Game of Death

1978
15
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

23K

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Bruce Lee and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Game of Death (1978)

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A martial arts movie star must fake his death to bring down the syndicate that is extorting him and other celebrities - including his pop singer girlfriend - for protection money.A martial arts movie star must fake his death to bring down the syndicate that is extorting him and other celebrities - including his pop singer girlfriend - for protection money.A martial arts movie star must fake his death to bring down the syndicate that is extorting him and other celebrities - including his pop singer girlfriend - for protection money.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

23K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Hakim
(archive footage)
…

Chuck Norris

Fighter
(archive footage)

Dan Inosanto

Pasqual
(as Danny Inosanto)
…

Billy McGill

John

Sammo Kam-Bo Hung

Lo Chen
(as Hung Kim Po)

Roy Chiao

Henry Lo

Tony Leung Chiu-wai

David
(as Tony Leung)

Jim James

Surgeon

Russell Cawthorne

Doctor

David Hu

Businessman 1

Peter Gee

Businessman 2

Directors
- Robert Clouse
- Bruce Lee
Writers
- Robert Clouse
- Bruce Lee
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Game of Death

Storyline

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Trivia
Steve McQueen, James Coburn, and Muhammad Ali refused roles in the film because they felt it exploited Bruce Lee's death, and because of the low pay Golden Harvest was offering.

Goofs
In the beginning of the movie, a scene where you can see Lee's face in the mirror of his trailer. It's obviously a cardboard cutout, as the neck below it moves freely about unconnected to the head.

Quotes
Billy Lo: You lose Carl Miller!

Alternate versions
New Zealand theatrical and videotape versions were originally cut to remove the entire nunchaku battle between Bruce Lee and Dan Inosanto, although the censors later allowed this sequence to appear intact in the documentaries The Curse of the Dragon (1993) and Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000). In 2005 the cut was also waived for the Region 4 DVD release of "Game of Death".

Connections
Edited from The Big Boss (1971)

Soundtracks
Game of Death
(Hong Kong version only)
Music by Joseph Koo
Lyrics by James Wong
Sung By Roman Tam

User reviews158

Featured review

funny, sad, and enjoyable

The sad:

Bruce's premature death, the disposal of the original script, the inclusion of the current one, the cop-out ending, "Bruce's" punking out...

The Funny:

The double used through mist if the film meant to be passed off as Bruce Lee, the blatant use of stock footage from other Bruce films, the acting...

The enjoyable:

The score is very underrated, one of John Barry's finest (I have the soundtrack to this movie, along with another Barry film, Night Games.) Some real good martial arts sequences make the wait for the real Bruce footage towards the end, especially the locker room fight between "Bruce" and Bob Wall (choreaographed by Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao, who reportedly portrayed Bruce in that scene.) Sammo himself appears as a fighter in the film. I give this movie a modest recommendation.