In the story, each floor represents a step toward truth and is guarded by a certain type of martial artist: karate warriors, a wing chun/praying mantis artist, a Filipino fighter (Danny Inosanto), a hapkido stylist (Chi Hon-joi) and “the Unknown" (NBA star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar). Bruce Lee was interested in separating the useful and nonessential elements of various martial arts, and in this film, that process is revealed via a hero's journey while he ascends a five-story pagoda to reveal each floor's treasure. The idea was originally titled Song of the Knife, which addressed his philosophy about the existence of martial arts. In 19, Bruce Lee wrote and shot 40 minutes (some say 90 minutes) of what would eventually The Game of Death. The following review originally appeared in The Ultimate Guide to Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s.-Editor
The Game of Death is the fourth film in our Bruce Lee Movies List.
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