Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest Limited Edition 4K UHD [Blu-ray] [Region Free]

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This included Golden Harvest, who took Lee’s Game of Death footage and crowbarred it into a film of the same name that shared little else with the filmmaker’s original intentions. It is truly remarkable that within the span of only four films, one person could have left a tremendous impact and legacy upon the world of cinema. The rest are Blu-rays, including Enter the Dragon and Game of Death II, with also excellent audio and video presentations of each, and the other four bonus discs house exhaustive featurettes of Lee's life, impact and legacy, as well as alternate versions of the aforementioned Bruceploitation movies. And as a curio, it’s fascinating – the stand-in’s look nothing like Lee, the film hilariously constructed around obvious attempts to hide the face of the various doubles in shadow and behind huge sunglasses at all times.

his seething ball of barely contained rage sees him permanently straddle the fine line between cocksure swagger and supreme mastery of his skills. He directed his own action scenes, but was a quasi-director beyond that on all of these, credited or not. The first three movies and Game of Death are UHD discs with outstanding Dolby Vision HDR videos and excellent DTS-HD MA soundtracks. But the part I still find fascinating is the opportunity to compare the legendary martial artist's skills with that of the "Lee-alikes," and well, there is no comparison.Essentially, this martial arts actioner comes with a surprisingly thoughtful and poignant center, making it one of Lee's better and more memorable films. Except for a few soft, blurry moments, which is understandable and expected for a fifty-plus-year-old production, the native 4K transfer is highly detailed with sharp, clean lines along buildings and in the streets, showing that the source remains in terrific condition. In only a handful of films, Lee high-kicked his way into audiences' imaginations forever, thanks to his blistering screen presence and his masterful 'Jeet Kune Do' fighting technique. Although fixed to the center of the screen, imaging comes with a great sense of presence and balance, exhibiting clean definition and fidelity in the music while the action maintains excellent distinction and clarity in the upper frequencies.

Lee remains unimpeachable – his fights here are the best yet, but his support from Saxon and Kelly seem to suddenly give him what he has so missed from all his earlier films: stars and a film around him to match his intensity, his ability and his megawatt charisma. It's difficult to say whether or not the untimely death of Lee prior to the film’s release added to the legend of both the man and the film or not. Not to be outdone by the tidal wave of ‘Bruceploitation’ films that followed, Golden Harvest completed two posthumous films using unreleased footage, 1978’s Game of Death and its 1981 sequel, as well as two official documentaries, the first of which hit cinemas only three months after Lee’s death. It went on to be an enormous worldwide success, finally granting Lee’s greatest wish, to be an international star.Most already know the history of the production, which severely altered Lee's original tale into a straightforward revenge flick involving the mafia, a fiancée (Colleen Camp) and apparently, a restaurant designed like a pagoda.

Starting at the very beginning, of the five films being looked at – The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Way of the Dragon, Game of Death and Game of Death II – all were shot on 35mm, using the anamorphic process (whereby the widescreen picture shot – in the case of these films, at 2.The more notable improvement is the heightened contrast and brightness balance, furnishing clean, brilliant whites and dark, rich blacks throughout. Whilst that series never got off the ground, the screen test for that led to him being cast as Kato in the Green Hornet series. So he was then advised by a producer friend to go back to Hong Kong, where he could make a feature film that would showcase his obvious talents. Imported from the United Kingdom, the box also includes a 200-page hardbound book featuring production notes of the films, five insightful essays and various color photos.