Check out the 40 minute Bruce Lee version of GAME OF DEATH. It’s amazing. The GAME OF DEATH released in theatres was butchered. Only 15 minutes of the footage Bruce Lee shot made it in to the film.

GAME OF DEATH 2 is actually pretty good if you don’t look at it as a Bruce Lee film. The choreography by Yuen Woo-Ping in the climax is excellent.

Warrior’s Journey is probably my favourite Bruce Lee film.

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is my favourite martial arts film, though from the list I’d probably rank Drunken Master 2.

Henrik, it’s interesting as a kid that a few clips of the real Bruce Lee in Game of Death could colour your perception of the entire movie. Or maybe it’s my adult viewing of a cut-out of Bruce Lee’s face on a mirror to simulate his appearance in a scene that has given me my negative impression of the movie.

Not sure if this is common knowledge, but the complete footage of what Bruce Lee actually shot for the Game of Death is available on a DVD called “Bruce Lee: A Warrior’s Journey.” (You can also watch it on YouTube.)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067824/

This is the one I saw, Fists of Fury. I can hardly remember anything from it, except for the plot, which I think is a bad thing. I would say it’s worse than Game of Death, based on my memories from when I was 10 or so.

The Bruce Lee film titles get complicated between the American and international versions, at least for his first three martial arts films. Note that Fists of Fury is not the same movie as Fist of Fury. Here are the Bruce Lee films worth watching:

American Titles
1. Fists of Fury
2. The Chinese Connection
3. Return of the Dragon
4. Enter the Dragon

International Titles
1. The Big Boss
2. Fist of Fury
3. Way of the Dragon
4. Enter the Dragon

Man, I need a fix of Bruce Lee right now!

Ouch.

I probably should see Enter the Dragon. I’ve seen 3 Bruce Lee films, Fists of fury(? I think this was the title, Bruce Lee fights corporate enemies mistreating their workers), Game of Death (which advertised on the box that he died during filming), and Game of Death 2. Game of Death 2 mainly features Bruce Lee from behind, and he gets killed off in the beginning (spoiler, but the man was dead before production started, what do you expect?), so I guess I’ve only seen 2½ Bruce Lee films. Game of Death is pretty classic though, the ending is a much better video game adaptation than has been produced since.

Here are reasons why I do NOT like EtD:
– Fight with Sammo Hung seems lame; before I knew who Sammo Hung was, I always wondered what the challenge was in fighting a fat guy.
– Lee jumping up backwards into the tree is an obvious rewinding the film shot; everything else in the film is realistic except for this shot.
– Caucasian and African-American get laid while Asian guy meditates.
– Shows John Saxon as a great fighter.
– Climax has Lee fighting an old man.
– Not being able to believe that you could lose someone in that mirror room; if the mirrors were set up to be confusing, why would someone have a room like that?
– Finding out that Bruce Lee didn’t do the somersaults in the air after the Sammo Hung fight. (OK, this is a lame reason. But for me, it’s like finding out that God has assistants to answer your prayers.)