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Overview

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5.5/10   4,726 votes
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Director:
Robert Clouse
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Writers:
Bruce Lee (writer)
Jan Spears (writer)
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Release Date:
8 June 1979 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Bruce Lee challenges the underworld to a Game of Death.
Plot:
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him. full summary | add synopsis
User Comments:
Barely watchable. Bruce Lee would be turning in his grave. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bruce Lee ... Billy Lo

Colleen Camp ... Ann Morris
Dean Jagger ... Dr. Land
Gig Young ... Jim Marshall
Tai Chung Kim ... Billy Lo
Biao Yuen ... Billy Lo (as Bill Yuen)
Robert Wall ... Carl Miller

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar ... Hakim
Mel Novak ... Stick
Hugh O'Brian ... Steiner
James Tien ... Charlie Wang

Dan Inosanto ... Pasqual (as Danny Inosanto)

Chuck Norris ... Colt (archive footage)
Roy Chiao ... Henry Lo
Russell Cawthorne ... Surgeon
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bruce Lee's Game of Death
Si wang you ju
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Runtime:
85 min | Germany:92 min | Hong Kong:103 min (original premiere) | Hong Kong:125 min | Hong Kong:54 min (current existing footage) | Japan:115 min | Japan:40 min (2000 incomplete version) | USA:100 min | USA:110 min (original premiere) | USA:35 min (2000 incomplete version)
Country:
Hong Kong | USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Filming Locations:
Hong Kong, China more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Chuck Norris threatened legal action against Golden Harvest for giving him screen credit for this film. Norris's appearance in the film is archive footage from Meng long guo jiang (1972). more
Goofs:
Continuity: Throughout the final scenes of the movie, spliced-in footage of Bruce Lee does not correspond with doubles. Facing and body orientation relative to his opponent switches from shot to shot. more
Quotes:
[Billy stops Ann from shooting Dr Land]
Billy Lo: Let it go. What must be done is being done.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990) more
Soundtrack:
Will This be the Song I'll be Singing Tomorrow??? more

FAQ

If Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Was Only In The Archive Footage, Why Is He In Some Scenes That Were Never Filmed On The Archive Footage?
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25 out of 41 people found the following comment useful:-
Barely watchable. Bruce Lee would be turning in his grave., 9 April 2003
Author: The-Gent from Sydney, Australia

I wish this wasn't credited to Bruce Lee's name, it's an embarrassment to all involved, and I honestly can't see why this film is praised by some people.

Lee filmed a few fight scenes for a movie before putting the project on hold to do Enter The Dragon, and of course his death. This is the finished product (without his input). His scenes were poorly edited into a full length piece of crap.

I tried to look past the fact that shots switched from old, grainy film to cleaner, sharper film continuously throughout any scene with the real Lee. I tried to look past the appalling effects; such as sticking a picture of Lee's face on a mirror, and filming it as if attached to someone's reflection. I even managed to look past the fact that the guy playing Lee's character for the rest of the film barely looked like him at all. But I still ended up with a bad taste in my mouth at the end of the film.

There is still a point of interest for Bruce Lee fans, the last 15 minutes are great, (the real) Lee's fight with Abdul-Jabar is amazing...But it didn't do the overall product very much help (for the full unedited version of what Bruce Lee filmed for this, check out the documentary on the man called 'Bruce Lee: A Warriors Journey'). This is my second bad experience with unfinished/unreleased films being edited into others, (see also, or more appropriately -- don't see also: Sam's Song starring Robert De Niro), so I have learnt my lesson. 2.5/10.

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