An unrelated movie made due to high demand for more Bruce, using recycled Lee footage as well as deleted Enter the Dragon footage, new scenes choreographed by Yuen Woo-Ping and Kim Tai Chung, called Tower Of Death, was released in 1981 and in some markets called Game Of Death II. He was pissed and wound up turning in a crazy entertaining flick. While inside the pagoda, they encounter a different opponent on each floor, each more challenging than the last. Ng See Yuen's attempt to rework Bruce Lee's original footage work Golden Harvest is more exploitative Ross mare in a further attempt to perform the same tastelles trick. Game of Death II IMDB: 5.2 In this dark story of revenge, Bruce Lee"yields" as Billy Lo, whose bestfriend Chin Ku expires of a sudden illness. [10] In the United States, the film earned about US$5 million in theatrical rentals,[11] equivalent to estimated box office gross receipts of approximately US$13 million. Hai, as well as four other martial artists (two of whom were played by James Tien and Chieh Yuan), then fight their way up a five-level pagoda, encountering a different challenge on each floor. Bobby decides to meet Lewis, who is impressed with Bobby's abilities. This film shows Lee's original vision of the film through the existing footage that was shot for the film before he died, interviews, and historical re-enactments of what went on behind the scenes. The plot structure of Game of Death, where a series of tough martial arts opponents have a weakness that must be discovered and exploited, set the 'end-of-level boss' gameplay structure used by beat 'em up games for decades. Lee then defeats Filipino Eskrima master Dan Inosanto, Korean Hapkido master Ji Han-jae, and finally Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who fights with a free and fluid style mirroring Lee's Jeet Kune Do. [41] The arcade game laid the foundations for the beat 'em up genre of action video games,[42][43] and also inspired other works including the 1987 fighting game Street Fighter,[44] the 1988 French film Kung Fu Master,[45] and the Red Ribbon Army saga in the manga and anime series Dragon Ball.[46]. Much like the original Game of Death, there are several versions of Game of Death II. Trailer of Bruceploitation movie's "Game of Death II" (1981). Tapi kecurigaan kecurangan muncul ketika geng mencoba untuk mencuri peti mati Ku ini di pemakaman menggunakan helikopter. Lee died during the making of the film. GAME OF DEATH II is a rather (mostly) pleasant surprise. Although Chuck Norris is credited as starring in the film, his role is limited to clips from Way of the Dragon inserted into the film. [38] The Keanu Reeves film John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019) pays homage in a scene featuring NBA basketball player Boban Marjanović. It is particularly widespread on DVD[51] and Blu-ray[52] and in 2016 was released on the latter in a new 4K restoration, scanned from the original negative.[53][54]. After the death of Bruce Lee, several studios exploited the situation by making their own versions of Game of Death based on what they had learned of the story from production stills and magazine articles. In 2000, the Japanese film Bruce Lee in G.O.D 死亡的遊戯 was released on DVD. Several scenes were removed as well, including the fight in the opera house dressing room. Bobby Lo is told of Billy's death by their father, who tells him to find a man named Sherman Lan and avenge his brother. In the original Hong Kong version, the fight with Ji Han-jae is included (although it occurs in the middle of the film), while the ending does not show Billy Lo being arrested. [18], In France, it was the 14th highest-grossing film of 1978, with 2,256,892 ticket sales,[19] equivalent to an estimated gross revenue of approximately €6,093,608[20] (US$8,264,929). Game of Death II (Tower of Death / Sei mong tap / 死亡塔) 30.000 FPS DVD Arabic. In this dark tale of revenge, Bruce Lee "returns" as Billy Lo, whose best friend Chin Ku dies of a sudden illness. The cover for the third volume of the American DVD release of the anime, In "Karate Island", a fourth-season episode of, A game sprite resembling an Asian man can be seen wearing Bruce Lee's yellow suit during the first and third seasons of, A Gorillabite from the band Gorillaz is titled, When cosplaying the character Hong Kong from the anime series, In "Tofu-Town Showdown", an episode of the second season of the TV show, The yellow-and-black tracksuit can be bought in, A similar tracksuit can be found and worn in the Capcom game, This page was last edited on 25 March 2021, at 01:31. Battling his way through the tower he eventually confronts the operator, Chin Ku. Disguised as a stuntman, Land's assassin, Stick (Mel Novak), sneaks onto the set of Billy's new film, and shoots Billy during filming. Billy takes the opportunity to fake his death and disguise himself, exacting revenge against those who wronged him one at a time. This film was marketed as a sequel to Bruce Lee's last and only partially completed film Game of Death. Chin is the head of a global drug trafficking organization and staged his own death to throw off Interpol investigators. [31] The Redux edit only uses footage shot during the original production, while combining the score composed by John Barry for the 1978 version. Quotes about Game of Death II . There is even a scene, taken place in Billy's dressing room, where a cut-out of Lee's face was taped to a mirror, covering the stand-in's own face. While investigating the Palace, Bobby is attacked by a masked man. [29][30], On July 19, 2019, timed with the 46th death anniversary of Bruce Lee, producer Alan Canvan premiered a newly edited version of Lee's Game of Death at the Asian American/Asian Research Institute in New York City, with biographer Matthew Polly joining Canvan in discussing the film and answering audience questions. Several actors associated with previous Lee movies were included in the re-shoot for the final 1978 film. The gang boss wants Hai to be a part of a group whose purpose is to retrieve said item. Game Of Death II 死亡塔 | Tower Of Death | Game Of Death 2. [24] In Spain, the film sold 1,112,793 tickets,[25] equivalent to an estimated gross revenue of approximately €1,446,631[20] (US$1,962,106).[26]. [2] The 1978 film's plot was altered to a revenge story, where the mafia attempts to kill Lee's character, who fakes his death and seeks vengeance against those who tried to kill him; the final part of the film uses some of Lee's original film footage, but with the pagoda setting changed to a restaurant building. After Lee's death, Enter the Dragon director Robert Clouse was enlisted to finish the film using two stand-ins; it was released in 1978 as Game of Death, five years after Lee's death, by Golden Harvest. It plays more like the Enter the Dragon parody in Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) than a legitimate sequel to Game of Death. This is because the real Bruce Lee wore the latter when he was filming, and the double wore the former in the 1978 version to resemble his shoes. The Game of Death is an incomplete Hong Kong martial arts film, filmed between August and October 1972, directed, written, produced by and starring Bruce Lee, in his final film attempt. As a Bruce Lee film, this is another rip-off to cash in on his legacy and the audience’s hope of seeing some new footage. Game of Death is really terrible (although I love the redux version - way funnier, and more dramatic and just better), but I love Game of Death II.Ng See-yuen was promised so much new footage of Lee for it, and there turned out to be zero. Wong Jing's film City Hunter has a similar premise for a scene. When Hai refuses, his younger sister and brother are kidnapped, forcing him to participate. 1981 • Action, Martial Arts, Mystery • Hong Kong • Dir. 5:20. The pagoda, called Palsang-jon, is the only remaining wooden pagoda in South Korea. After defeating the valet, Bobby spies the secret entrance into the tower. After the death of Bruce Lee, several studios exploited the situation by making their own versions of Game of Death based on what they had learned of the story from production stills and magazine articles. They would be the second group to try to do so, as the first attempt with a previous group had failed. Aside from the international English dub givin… Several years later, Bruce Lee historian John Little released Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey, a documentary revealing the original footage and storyline of The Game of Death. The mod is based on the English translation of the Japanese version of the game. FightTVPlus. While investigating his friend Chin Ku's (Hwang Jang Lee) death, martial artist Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) is killed. But as a rationale, this explains why Lee wears the yellow tracksuit. As one of Bruce Lee's perennially popular handful of films to receive wide exposure to western audiences, Game of Death has seen many reissues on every home video format. 『キネマ旬報ベスト・テン85回全史 1924-2011』（キネマ旬報社、2012年）370頁, Learn how and when to remove these template messages, Learn how and when to remove this template message, Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death, Modern Primitives / Giant Billy and Mandy All-Out Attack, https://web.archive.org/web/20140104212735/http://www.thejkdbrotherhood.com/history-of-jkd/JKD-Brotherhood/JKD-Brotherhood/bob-baker-oakland-jkd.html, "Game Of Death Movie Poster Original Daybill 1981 Bruce Lee Kung Fu", "Official exchange rate (HK$ per US$, period average)", "Table 3.4. In Hong Kong, the film grossed HK$1,950,391[3] (US$348,970). When she fails, one of Lewis' lions attacks Bobby. In the unfilmed portion of their mission, Lee's group were to defeat Korean Hapkido master Hwang In-shik, playing a kicking master, then a Praying mantis style kung fu master, played by Taky Kimura. In the revised film, Bruce Lee's fight scenes inside the pagoda are assumed to take place in the upper floors of the Red Pepper restaurant, where Dr. Land and his thugs have laid an ambush. When the syndicate threatens and kidnaps his fiancée, Ann Morris (Colleen Camp), Billy is forced to come out of hiding to save her. Suspecting Lewis' valet, Bobby seeks him out at the Fan Yu temple, where the underground Tower of Death is rumored to be. A fragment of the bullet passes through Billy's face, leaving him alive but in need of plastic surgery which alters his facial features. The Mandarin-dubbed version of the film features a different theme song from that of the Cantonese version. With little connective tissue to the previous film, Game of Death II focuses initially on the friendship between Billy and martial arts master Chin Ku (Hwang Jang-Lee). In the United States, the film was released by Columbia Pictures on 9 June 1979. At least, until 1981’s Game of Death II, a sequel directed by See-Yuen Ng which falsely claimed to star Lee. [12], In Japan, it was the eighth highest-grossing film of 1978, earning a distribution rental income of ¥1.45 billion,[13] equivalent to estimated box office gross receipts of approximately ¥3.52 billion[14] (US$16.7 million). This caused the film to be as much, if not more maligned as its forerunner. Death Wish 3 is a 1985 American action thriller film directed and edited by Michael Winner.It is the third film and the last to be directed by Winner in the Death Wish film series.It stars Charles Bronson as vigilante killer Paul Kersey, and sees Kersey do battle with New York street punk gangs while receiving tacit support from a local NYPD lieutenant (). Some of these films pre-dated Robert Clouse's official Game of Death (1978). Lee first chosed the black suit, but changed it to the yellow because Abdul-Jabbar´s footprints were better visible on it. A "special edition" DVD was released in 2003. GAME OF DEATH New Trailer (2020) Horror Movie. Nonton Game of Death II (1981). Although his allies try to help out, they are handily defeated, and Hai must face each of the martial artists in one-on-one combat. Over the years there were many speculations about the colour of the jumpsuit and it´s meaning. For example, Robert Wall, a villain in both Way of the Dragon and Enter the Dragon, plays a kickboxer named Carl Miller who must battle with Billy Lo. [8], The film was successful at the Hong Kong box office, grossing HK$3,436,169[9] (US$734,224). [2], Italian film scholars Simone Bedetti and Lorenzo De Luca identified Game of Death as an early example of what they call the "arcade movie" genre of action films. 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After a recent number of challenges, Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) and his friend Chin Ku (Huong Cheng Li) begin to suspect that someone wants them dead. Aside from the international English dub giving the "Bruce Lee" character the name Billy Lo, this movie appears to have no connection with Robert Clouse's 1978 version of Game of Death.[1]. At the base of the pagoda, they fight 10 people, all black belts in Karate. Deleted scenes are available on DVD in both the international and English version as a special feature in Hong Kong Legends. The original film's concept of ascending a tower while defeating enemies on each level was influential, inspiring numerous action films and video games. While investigating his friend Chin Ku's (Hwang Jang Lee) death, martial artist Billy Lo (Bruce Lee) is killed. Game of Death II is a movie starring Bruce Lee, Tae-jeong Kim, Jung-Lee Hwang, Roy Horan. The film also featured performances by experienced actors as well as up-and-coming stars, including two recipients of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor (Dean Jagger and Gig Young) and several who have been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, including Bruce Lee, Dean Jagger, Chuck Norris, Hugh O'Brian, and Gig Young (in his final film). [3], Immediately after defeating the giant guardian, Hai turns around and descends the staircase, heading out of the pagoda. Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (book). [35][36] This Game of Death formula was also used in the film Dredd (2012) and appeared in an episode of Spongebob. Game of Death II, also known as Tower of Death (Chinese: 死亡塔) or The New Game of Death, is a 1981 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Ng See-yuen and starring Bruce Lee, Tong Lung, Huong Cheng Li and Roy Horan. 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