True game of death dvd movie#

The basic story is about a Bruce clone, Shao Lung (played by a no-name, never did much, Bruce-clone), who is pressured by the mob to do movies for them, to let them run his career. True Game of Death represents the worst of this genre. Sure, some of them got to be in movies outside the 'Bruceploitation' box, but as far as history is concerned they are, first and foremost, known as studio created Bruce wannabes. Instead, they were relegated to being Bruce Lee clones, aping Lee's style in no-budget productions. The biggest shame of this genre is not the low quality and disrespecting the name of the dead nature of the films, it is that many of these guys were pretty charismatic or good martial performers and probably could have had good careers on their own if given the chance. This went on for the better part of a decade, a chorus line of various stars with Lee-like monikers, starring in films titled like Bruce Lee movies. They went so far as to re-name men Bruce Li, Bruce Le, Dragon Lee, and they were all, for the most part, eerily physically similar, like a bunch of clones of this dead hero.

Both died at the height of their rising fame, and while Hollywood did grab a bunch of actors, calling them the 'Next James Dean', the way Hong Kong and independent Asian studios handled Lee's death was far stranger. Both were basically known for and had their stardom based on three major films, for Dean East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and Giant, for Lee The Big Boss, Fists of Fury and Enter the Dragon. I always draw the parallel between Lee and James Dean. The untimely death of a rising star is probably the quickest way to make a legend, and there was nothing stranger than the way Chinese and Asian cinema handled the death of Bruce Lee.

True game of death dvd movie#

For those that don't know, 'Bruceploitation' has to be one of the strangest sub-genres in movie history.