The last
flick Bruce Lee made. Lee plays Billy Lo, a successful
actor dating a successful
singer. But
danger lurks, a
crime syndicate/
entertainment agency will stop at nothing to sign the best entertainers. Billy's
resistance to their
muscle results in an attempt on his life which puts his girl in the
crazy house. After these
events, the best
kung fu movie plot develops........
REVENGE!
Crazy Thing About The Movie
The attempt on Lo's life in the movie happens when a
mobster uses a real
bullet on a movie set. In a scene that is the end of
The Chinese Connection, blanks fire off at a jumping
Bruce Lee. The mobster fires a real
bullet and shoots Lo in the
face. Lee's son
Brandon Lee actually died on a movie set this way. A real bullet wasn't fired, but a piece of a blank broke through the barrel and killed him. Essentially, the plot of Lee's character's supposed death foretold the death of his son in
reality. In Game of Death, Billy Lo fakes his
death and has a closed
coffin funeral. Bruce Lee's funeral was closed also. This adds more mystery surrounding Bruce Lee and his death.
Back to the movie, Lo fakes his death, and the clock chimes for whoop ass time. Overall, I love the movie, but it isn't for everyone. Here are some things that make this movie unique:
- Weird correlation between movie and death within the Lee family.
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar studied Jeet Kune Do and appears in the film as a thug for the syndicate. I don't think Lee taught a slam dunk style, but Abdul-Jabbar jumps near a staircase to slam dunk a would be talent to their death.
- Sammo Hung fights Robert Wahl(Enter the Dragon) in an incredible fight sequence.
- The fight between Bruce Lee and Robert Wahl. Wahl plays Karl Miller in Game of Death and O'Hara in Enter the Dragon."You lose Karl Miller!"
- The motorcycle scene. If you have played Tekken 3, Law's strange orange suit is taken from Lee's apparel in this scene.
- Bruce Lee vs Kareem Abdul-Jabbar! 5 foot nothing master fighting a 7 footer with hot pants and shades, how about the 70s?
- The end sequence watches like a video game plays. Like the arcade game Kung Fu, Lee beats people up and has to ascend a building fighting a different styled boss on each floor.
- Bruce Lee vs Chuck Norris. Not as good as the other fights, but kung fu legend fighting Walker, Texas Ranger
- Fighting legend's last film
Year: 1978
Director: Robert Clouse
Runtime: 100 Minutes