Game of Death

Bruce Lee, Bruce Le, Bruce Lei, Bruce Lie, Bruce Lai, Bruce Lo, Bruce Lau, Bruce Li, Bruce Lii... I mean seriously, how many Bruce clones can we get?

OH MY WORD! I just got a DVD Box Set from Wal-Mart for $2.50 which contains Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave! It also has two films I use to own, Fists of Bruce Lee which I got for $1, and Snake Crane Secret I got for $5.99 which DVDs first came out. It's called Fists of Vengance Marital Arts Collection. I think the dude on the left side of the cover is the main villain in Bloodsport.

I saw the end of this movie before on AMC. I really wanted to see the beginning of it after watching the final scenes. I no longer do. I felt like I watched an awesome version of this movie by skipping most of it.

That cardboard cutout had some pretty stiff acting. Get it? STIFF!

To bad Jason scott lee wasn't around back then. He would have made a good double for bruce.

yeah i saw game of death as well & i agre that it was shitty to complet a film with out Bruce Lee. & FUCK KILL BILL what a peace of cunt faced cock sucking bitch piss, who the hell does silva survermen think she is what a dike

James, this is one of my favorite reviews that you've done. I guess because its so interesting and informative. I had no idea they had disgraced Bruce Lee so badly. Its really unfortunate that a legend had to end his career like that.

Hey James, I got an idea. What say we make our own version of "Game of Death?" Only, we won't be needing stock footage, or be calling ourselves Bruce Li, Bruce Lei, Bruce Le, Bruce Lai, or Bruce Laing.

I agree with you, James. Game Of Death II > Game Of Death. Part 2 was so much more entertaining, and the guy who played Bruce Lee's brother did a great job of portraying Jeet Kune Do. And you can't go wrong with Hwang Jang Lee as the baddie.

The reason Bruce wore the yellow suit, was because it had nothing to do with any matrial arts uniforms. bruce always said the best style was when there where no specific style. thats why kareem abdul jabbar was the hardest to beat in the orginal game of death, he didn't have a specific style.

lol this is just like in plan 9 from outer space, when they said it was lugosi

it's a shame the film got..shall i say the word..raped in that way 0.o lol
but seriously..cardboard cut outs?
oh yeah and the reason he wears yellow and black is because yellow and black are apparently not associated with any uniform of martial arts,so by wearing it he was saying it was his own fighting style or something like that

Play Bruce Lee game here, the man was beautiful http://www.vizzed.com/vizzedboard/vizzedindex.php?...

I actually saw that Tower of Death when i was a kid.
Loved it.^^
(BTW The game of death plot pretty much shows you in plain sight why Bruce Lee died, he just refused to pay the Triads)

Too bad about Game of Death. At least Bruce's son's last film, The Crow, could be completed and end up being a really great movie despite the fact that Brandon Lee also died during the film's production. Hey, you should do a review of the Crow movies, now that I think about it.

okay wow the two shots do not match one the hair is different two the back rounds are totally different its almost like rocky 5 its the last 20 minutes that make it in movie history. what the... that guy with the moustache and long hair looks like a ugly woman with a real mustache and is trying to look like a man what is wrong there?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

@RetroNES12
correct me if im wrong but i thought that the prescribed medicine that he had taken that he was hypersensitive to was a steroid
i thought that he wasnt on steroids but that he did take a steroid medication that made him go into a coma

jeezis, i have to see _Bruce Lee Fights Back From The Grave_! luckily, someone has the whole thing broken up on youtube. amazing!

lol Great great review. Now I have to see Game of Death. That towel bit is gold!

The way that Bruce Lee died was because of steroids, I know this because I've met his widow and she told me face to face.

Shame Bruce Lee couldn't finish this film it would have been great

I think that was a great review. From around the age of 10 I sat watching Game of Death in total confusion. I didn't realise until I was a little older that the film was completed after his death. So the use of chopped scenes from other movies plus what appeared to be a cardboard cut out of Lee baffled me!
So, It was great to watch something that identified the same stuff that made me scratch my head as a kid. Also, the stuff about GOD2 was excellent. Great memories and top to watch. Well done!

Mike or James... Spike will not play the movie! It's a common problem that happens among your fans. I know that you'll only upload this movie on Spike... but can you get them to fix their site or give us a solution for us to see the movie? The page loads, the movie doesn't play, then automatically switches to the next movie, which doesn't play either, then skips again, etc...

Bruce Lee's name has been runned through the mud. He was the best at what he did. These new punks think they are paying tribute to him. When what they are really doing is hurting the memory of him. At least that is the way I see it.

Excellent review. You didn't mention though that the unedited footage of the final fights from Game of Death can be found on the "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey" documentary on the "Enter the Dragon" DVD & Blu-ray. An excellent doc with amazing footage!

Great review there, James. It's a shame about the movie never being completed.

But yeah, definitely some unforgettable moments there. :)

can someone tell me why i try to watch it then when it starts it just ends???
it also did this with the buk her or fuck her 1 so.....
ya

There is a DVD titled "Bruce Lee: A Warriors Journey" that talks about the lost footage and original plot of Game of Death. It shows the all the Bruce Lee footage and is far more entertaining than the actual movie.

oh and also maybe review some of the other j horror movies

Hey James you mentioned in your movies that rhyme video a movie called "Drop Dead Fred" do you think you could do a review on it please. and also maybe for your next monster madness you could review the movie "Audition" it has its place in horror movie history because of several things 1. a audience viewer called the director evil
2. when shown in Ireland it sent some of the viewers in shock and sent someone to the hospital
......
SERIOUSLY IF A MOVIE DOES THAT IT NEEDS TO BE IN MONSTER MADNESS

The BEST Bruceploitation is Enter the Fat Dragon, starring Sammo frikkin' Hung. Check it out!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enter_the_fat_dragon

I caught Game of Death on AMC one night. They were just showing the Bruce Lee footage, none of the filler (probably only 30-40 minutes total). It was very entertaining, and my first thought was how similar it was to a video game. Fight a boss, win, ascend to the next level.

you should reveiw district 9

Bruce was the man, is the man. The HISTORY CHANNEL did a Bio on him and his films a few years ago and at the end the showed the footage from Game Of Death (or at least what little there was of it) unmodifided.The plot of the movie was bruces sister gets kidnapped and he has to go up that tower to get something at the top. At each floor was a fighter that was a master of a different style. Bruces's charactor had his own unique fighting style that he invented in real life and was able to adapt and beat each master.Would have been a great movie.

Great review. I guess I need to watch Game of Death II. I bought that same set for $5 at a yard sale and could barely finish the final.

As for the Bruce Lee knockoffs... I recommend The Blind Fist of Bruce (starring Bruce Li). I thought it was a really solid film with a great plot. The action wasn't amazing, but definitely good.

That card board cut-out is EPIC! I first saw it like four years ago, and couldn't believe my eyes----- haha thank goodness I'm not the only one after all----- shameless bruceploitation at its best---

this review is really good. informative and funny.

@Rockymyowen who the hell says "making love"?

loved it. nice job as usual

The odd thing about they way they kill Bruce Lee's character in Game of Death is that the same thing happened to his son Brandon Lee on the movie The Crow, also early in his career. To finish The Crow they used footage of Brandon Lee and superimposed his face on his stunt doubles and moved one scene of him outside in the rain to an indoor location. Some would say it was fate, I just call it an amazing yet tragic coincidence.

For anyone wondering, you can buy that DVD set at Wal Mart for around ten dollars, but I wouldn't recommend it since there's literally no special features I've seen or anything that makes it worth owning compared to ripping a copy yourself online "not that I'm advocating that.". The actually Enter The Dragon DVD shown is around thirty dollars used some places.

It's very disappointing that some DVD's are actually going up in price since they're going out of print. I've been looking for a copy of The Blob with Steve McQeen for awhile now and it's either over priced or out of stock.

this is weird but I was about to comment... and then I heard my bro and his girl making love! AHHH

Game of Death was horribly done. I have the first box set that has Chinese Connection, Fist of Fury, Way of the Dragon, a special DVD and of course Game of Death.

The best one to watch truly is hard to find. It includes all of Lees actual footage from Game of Death. Its called A Warriors Journey. Its on DVD but in honesty it is truly rare and hard to find.

The only way I got my hands on it was by buying the Blu-Ray edition of Enter the Dragon which includes it and pretty much every other special documentary.

There is one new documentary that is quite good and James, if you have not seen it you might want to. Its called "How Bruce Lee Changed the World". Was just done in 2009.

http://www.icefilms.info/ip.php?v=17078&;

That site has it for those wanting to watch it because I don't think its on DVD yet.

Nice work at entertaining us, James. :)

I have one small request. Can you still make a video-review of District 9 and Avatar? I see you don't feel like doing them, since you couldn't by the time you saw them. But I still would like to see them, no matter the circumstances.

... wow - never knew until know about this ... really horrible!

Great review! Most of this fake Bruce Lee's movies are rated on a French Website: www.nanarland.com.
Poor Bruce Lee. After his dead, he just became a cash machine...

It's all the more sad that they made this movie that the original footage of Bruce Lee's Game of Death (which is I believe available on Youtube) just kicks ass ! In my opinion they should have released it as it was, even though it is only like 30 minutes long...

I really this these battles in the pagoda were starring Bruce Lee at his best, it just breaks my heart to see what they have done of it in the Game of Death... :(

Bruce Lee fights back from the grave looked great :D

Heading over to Netflix now to re-watch Game of Death....Cut the bullshit! lol

My favorite thing in the world is to check out Cinemassacre on Sunday mornings...

Had no idea Game of Death 2 was that entertaining. Was still pretty pissed off about the 1st G.O.D., guess I should check it out. Thanks for another great review!

I have the same box set as james has...
Just watch Game of Death 2 (Tower of Death) last night and it was mutch more entertaining then Game of Death...
My favourite Bruce Lee movie so far is still The Way of the Dragon (1972)
Also a nice review james!
I so mutch want to see The Dragon Lives Again (1977) =(
it looks awsome ^_^