Product Details

• Actors: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Colleen Camp, Dean Jagger, Tai Chung Kim
• Directors: Bruce Lee, Robert Clouse, Sammo Hung Kam-Bo
• Writers: Bruce Lee, Robert Clouse
• Producers: Bruce Lee, Andre Morgan, Raymond Chow
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: 20th Century Fox
• VHS Release Date: May 21, 2002
• Run Time: 100 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (98 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300250172
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #246,897 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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Bruce Lee died after shooting only a few scenes of his ambitious Game of Death, but that didn't stop greedy producers from finishing and releasing "Lee's last film," even if he's doubled for most of it. Lee planned an ambitious expression of his fighting philosophy, and his story culminates in the rigorous challenge of the "Game of Death," in which combatants take on successively greater and greater masters as they fight their way to the top of a tower. Only a few fight scenes were completed, and the released film is about a martial arts movie star who takes on a syndicate of drug dealers. Lee faces down the towering Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in an impressive battle, one of the only surviving scenes from Lee's original shoot, while outtakes from his battle with Chuck Norris in Return of the Dragon are used along with real-life footage from Lee's funeral. The rest of the film is a mishmash of car chases and clumsily edited fights, complete with awkward inserts of Lee's face. His double remains hidden behind a pair of dark glasses or a motorcycle helmet throughout, and he abruptly changes into a yellow jumpsuit for no reason other than to match Lee's costume in the final scene. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocrity, May 6, 2006

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Elijah Chingosho "Dr Elijah Chingosho" (Nairobi, Kenya) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Game of Death (DVD)

I love Bruce Lee movies. However, when I got "Game of death", I knew that it was fake since Bruce Lee died before finishing this movie. The film was completed about six years after Lee's death. However, for the memory of Bruce Lee, I decided to watch it anyway.

Bruce Lee plays as Billy Lo who is being blackmailed by some mafia gangsters. Naturally, Billy refuses to cooperate and that makes him a target for elimination by the gangsters. Since Bruce Lee died during the making of the movie, most of the film is played by Tai Chung Kim, who performed reasonably well. To disguise the fake Bruce Lee, he can be seen wearing sunglasses, fake beards and bandages. I, however, enjoyed the fights, although they are not up to the standard of Bruce Lee.

Of course, the parts that Bruce Lee really appeared were first class. An example is when he has to fight Kareem Abdul-Jabber. Unfortunately, Bruce Lee only appears for only about 11 minutes or so.

The movie could have been made better if the plot was sensible. So my recommendation is to rent the movie and not to buy it: it is not worth buying.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I agree that it's exploitation but ..., January 26, 2001

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asw (Leeds , Englang) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Game of Death [VHS] (VHS Tape)

one of the best martial arts movies ever made.First let me comment on something that noone else has , John Barry's music:It's fantastic and it really gives the movie an epic tone. My favorite kind of music is classical so perhaps people with different tastes won't dig it very much but that's how I feel. In particular the title sequence and the fight with Robert Wall in the locker room are incredible.The later I think is the best martial arts fight sequence ever made.Pay special attention to the final "execution scene" and the accompaniment provided by the percussion.Is it the double who appears on that sequence ??? He looks very much like Bruce Lee.As for Jabar his round kicks ( maybe that's not the proper term ) look awfully unrealistic don't you think ? Nevertheless the idea of a tower with different opponents on every floor is fantastic and it reminds me of computer games.I wonder who inspired whom ?

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rip-off of Bruce Lee's unfinished work, November 11, 2006

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weirdo_106 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Game of Death (DVD)

This is a hodgepodge of film being passed off as a Bruce Lee movie. Bruce Lee died before finishing this movie, and has less than 20 minutes of actual footage of him. The plot of the movie does not even correspond with Bruce Lee's original intentions. The parts that actually show Bruce Lee are heavily edited.

If you want to see the intended parts of the movie that were filmed before Bruce Lee's death, rent "Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey." While that is still not a complete movie, it explains his philosophy, not just flashy fight scenes.

This movie is a waste of money, time, and space.