The Greatest Movie Never Made: The Game of Death

Bruce Lee > *

Caught part of a program on AMC this morning about Bruce Lee's final film, the Game of Death. This movie is pure martial arts. Little story, little dialog, lots of awesome, awesome fight sequences and amazing moves. If you're familiar with the Nintendo (old school NES) game Kung Fu you get the idea of The Game of Death. The boss on the top floor is played by none other than Kareem Abdul Jabar who actually knows kung fu. This would have been an awesome, awesome film...like the type of movie my buddies and I would watch at a party or something. Little thought involved, just sit back and enjoy the action. Also, after watching this documentary, I realized that Uma's yellow tracksuit in Kill Bill must have been in reference to this movie: Bruce Lee wore a similar one in this film. He wore a yellow track suit to show neutrality to all forms of martial arts, that one could perform any form of martial arts without the appropriate costume. Also, it's comfortable and flexible, like the bamboo whip he used to beat the nunchucks floor boss senseless. *sigh* This would have been an AWESOME movie...