Released back in 1979, this movie had been in production for well over five years and if you'd ever seen it, you'd wonder why they even bothered. The short answer is of course why dozens of other bruceploitation movies were made. Everyone loves Bruce Lee. And this was Bruce Lee's last movie.
Bruce Lee left the filming of Game of Death to film one of the most influential kung fu movies ever made: Enter the Dragon. Shortly after filming Enter the Dragon, Lee intended to come back and finish Game of Death, but tragically died before he could do that. So, unlike movies such as Exit the Dragon Enter the Tiger, The Clones of Bruce Lee, or Bruce Lee Fights Back From the Grave, Bruce Lee actually did star in the movie.
Really this movie is a mess of stock footage, horrible dubbing, and atrocious acting. In one truely tasteless scene of the movie, they used footage from Bruce Lee's real life funeral to further the plot. The best part of the movie is the movie's climax where, naturally, we have Bruce Lee doing what he does best: bone breaking kung fu. Bruce Lee vs Kareem Abdul Jabbar is actually satisfying; a testament to just how good an actor Bruce Lee truely was.
If you are in the mood for a great kung fu movie featuring the greatest martial artist ever on screen, watch Enter the Dragon or Fists of Fury before you ever attempt to sit through something like this.
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