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Summary: The last film Bruce Lee made before his tragic death
Review: Bruce Lee (AKA: Lee Jun Fan), is one of film history's most talented action stars of all time, and it shows on every movie he made ! He was respected by a whole lot of people from the US and in Hong Kong during his existence in the early '70s. He has made four smash hit martial arts movies like "Fists of Fury", "The Chinese Connection", "Return of the Dragon", and "Enter The Dragon". All of these films shot Lee to stardom. And finally, it comes down to Lee's fifth and final movie "Game of Death". This movie was originally filmed, months after "Enter The Dragon". Unfortunately, after he died of cerebral edema in July 20, 1973, Bruce Lee only completed a third of the film. The film remained incomplete for five years. Finally in 1978, Raymond Chow and Robert Clouse finished the film and threw in the scenes Lee was in before his death, and some additional with a Bruce Lee lookalike, Tang Lung. This movie turned out okay, but unfotunately for my taste, it was a little dull, since a third of the film didn't include the REAL Bruce Lee. It's very simple to realize that when Lee is fighting sloppily, everyone knows it's just the lookalike, Tang Lung himself, but at least he looks like Lee in almost every way. Besides, if it weren't for Tang Lung, "Game of Death" would've remained incomplete for 25 years, and I give him credit for that. Everybody else should ! Another drawback of the movie is the voice acting on some characters. One of the fighters sounded like an answering machine voice with an Asian accent. I laughed a bit, but all in all, I thought it was ridiculous ! Granted, I really liked the action sequecnes, especially the big fight between Bruce Lee and former Basketball sensation, Kareem Abdul Jabbar. However, some of the fight scenes turned out a little plain, when Tang Lung tags along as the Lee lookalike, but his fighting skills are fairly interesting, but not as good as the real thing, and you know who I'm talking about ! All in all, this turned out to be a unique martial arts classic like all of Bruce Lee's films, but not what I have come to expect ! The flaws of the film were too noticeable and the fact that Bruce Lee was replaced by his double, Tang Lung, is way too noticeable. That's what I didn't like about the film. But still, I enjoyed it a lot ! If you wanna spice up your DVD collection with Lee's films, you have to get this one !
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Summary: Very disappointed and very ANNOYING!!!!
Review: I agree with reviewer Eric. There was only one Bruce Lee, but come on people..if you think he did all of his own stunts you are very sadly mistaken. Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah..just to name a few filled in for him many times. I happen to think Yuen Biao is absolutely fantastic and so terribly under-rated. The man is absolutely breath-taking to watch. He does things Bruce could never do. No offense Bruce! Enjoy the movie for what it is. Bruce was dead, and no can replace him, that isn't what the movie was about!
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Summary: Get the U.K. disc.
Review: if u want a good decent martial arts film then believe me there are plenty to choose from....exept this one. what really pisses me off is that producers con people into thinking that bruce lee apperas in so many movies by puting a picture of the kung fu master on the front of their dvds and video sleeves. it seems that the only way they can attrat people to buy or even watch their [bad] films is to put a picture of bruce lee on the sleeve. it should therefor be noted that the only films which Bruce Lee appeared in were enter the dragon, big boss, way of the dragon and fist of fury. you may also find that certain films which show jackie chan on the cover do not actually star jackie chan himself.
This film is an example of how NOT to choreograph fight scenes, and how to make a bad low budget...kung fu flick. please if u r interested in martial arts films or want to watch good kung fu, there r LOADS of good ones to choose from.....dont buy this one!
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Summary: Game of Excellence
Review: Oh, this is a great one. This is the one in which Bruce Lee fights Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Oh man, that part is great. The whole movie is good, I think. And so is the music they play during the fighting. There's this one cool part where Lee fights a motorcycle gang in a warehouse, and he hits a guy in the face with his bike! The end is excellent. Lee goes to this place and fights five martial arts masters in a row. Also, in this movie, Lee uses nun chucks for at least ten minutes. It's so great. Lee died while shooting this movie, and most of it is a body double, but it's still very entertaining. His noises are great and so is his technique. No martial artist today can compare to Lee. Watch out, though. After seeing this movie, I had a strong urge to fight people, and I did not control it. I went out and gave my neighbors a beating. They were doing some lawn work, so I hit one with a rake and used him to impale his son.
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Summary: A strange one...
Review: Okay, this one is unusual, due to some very heavy editing. First of all, I must respectfully point out that the below reviewer isn't talking about this flick, New Game of Death. He's talking about an entirely different movie: Tower of Death, aka Game of Death 2. That movie is an indirect sequel to the 1978, Robert Clouse-directed Game of Death. This movie, however, is something else. Like most kung-fu movies, it is known by another name: Goodbye Bruce Lee. But here it has been edited and changed around. Goodbye Bruce Lee was a psuedo-documentary in which Bruce Li was introduced as the man who would complete Bruce Lee's unfinished movie Game of Death. There was even a short interview with Kareem Abdul Jabbar at the beginning, as well as some shots of Li working the high-bar, giving us a peek at his acrobatic skills. Then, mid-course through this documentary, a "movie" began, in which Li fought some crooks and eventually rescues his fiancee, who is held in a martial artist-filled pagoda. This edit of Goodbye Bruce Lee features all of that, save for the Jabbar interview and the original narration, which have both been removed. Now it is made to resemble just a regular movie, and not a documentary at all. However the editing has left it very odd. For example, it still begins with Li working the high-bar. But instead of narration explaining who this man is, the theme music (a very Blaxploitation sounding song called "King of Kung Fu") plays relentlessly, and there is no dialog. Then Li is taken to a producer's office, where he's told that he's been chosen to complete Bruce Lee's movie Game of Death. Li agrees, and the producers have him and his girlfriend sit down in a projection room, so they can show him "the portion of the movie that Bruce finished." The projectionist starts the movie and from there on we're into the New Game of Death. There is no more mention of Bruce Li and his girlfriend in the projection room. Sound confusing? It is. As for the movie itself, it's confusing too - and I think this is mostly due to the English dubbing. Back when this was released, I think US distributors just tried to get the dialog to match the movements of the actors' mouths - they weren't so worried about accurately-translated dialog. And that really shows in this movie. Several times it's very obvious that the dialog has nothing to do with what's going on. And as for the fighting, well it isn't that great. Bruce Li was no Bruce Lee. As if you didn't already know that. There are some saving graces, though: the pagoda guardians are fairly interesting in a campy way, and Li does the best with what he's been given in this film. Two scenes that had me laughing: Li's brother discovers that his apartment has been trashed as the opening chords of the James Bond theme blast on the soundtrack. And two, Li walks into his trashed home, steps into a room, and steps back out in the black and yellow tracksuit that the real Bruce Lee wore in his Game of Death. Anyway, my advice: rent the movie if you want to see it. Maybe one day the original version, Goodbye Bruce Lee, will be released.
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Summary: could have pulled a better movie out my ...
Review: please, who ever is a bruce li fan, do not buy this movie. its a total waste of money.its so bad i didn't even finish watching it. I just skipped to the end of the movie and it and i never in my life seen such awful fight choreography. its like bruce li doesn't even know martial arts, i was just thinking they must have film this after the death of bruce lee. its a good thing i had a chance to trey this in for a good bruce li movie like blind fist of bruce. if you buy this our even rent this your in for a total dissapointment.
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Summary: Not BRUCE...but NOT BAD
Review: Speaking as a die-hard Bruce Lee fan, I share the opinions of those who don't consider Game of Death(the 20th Century FOX version) to be rhe real deal because of all of the doubles, awkward fight scenes and snippets(not to mention the altered storyline and plot), however, having grown to watch the film with an open mind, I think the film was OK(I still feel it would've been better to just feauture the double, change the title, and cut the snippets). Likewise, I consider Game of Death 2 to be a pretty good sequel because it's done in similar fashion, features more unreleased Game of Death footage,continues to follow the character Billy Lo, has better fight sequences, and is actually inspired by Lee's original Game of Death concept(the Death Tower). However, as with the 1st GOD, you may find the snippets and doubling a tad bit irritating...BUT, when watched with an open mind I think that viewers will find that Tong Lung(the REAL star,Bruce Lee double, Bobby Lo) shines in this movie as Lee's character meets an untimely demise and is succeeded by his younger brother(exit Billy Lo,enter Bobby Lo). The only reason I wouldn't score this film above 3 stars is because of the one fight scene in which there was an attempt on Bobby's life in the Palace of Death via what was supposed to be a LION(someone please tell me that it was supposed to be some sort of warrior, fighting off a LION with a chair...get real). Aside from the LION disaster, I have to be a little critical of the fact that they'd attempted sneak in a little "Enter the Dragon" setup for the Death Tower(drug trafficking, underground factory,etc). But overall, I feel this is as good a sequel to Game of Death(the 20th Century FOX version) as Bruce Li's Chinese Connection 2 was to Bruce Lee's original.However, only buy this film if you have an open enough mind NOT to be turned off by the doubles and snippets as used in the 1st.
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Summary: HE'S THE KING OF KUNG FU
Review: The version I saw is entitled: Goodbye Bruce Lee, His Last Game Of Death. I don't know if that version is the same as this one but this is what happened in the one I saw. The movie begins with the opening credits: a black screen with yellow text and a picture of Bruce Lee on the right. After that, there is some behind the scenes footage from Game of Death. Bruce Lee died before he finished Game of Death and this movie was one of the first and in my opinion the best attempt to remake the movie using doubles. After the behind the scenes footage, we see a Bruce Lee double being taken into a cinema by a movie producer. The producer wants this double to fill in Lee's shoes. He tell the double he is going to show him the footage Bruce Lee filmed before he died. This footage is the rest of the movie. So does the double fill in Lee's shoes? I don't know. Fan's should seek out the British DVD release of Goodbye Bruce Lee.
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Summary: Get the U.K. disc.
Review: This early Bruce Li film is released here as THE NEW GAME OF DEATH and the DVD is a bare bones bad transfer. The UK edition features the original title, GOODBYE BRUCE LEE HIS LAST GAME OF DEATH. The DVD is great with animated menus, Bruce Li bio/filmography, trailer, dvd catalogue and re-mastered STUNNING widescreen transfer with virtually no scratches or lines. Definatley a MUST BUY for Bruce Li fans.
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Summary: DO NOT BUY THIS FILM (READ THIS)
Review: This film is an insult to everything Bruce Lee was. And they didn't even use all of the available fight footage. Instead, pick up "Bruce Lee - A Warrior's Journey". It contains all of the original fight footage Bruce shot, along with a VERY in depth documentary covering his whole life. If you are a Bruce Lee or kung fu fan, this is a must own. Cross my heart.
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