Watch The Game of Death
- R
- 1978
- 1 hr 25 min
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5.9 (22,645)
The legendary Martial Artist Bruce Lee is back in his final film as Billy Lo, a rising star in the Martial Arts film industry who is the interest for a sinister organization called the Syndicate. Lo's girlfriend, Ann Morris, is also being courted by the Syndicate and finds herself caught in the middle of the situation. Lo repeated declines the Syndicates offer of wealth and power prompting an assassination attempt that proves unsuccessful. Lo receives help from Jim Marshall, an FBI agent, in faking his death giving him time to recover. Lo ask that Marshall get his girlfriend back to the states so he can take care of the Syndicate.
Meanwhile, Ann becomes distraught about the loss of Lo, checking into the local hospital and still being pursued by the Syndicate. Upon Lo's recovery from surgery he sets about his task of bringing down the organization by trying to kill the leader of its leader, Dr. Land. Failing to do so, Lo retreats and tries again this time targeting martial artist, Carl Miller. Lo disguises himself as an old man and stops Ann from shooting Dr. Land at a martial arts competition telling her that it is being taken care of After killing Miller, Lo meets with Ann to reveal himself but she is kidnapped shortly thereafter.
With time running short, Lo agrees to meet the Syndicate after being alerted by Marshall of his girlfriend's abduction. There he saves Ann, takes on the bike gang cronies of Dr. Land, stealing one of the uniforms, and rushes to the Pagoda, a five-level building with an opponent on each level, where he faces opponents with unique skills. As each opponent falls, Lo is brought one step closer to victory in the Game of Death.
The Game of Death is a 1978 drama with a runtime of 1 hour and 25 minutes. It has received mostly poor reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 5.9 and a MetaScore of 36.