
na ShogunRua
30
T2
Let's be honest; pretty goddamn boring, both with and without Lee. The scenes featuring Bruce are overly self-indulgent, with long, drawn-out fights featuring philosophical thought. They are neither realistic nor exciting. And sorry, as much as I respect Kareem for his legendary basketball career, he sucked as the final fighter here. The rest is throw-away, generic, mostly uninspired action. A lousy film.
na dippyblonde
60
T4
It doesn't really feel right to call this a Bruce Lee film. He died after only filming afew of the scenes. The rest of the film has been made using a dodgy likealike just so the film company could make money. The finished result is a mishmash of good and bad which has nothing inbetween. The best part is the end which has Bruce Lee doing what he does best. It just a same the that couldn't be said about the rest of the film
na caocao
65
T4
Some great Bruce Lee scenes some terrible pretend Bruce Lee scenes = an awkwardly hilarious viewing experience.
na Mesacer
80
T9
na doctor7
31
T2
This is just bad, just downright bad. Almost all the footage inserted in the beginning is so obviously not shot for this film it's downright laughable. The actor playing Bruce Lee doesn't look like him very much at all, either. It's obviously just a hack attempt to capitalize on Bruce Lee's fame after his death. It takes a full hour and twenty minutes to get the fight scenes that Bruce Lee is really in, which is the only reason to watch this. If you do see this, skip to that part.
na borislugosi
60
T2
na adidawha
75
T5
na sreeraj
75
T5
na ManInBlack
6
T6
na jswinder
50
T2
na mork1
65
T4
na Grouchy
77
T3
na Mateushs
89
T8
na NilbogSavant
51
T4
na de_niro
70
T6
na RhYnoECfnW
1
T1
na Numberz
50
T3
na AzurEclipse
70
T9
The american version came out alright, but with the stunt double i was truly annoyed, and the ending left an even sour taste in my mouth as i watched that pitiful dummy fall to its death. Meanwhile the original featuring the 5 story pagoda was much more entertaining.
na apesma
100
T8
na MasterKENOBI
90
T9
na johnshaft
58
T3
About 30 minutes of ass-kicking action at the end mixed with about 100 of attempts at hiding the characters face.
na pr0land
78
T8
na upaboveit
90
T8
na incisor
65
T3
na soustecky
85
T4
na mcasella08
87
T6
na aaronwhat
30
T2
I was pretty appalled by it. The only redeeming aspects are the scenes in which Bruce Lee's archive footage is in there - and there is about 20 minutes of it in the whole 1hr 45min final film. This really is an abomination. And using footage from Bruce Lee's actual funeral? Despicable.
na bentien
57
T3
na tyoda
40
T3
na elmakebabi
38
T2
na fenixdown
76
T6
na hellboy76
62
T4
A few decent Lee fight scenes mixed with a lot of shots of the back of someone elses head.
na DougCollins
80
T5
na Zharradan
60
T2
na dbamford
51
T4
na rssj007
50
T2
na PetrosTser
60
T5
na Veib
60
T5
na imcn100
49
T4
na herge
60
T5
na avgcrtckr
48
T3
na KTP
4
T2
na oguzhaners
50
T2
na opuss
45
T3
na Dumptruk4Lif
50
T1
na Damoon
75
T5
na Bacchanalian
65
T5
na keskin
29
T1
na Witchcult
55
T4
na Rouzbeh
80
T6
na Bhm
60
T4
na DBZ
81
T6
na x@nder
60
T4
na roger1
85
T4
na Bnktop
50
T4
na mCihhh
60
T4
na mertagabey
65
T7
na Daffy6964
70
T2
na WoozyB
90
T9
na crazymoronx
78
T8
na Lskywalker
80
T7
na aovii
75
T5
na IMDb-byvotes
55
T2
na blackthorn
72
T5
na Insan3
55
T3
na PeaceAnarchy
34
T1
Terrible editing, terrible acting and mediocre writing make this pretty much a waste of time with the exception of a couple of fight scenes. Even then most of the fight scenes are just plain boring.
na DrewTheDude
40
T4
na glm
69
T4
68.500
na krakow056
1
T1
na Rumplesink
50
T3
na Hoodar
72
T5
na TAYLOR-MANIA
45
T2
na Henrik
40
T2
na Castroph
3
T2
na ky_pack35
92
T8
na mostafah
53
T3
na manonwire
45
T3
na imdb
55
T3
na deeopey
65
T4
na Mento
75
T9
na Pioneer
80
T5
na waitsup
70
T8
na HatlessJack
69
T6
na Ronin167
45
T4
na redpatriot
88
T10
na terrymac
61
T5
na alleyd84
50
T3
na realmlord
88
T6
na snurri
70
T3
na Qwipster.net
50
T4
na jaball
65
T2
na jsim596
1
T1
na coot
62
T6
na Desdinova
68
T3
na helfen419
70
T5
na cmmille1
98
T9
na fyngyrz
3
T1
One of Bruce's stinkers. Sad. A great martial artist; a terrible actor.
na st_fly
88
T10
Very Good
na calogen
85
T8
na PUGILIST
99
T10
na sweetsin0r
75
T5
na burhenn
60
T3
na MrBialas
9
T9
na kangadoodoo
55
T4
na bullet06
72
T6
na mrlinds
58
T4
na dharmabum
62
T5
na Eggza16
75
T6
na Maggot505
30
T3
na KGB
43
T3
This film actually used footage from Bruce Lee's funeral to give more realism to his fake-death scene. That's just the tip of the iceberg of how sleazy and shady this production was. But man, Bruce Lee fights a 2.2 meters black guy. How could I dissaprove?
na joseywales
75
T8
na aus_hab_fan
72
T4
Surprisingly disappointed, despite what all the cool emo/indie kids have to say about it. No question, he's a great fighter, but acting/speaking roles aren't his calling. Same with Jet Li, and to a lesser extent, Jackie Chan. Silly plot, co-actors are passable at best, but the fight scenes are decent. Kareem is probably my favourite part.
na Heist
60
T2
na VolitioN
86
T9
na sobored
60
T4
na TheDiceman
50
T4
Not bad.
na CrazyJim9380
78
T6
na gtrmp
75
T7
na Eagle-X
54
T3
Bruce Lee's performance is cool but story is poor
na eveelun
45
T1
Some nice Bruce Lee footage inserted into a generic kung fu movie where a poor look alike (often wearing sunglasses or filmed in shadow) substitutes for him. Bruce Lee's films often had cliched and predictable plots, but it was his technical skill and magnetism that made them classic. This is not a Bruce Lee film.
na magpie
90
T9
na TheDenizen
70
T7
The Bruce Lee footage is awesome and the basis for more video games than I can think of. The rest is kinda lame.
na Persona
70
T6
na brianchaley
75
T5
na amanohyo
55
T7
na JulieNewmar
61
T3
na loserville
24
T2
na Jeanie72
77
T4
na ryno23
70
T6
na Fromo
50
T3
na Arithaniel
3
T3
na cxemu789
70
T4
na excowboy
27
T1
na Cagulata
70
T4
na Squibbles
60
T3
na HKi
78
T9
na filmaffinity
60
T4
na jerk
81
T8
na fabio ramos
85
T5
na Monster
75
T4
na mike615
64
T6
na Barometer
100
T10
na athfemory
95
T8
na Suteupac
15
T1
Bruce Lee's death during the filming of Game of Death didn't stop the producers from throwing together an only partially thought out plot that had little to do with the original storyline. And, though there are scenes that do contain Bruce, most of the film is a bad look-alike. If you rent the film, skip to the end to see the Bruce scenes. His part really doesn't need the "plot" from the first part to play into.
na sli
55
T4
na wokkal
80
T6
na madiso
60
T7
na experimental
75
T4
na Jadarad247
64
T2
na ewp805
70
T5
Shame Lee didn't live to fully make this movie awesome, but the fight with Kareem at the end is worth enough in its own.
na girlvirus
60
T6
na fletch
35
T1
na KingKongBong
80
T5
na strangelime
65
T2
na Lebar
75
T5
na Paradigma
65
T7
na Phaethon360
92
T9
na TheRev
77
T5
na Dynagrip
71
T3
na TeeZeh81
65
T7
na Bras_Cubas
70
T3
na Paryu
71
T5
I could almost give 100 for the fighting scene in the end.
na Zoltan
65
T5
na moosh23
70
T5
na RNG
79
T9
na ZombieBuffet
75
T10
na Askail
70
T7
It's all in the fights. "You lose, Carl Miller".
na monkfish
85
T8
na ricardo reis
56
T5
na f.sandri84
80
T4
na Jeb
63
T5
My least favorite Bruce Lee movie.
na lost0633
71
T5
na rex
78
T5
na El Camino
77
T6
na Gauntlet
50
T1
na Bison11
1
T1
na dcatcher
39
T2
na mukor
90
T10
na BryanBosler
85
T6
na patedwalters
70
T4
na Mytheme
60
T6
Average Tier 4.79 from 207 Rankings rss