Film Reviews - Saturday, May 31, 2008 6:35 - 0 Comments

Game of Death (1978)

Director: Robert Clouse

Starring: Bruce Lee, Gig Young, Dean Jagger, Hugh O’Brian, Colleen Camp, Mel Novak

Featuring: Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Bob Wall, James Tien, Dan Inosanto, Whang In-sik

With great sadness, Bruce Lee died before the completion of Game of Death and the final version that we see today is considered by many as being little more than a crude cut and paste job.

Although there is a severe shortage of genuine Bruce Lee footage in Game of Death, the film does manage to pack in some excellent fight scenes, most of which take place within the last 20 minutes. Up until then, the film is dominated by a string of Bruce Lee look-a-likes who use any means necessary to hide their faces from the camera.

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