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Game of Death
死亡遊戲
1978 101 min United States of America, Hong Kong R 18+
★5.8
Drama, Action, Thriller
Director: Robert Clouse, Bruce Lee
🎭 Based on
«The Game of Death»
byBruce Lee
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Description
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.
Budget:
$850,000
Worldwide:
$50M
Starring
Bruce Lee
Actor
Gig Young
Actor
Dean Jagger
Actor
Key opinion
Game of Death is widely viewed as a disjointed and exploitative patchwork that fails to realize Bruce Lee's original vision. While the posthumous use of stand-ins and stock footage is heavily criticized, the final twenty minutes of genuine Lee footage remain culturally significant and highly regarded by fans.
| Acting | Genuine footage featuring Bruce Lee, particularly the final pagoda fights, remains iconic and historically significant. | |
| Editing | The film is a disjointed and incoherent collage that suffers from poor editing and a lack of narrative cohesion. | |
| Production | The reliance on doubles, stock footage, and awkward compositing creates an uncomfortable, low-budget aesthetic that diminishes the material. | |
| Screenplay | The film abandons Bruce Lee's intended martial-arts philosophy in favor of a generic and poorly written revenge script. | |
| Originality | The film is deeply divisive: some viewers appreciate it as a valuable opportunity to see Lee’s final work, while others find the exploitative nature of the production insulting to his legacy. |