Game of Death
1978 · Movie · R · 101 min · ★ 6.4 · 41% critics
A famous martial arts movie star is targeted by people who want him dead, forcing him to fake his own death and go underground. While hiding from his enemies, he searches for the ones behind the attacks.
Based on The Game of Death
Also known as The Game of Death
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Details
- Original title
- 死亡遊戲
- Years
- 1978
- Release date
- 1978-03-23
- Language
- CN
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Critic score
- 41/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (732 votes)
- Budget
- $850,000
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a revenge-fueled martial arts thriller with memorable late-game showdowns, especially if you like Game of Death’s mix of archived footage and new scenes; Not for you if you need a fully seamless “real” Bruce Lee film experience or you dislike exploitative elements.
Pros: thrilling martial arts bouts; standout final fights; entertaining soundtrack | Cons: choppy assembled story; uneven new footage; tasteless funeral footage
Themes
- martial arts
- sword fight
- revenge
- fighting
- east asian lead
- one against many
- action hero
Cast & crew
Bruce Lee
as Billy Lo
Gig Young
as Jim Marshall
Dean Jagger
as Dr. Land
Hugh O'Brian
as Steiner
Colleen Camp
as Ann Morris
Robert Wall
as Carl Miller
Mel Novak
as Stick
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
as Hakim
Chuck Norris
as Colt
Dan Inosanto
as Pasqual
Directed by Robert Clouse