Synopsis: Stashed away on top of a Nintendo Entertainment System at a party a young couple finds the GAME OF DEATH. I kid you not. I was entertained. That's it. His CIA backup has other plans and turns on him, and it's a fight to survive in a hospital and into the hedge fund vault. One of the most popular movies and also an incomplete one of Bruce Lee, where we can see the iconic scene with him on yellow clothes fighting with nunchucks (and also one of his last performances on the big screen). It's actually pretty distracting. This was Bruce Lee's final film released after his death using previously filmed fight footage with Lee combined with a new footage using doubles for Lee who sort of look like him, but not really. "Only one scene left in this film, I'll be dropping out of sight myself" - Bruce Lee... creepy. When Lo's younger brother Lo hears about the incident, he leaves his Buddhist master to investigate the truth. Gets deep into the weeds of the subgenre’s history while also examining its continuing appeal. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. Even though the majority of it was animated, it really didn’t sit well. Metal Gear Screenshots. The only good sequence is the one that Bruce Lee actually shot with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Step Two: Pick a Number. 1,353 films watched. Step Three: GET WEIRD! It's almost worth watching just for the 12 minutes of real Bruce Lee footage that was shot for the…, “When you get to the top you understand how far it is to fall.”. I loved the hospital massacre even if they interrupted it with an animation sequence. Music and gore were good. Video Game . I suppose not wanting the footage to go to waste, and because capitalism is an ever hungry beast, Enter the Dragon director Robert Clouse pasted some of Lee's footage into his own film. Second level is the historical trainwreck of trying to make a piecemeal movie out of all kinds of leftover Bruce Lee footage, using tricks both clever and forehead-slappingly dumb. Und was der eingeölte Santa Claus-Stripper am Ende sollte, bleibt wohl ein Geheimnis der Macher. The final theatrical film of Lee's for me to watch is the last film that he was ever in. Bruce Lee Gig Young Dean Jagger Hugh O'Brian Colleen Camp Robert Wall Mel Novak Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Chuck Norris Dan Inosanto Billy McGill Sammo Hung Roy Chiao Tony Leung Chiu-Wai Tai Chung Kim James Tien Casanova Wong Bolo Yeung Yuen Biao Robert Clouse Warwick Paul Evans Lam Ching-Ying Mars Nora Miao Andre Morgan Betty Ting Pei Yuen Wah Chung Fat Stephen Chang. The actors don't really have a lot to play with. Just the most remarkable collection of 1970s bodies to display: not just Bruce Lee, but Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (who was also replaced by a double for a couple of early scenes), Sammo Hung, and Colleen Camp as well, each iconic in their own ways. (1) Colleen Camp's boobs(2) 15 minutes of footage of men applying makeup (3) Long, gawking shots of Kareen Abdul Jabbar's legs(4) Scenes with too many crackers talkin' bout cracker shit. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. What a lazily cobbled together mess this movie is. The practical effects are great. This Game of Death is a film built around 12 minutes of original footage that Bruce Lee had done for his own movie with the same title. The film was released posthumously by Golden Harvest 5 years later, and basically constructed a whole story around 11 minutes of actual Bruce Lee footage. Video Game. During filming, Lee received an offer to do Enter the Dragon, which was going to be the first kung fu movie to be produced by a Hollywood studio. 144 films watched. Review: This has great examples of both effective ane ineffective uses of long drawn out scenes where the camera lingers a uncomfortably too long. You know what? But the idea of building the film around what remained of the project Lee was working on when he died has some appeal as a contrast to all the other films that turned out worse than this one in which everything was intact. Every dollar. It pretty quickly rises above Triggered at least with heads exploding and a person split in two with intestines like giant worms crawling out onto the road. An unemployed gamer and two of his friends get plunged into a life-or-death game in the abandoned metropolis. Film data from TMDb. Game of Death 1978 ★★★ Watched Aug 14 , 2020 HokiFish’s review published on Letterboxd: Ok so "Game of Death" crossed a solid double yellow line by saying it stars legendary Bruce Lee when there's only ten or so minutes of him in the entire film. So, yeah, this movie is on Shudder and I feel like it’s worth checking out if you don’t want to pay too much attention and want to see plenty of gore. They have no excuse whereas this…, 2021 Cult Movie Challenge*******************************. Lediglich der eine oder andere Gore-Effekt erzeugt ein wenig Respekt und Spaß. Orange Sky Golden Harvest Concord Productions Inc. Jogo da Morte, Haláljáték, Bruce Lee - Game of Death, Mein letzter Kampf, The Game of Death, Si wang you xi, 101 mins   Watch that scene on YouTube instead of wasting your time with this crap. DOIDERA. Game of Death. Now each one's head will explode unless they kill someone. Bio: Just a fella who likes films Review by HeavenSentbutHellRaised87 ★★★½ 8. A list that is trying to contain every horror film made that is not lost and is found on the…, OB-GYN Kenobi 3,844 films 8,403 120 Edit, Step One: Go to www.random.org. In this dark tale of revenge, Bruce Lee "returns" as Billy Lo, whose best friend Chin Ku dies of a sudden illness. 73 mins long and it gets straight to the bloody point. Reviews of Game of Death. Other than that, this is bad. I can handle the truth. Review by JayDiggins. Well, the rest ain't all bad, I guess: the "let's hide the fact that this isn't really Bruce Lee" games range from intriguing to surreal to downright hilarious, Dean Jagger's Dr. Land is as intimidating of a mob boss as senile Junior Soprano (the fish feeding scene! ), but only about half of it worked.... which is actually what I would say about the whole film. Some of it works, some of it doesn’t, at least there’s fun…, "that's not even a game, that's a fuckin' STD dispenser, bro". Game of death is about a group of friends who find the titular game and decide to give it a go, the game starts up and the group quickly comes to the realization that they have to kill before the timer runs out. The original reason to justify this was that it included footage shot for Bruce Lee's last film. In this dark tale of revenge, Bruce Lee "returns" as Billy Lo, whose best friend Chin Ku dies of a sudden illness. This was laughable and painful from start to end, and after a bit of digging, it came to my attention that the version I had seen used very minimal of Lee's footage. Step Three: GET WEIRD! Sucks for seven millennials who ignored that rule. Still not sure if there was a point to all the manatee scenes. the Lion Dance traffic jam! Metto 3 stelle soltanto per la meravigliosa sequenza finale della pagoda: se non ci fosse stata quella a salvare il film, il voto sarebbe stato moooooolto più basso. Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. Mobile site. Sucks for seven millennials who ignored that rule. This shouldn't have existed at all. I could use less overwrought synth scores in low budget movies, though. I wasn't very hopeful when this started, having watched the death game of Triggered recently and going full steam into the millennials partying amidst vapid conversations that start many a new horror movie. Game of Death is a 1978 Hong Kong action film co-written (under the pseudonym Jan Spears along with Raymond Chow) and directed by Robert Clouse, with action directed by Sammo Hung. Before Game of Death was released, Lee died of cerebral edema, so the new director had to use two stand-ins to finish it, since he stopped the recording of this one, in order to start with Enter the…, Might as well go straight to the elephant in the room - this is the movie where Bruce Lee isn't Bruce Lee. Film: Sechs verdrogte Kids plus Dealer finden und spielen bei ihrer Gartenparty eine an Senso erinnernde Konsole namens Game of Death - und lassen dafür das sich darunter befindene Nintendo-Gerät links liegen. Directed by Sebastien Landry, Laurence Morais-Lagace. Only with a bigger budget, a smaller vision, and much much worse. Death Stranding. Everything that is not a Bruce Lee fight is terrible, bordering on unwatchable. Aber erst nachdem zwei von ihnen der Kopf platzt, begreift der Rest den Ernst der Lage. More details at But suspicion of foul play arises when a gang tries to steal Ku's coffin at the funeral using a helicopter. Video Game. Game of Death is not a great film but what little actual Bruce Lee footage it contains is great. 75 films watched. This movie honestly had potential and I hope for a remake. Metal Gear Solid : Outer Heaven. Are you ready…, Jayce Fryman 18,680 films 3,508 115 Edit, This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. Here's a fun game to play while watching "Game of Death" Bruce? Game of Death, the version of it that was to be directed by Lee himself, only shot a very small amount before Lee's tragic death. I wish I could tell the characters apart more but they’re basically all just trashy white teenagers. ‎Game of Death (1978) directed by Robert Clouse • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd Letterboxd — Your life in film I found…, **this is just movies ----- inspired by all the lists like this for other sites because they’re my fav way…, A list of movies that shoot for the stars, trying to make films with all sorts of strange and inventive…, A ranked list of the Chinese-language movies I've seen since November of 2013. Legendary. I suppose not wanting the footage to go to waste, and because capitalism is an ever hungry beast, Enter the Dragon director Robert Clouse pasted some of Lee's footage into his own film. I thought watching this movie was a good idea. As their numbers start to dwindle this hip group of teens finds out exactly how far they would be willing to go to stay alive. When he refuses, his sister and brother are kidnapped. Pra ver esse filme tem que saber da história por trás. Will they turn on each other to survive, or will this sunny day be the last for the innocent people of their middle-of-nowhere town? It reminds me of one of Junji Ito's sillier stories, although that might be overselling this film a bit. This movie is closer to what I was hoping Beyond the gates would be, but not quite on the level as great game flicks like Ready or Not. It attempts to satirize party culture, I guess, with a blend of corny gags, edgy misanthropy, and occasionally overindulgent directing which all makes for something that never feels self-assured. I don’t think it’s a great story overall, but it had these cool little moments that kept pulling me back in. He shot three fight scenes that would form part of the climax, where he goes up different levels of the pagoda and fights Dan Inosanto (Lee’s sparring partner and previously known to me for his involvement in Steven Seagal’s best movie, Out for Justice), Hapkido master Ji Han-jae, and finally Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (who at the time had been…, I’m sick of sorting through concerts, series, and other non-movies. Weitere Elemente wie unlogisch platzierte Handyvideos, unerklärte GoPro-Aufnahmen, Videogameschnipsel oder lange bis elendig zähe Kamerafahrten sind zwar nett, verstärken aber den Eindruck, dass das Ganze als Kurzfilm besser aufgehoben wäre. This basically has no redeeming value, and no real reason to exist. LSM007 uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. I don't like how these Tammany Hall hucksters are trying to make money off Bruce Lee. It would be a One star if not for those fights, particularly the Kareem Abdul Jabbar fight. Those precious 11 minutes alone make this worth watching but just know going in that the rest of this film is a misguided mess. Terrible people making terrible decisions, with lots of blood spatter, redeemed by an insane and nihilistic third act. And since part of the plot is Lee's character faking his own death, the film shamelessly exploits the real Bruce Lee's death by using a few minutes of stock footage from his actual funeral, with him deceased in his coffin. Directed by Sébastien Landry, Laurence Morais Lagacé. ...I’m a moron. Watched Jul 21, 2020. *shrug* It had like a 90’s Goosebumps look to it. Great practical effects, horrible dialogue, absolutely bonkers. Step Two: Pick a Number. Pelo menos as cenas gravadas antes são muito boas (o uniforme amarelo icônico). Welcome To Game Of Death Subscribe If You Are Free Fire Player [ LIKE SHARE SUBSCRIBE COMMENT ][Thanks for your love and support] The scenes they filmed to complete the movie were done 5 years after Lee's death and they also used some footage from some of his older films as well. 1978 More details at Made by fans in Auckland, New Zealand. This movie is closer to what I was hoping Beyond the gates would be, but not quite on the level as great game flicks like Ready or Not. Unfortunately that was probably my favorite part of the film. Right from the James Bond-esque opening you know something isn't right here. Yes, the horror is embedded in the gruesome kills. An accidental kind of a masterpiece. Also, the game looked pretty cool. The stand ins Bruce Lee's range from passible to hilarious with the best being the cardboard cut out which is just ridiculous. This movie reminds me a lot of "silent night deadly night 2". P.S. Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death. idk if i liked the incest or the ableism more, The acting in this film is good, but I can't choose a stand-out performance because the dialogue in this film is not good. Still, the overwhelming feeling is one of sadness for what was we and his family lost. Game of Death 2017 ★★ Watched Jul 14, 2020. But here's the deal, people of all ages can be annoying. Weekend At BruceLee'sorThat Deceased Object of Desire, Testament to Bruce Lee's star power that you could rummage around in his trash, find five minutes of him performing, pad it with a low rent thriller, and still produce a movie that people will watch until the end of time just for those now iconic five minutes. The movie is bloody, borders on satire, very funny on occasion, and at times purposeful in making viewers feel uncomfortable. Destined to be a cult hit with its bizarre editing, shit improvised lines, lingering shots, and over-the-top plot. Such is the value of Lee himself that his brief presence elevates this to almost “good”. The final theatrical film of Lee's for me to watch is the last film that he was ever in. After watching this I highly recommend the 40 minute Game Of Death Redux on the criterion disc for all of the available Bruce Lee footage edited into a portion of what would have been his actual vision. Lee's stand-in, despite director Robert Clouse's attempts to shoot him from behind wherever possible or in shadow, is never very convincing. It exists. It has a simple narrative that includes a social commentary with plenty of gore and craziness…, The dialogue in this movie is out of this world awful, no wonder these morons took to the game so fast. It’s been one helluvaride. Game of Death is a very short film about a group of Young Adults/Late Teens who all decide to play a game by the same name. A travesty. Interesting historically but a bad film. When you actually stop to think about it, this is some repugnant shit (except for those 12 minutes). poorly conceived & written (or not written; it's difficult totell whether the dialogue is actually written or just improvised by the outwardly confused cast, completely unaware of what the tone of the film is/should have been). This review may contain spoilers. JayDiggins’s review published on Letterboxd: OH MY GOD NUNCHUCKS VS NUNCHUCKS OH MY GOD NUNCHUCKS VS NUNCHUCKS. Now, Hai Tien and a group of other martial artists fight their way up the pagoda. Kill or be killed is the golden rule of the Game of Death.