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At 23:30 on July 20, 1973, a generation of kung fu superstar Bruce Lee died suddenly at the home of Hong Kong actress Ding Pei. According to the autopsy report issued by the Hong Kong police,
died of acute cerebral edema caused by allergies to EQUAGESIC, a common painkiller in Hong Kong at the time.
Bruce Lee's sudden death was extremely unexpected and shocking for all Hong Kong people at the time, and it was naturally Zou Wenhuai and his just-started Jiahe Films that were caught off guard.
Bruce Lee’s contract with Jiahe has two films left, one of which is "Game of Death" which only filmed the climax of the battle. The other one is still being conceived.
lost the gold actor. For Jiahe, who is on the verge of extinction, Zou Wenhuai, who has been on the battlefield, still thought of a clever move.
They found the American B-rated film director Robert Goros, and overturned the original script and remade it into "Game of Death", which was released in 1978.
Who knows that this unexpected move has made Jiahe a fruitful harvest.
"Game of Death" unexpectedly won the box office of 3.44 million Hong Kong dollars, ranking 7th in the total box office of the year (the box office champion "Deed of Deed" was also only 7.8 million). The success of
"Game of Death" also made Zou Wenhuai realize that Bruce Lee's box office appeal is still immeasurable, and the remaining film contract cannot be wasted. So
followed the same method and used another trick. A "Death Tower" that continued the "Game of Death" style came into being. The director has three directors-Wu Siyuan, Hong Jinbao and Yuan Kui, all of whom were later prominent figures in the Hong Kong film industry.
Zou Wenhuai at this time, did not expect that his move would be counterproductive in the end.
did not have CG technology at that time, nor could it "resurrect" the dead like "Fast and Furious 7". The creators of
had to find materials in the movies that Bruce Lee had previously appeared in, and then spliced the shots together, including movies such as "Jing Wu Men", "Dragon Fighting Tiger", "Xiao Lu Xiang", "Thunderstorm" and so on.
It is worth mentioning that there is an abridged shot of "Dragon Fighting Tiger Fighting", which is the only collection value of this film!
It’s a bit risky to do everything possible to make Bruce Lee's scenes run through the film like "Game of Death", and it’s too laborious. The creator is very clever so that the role of Li Zhenqiang, played by him, received a lunch after 37 minutes of the movie. What
is less kind is that it actually added the real scenes taken at Bruce Lee's funeral like "Game of Death".
After the death of Li Zhenqiang, South Korean movie star Kim Tae-jung (also known as Tang Long), who was a stand-in for Bruce Lee in "Game of Death", appeared as his brother Li Zhenguo and became the true protagonist of the movie throughout the film.
In the movie, Bruce Lee’s plot is designed and connected like this:
Bruce Lee’s Li Zhenqiang originally had a friend named Qin Gu, and suddenly one day Qin Gu died.
Li Zhenqiang, out of his loyalty to his friends, decided to track down to find out the real culprit, but he was involved in a big conspiracy.
At Qin Gu's funeral, a helicopter suddenly appeared in the sky and stretched out a big iron clip to hang Qin Gu's coffin away.
Li Zhenqiang overtook the helicopter and grabbed the big iron clamp, and was lifted into the air by the helicopter.
then! He fell from the sky like this and received a lunch box!
followed by Kim Tae-jung's younger brother Li Zhenguo officially appeared, in order to avenge his brother, he also began to investigate the cause of Qin Gu's death.
After investigation, Li Zhenguo discovered that Qin Gu had visited a place called the Castle of Death during his lifetime. The owner of the castle was Luis and he had learned kung fu from Qin Gu.
Then he went through layers of barriers, and Li Zhenguo finally figured out the ins and outs of his brother's death.
It turned out that all this was done by my brother's close friend Qin Gu.
Qin Gu actually has two identities, one is a martial arts master; the other is a big drug lord.
Because he was targeted by the international anti-drug team, he created the illusion of death to escape the pursuit, but he was chased by his friend Li Zhenqiang and had to kill him.
LeeZhenguo fought against Qin Gu for hundreds of rounds. In the end, justice defeated evil, and Qin Gu lay in his coffin.
Huang Zhengli, who played Qin Gu in the film, is also a kung fu master and Kim Tae-jung, who was born in Taekwondo, played very well.
However, Jin Taizhong has his own martial arts style, but he has been trying to imitate Bruce Lee, and finally he can't get out of his shadow.
After "Game of Death", Kim Tae-chung has also participated in many other movies, in addition to "Death Tower", there are also "Insa Wild Island", "Twins", "Game of Blood" and other films. Active until the 90s. There are rumors that Jiahe found a Korean named Tang Long to replace Bruce Lee in "Game of Death", and signed a huge contract with him, asking him to retire after he starred in the movie, and must not participate in other movies. It is simply nonsense. Talk. But in the 1980s when information was blocked, many people believed it.
"Death Tower" is Bruce Lee's last movie in name. In fact, there are two points to be praised:
first is the action design checked by Sammo Hung and Yuan Kui, and the second is the rich in the inverted death tower. The sci-fi setting has a refreshing feeling.
However, the basic routine of the film is still no-brain fighting, and Bruce Lee's signature is used to bluff and deceive. After the film was released in 1981, the audience scolded Jiahe for "cashing money", and public opinion directly pointed to Zou Wenhuai's unscrupulous. The
movie finally ended with a very low box office of 1.95 million Hong Kong dollars. It also announced that the era of Bruce Lee was officially over for Hong Kong kung fu movies in the 1980s.
Since then, the action styles of Sammo Hung, Liu Jialiang, and Yuan Heping have also been quickly recognized by the audience, and the action movie has entered another prosperous era of contention.
Text/Pippi Film Editor: Passionate Heart
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