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Game of Death
MEANRANK
60/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Metacritic critics on 36, highest is Google on 84. Critics average 36, everyone else 63.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A martial arts star is forced into fake retirement by a ruthless crime syndicate that controls the entertainment industry. They use brutal methods to strong-arm celebrities into servitude. Refusing to submit, he plans a decisive counterattack. His strategy involves a daring assault on the syndicate’s headquarters, a multi-level tower where he must defeat every enforcer on his way to the top.
Details
- Director
- Robert Clouse
- Writers
- Bruce Lee, Robert Clouse
- Based on
- The Game of Death by Bruce Lee
- Released
- 23 March 1978
- Country
- United States, Hong Kong
- Language
- Cantonese
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $850.0K
- Box office
- $50.0M
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