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Game of Death (1978)
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Date de sortie:
8 juin 1979 (USA)
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Accroche:
Bruce Lee challenges the underworld to a Game of Death.
Intrigue:
A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him. full summary | add synopsis
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A total hack job, but still quite entertaining
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Ensemble
(Vue d'ensemble du casting, par ordre d'apparence)| Bruce Lee | ... | Billy Lo | |
| Colleen Camp | ... | Ann Morris | |
| Dean Jagger | ... | Dr. Land | |
| Gig Young | ... | Jim Marshall | |
| Tai Chung Kim | ... | Billy Lo (as Kim Tai Jong) | |
| Biao Yuen | ... | Billy Lo (as Bill Yuen) | |
| Robert Wall | ... | Carl Miller | |
| Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | ... | Hakim | |
| Mel Novak | ... | Stick | |
| Hugh O'Brian | ... | Steiner | |
| James Tien | ... | Charlie Wang | |
| Dan Inosanto | ... | Pasqual (as Danny Inosanto) | |
| Chuck Norris | ... | Fighter (archive footage) | |
| Roy Chiao | ... | Henry Lo | |
| Russell Cawthorne | ... | Surgeon |
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Durée:
85 min | Germany:92 min | Hong Kong:103 min (original premiere) | Hong Kong:125 min | Hong Kong:54 min (current existing footage) | Japan:115 min | Japan:40 min (2000 incomplete version) | USA:100 min | USA:110 min (original premiere) | USA:35 min (2000 incomplete version)
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Couleur (Technicolor)
Rapport de forme:
2,35 : 1 suite
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Classification:
New Zealand:M |
Iceland:16 |
Singapore:PG |
Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Canada:14A |
France:U |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Ireland:18 |
Japan:R-15 |
Netherlands:12 |
Norway:18 (video premiere) |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:18 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:18 |
UK:X (original rating) |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-16 (cut) |
Germany:BPjM Restreint
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Chuck Norris threatened legal action against Golden Harvest for giving him screen credit for this film. Norris's appearance in the film is archive footage from Meng long guo jiang (1972).
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Continuité: When Steiner fires his pistol at Billy Lo, the smoke of the bullet impacting the tree appears on the opposite side.
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Connexions De Film:
Référencé sur Mah nakorn (2004)
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Bande son:
Will This be the Song I'll be Singing Tomorrow???
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'Game of Death' is the equivalent of having your dog swallow a gold ring - you've got to sift through the cr*p to find the polished stuff.
Completely different to Bruce's original vision, the 1978 version is hugely controversial. To some, it's a shameless cash-in and insult, to others it's a curiosity. To me personally, it's a guilty pleasure. Obviously, with such limited footage of Bruce Lee to use, the film was always going to suffer. Not only that, but how do you incorporate the footage into a film and give it context? The stand-in's that are used to fill the time leading up to the Lee footage are never going to fool anyone. Even as a kid, I could tell it someone else. The techniques used to have Bruce Lee on screen range from awful (superimposed heads) to tasteless (his real funeral) to fairly good (quick cuts from old footage). The disguises that Billy Lo and Bruce's doubles wear throughout the film are hokey but nothing that we haven't seen in Lee's films before (Fist of Fury), so that didn't bother me too much.
Despite some awful dubbing and a poor script, 'Game of Death' is still watchable for it's action. Fight choreographer Sammo Hung makes the non-Lee fight scenes entertaining even if the doubles don't match Bruce Lee's speed or technique. However, they do capture some traits of Lee's fights including the slow motion finishing move. Also, the film's budget allows for a number of locations ensuring that Billy's quest for revenge keeps moving. In this regard, the Hollywood frills that are added give the film a degree of watchability, especially the classy score which appears throughout and heightens the final scenes.
But of course, the main point of watching 'Game of Death' is to see Bruce in action. Although criticised for cutting down the "pagoda sequence", I think it still contains enough to satisfy. You have to remember that this original footage included two companions of Lee's who don't feature in the 1978 film, meaning a lot had to be left out. The nunchuk duel is unique while the fight with Kareem Abdul Jabbar is bizarre but thrilling.
There are some moments of bad taste, but on the whole the film is a cheesy and quite fun attempt to build up to the final 20 minutes. Whether you think this was a cash-in or a tribute, you still need to see it in order to understand the 'Game of Death' phenomenon.