5. Game of Death
Martial arts have been incorporated into both movies and television for decades, and even though actors such as Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Tony Jaa, helped to make the genre itself a hit in North America, it was actually martial artist Bruce Lee, who truly revolutionized the genre in Hollywood. Lee was born in San Francisco, and became involved in martial arts from a young age, an involvement which saw him and his fighting style enter into the entertainment industry in 1966 with The Green Hornet television show. By 1969, Lee moved into movies where he starred in films such as Fist of Fury and Will of the Dragon, and in 1973, he shot and directed Enter the Dragon, which he was in the process of dubbing one day when he suffered multiple seizures caused by brain swelling, which ultimately went on to kill him. The movie was released a few days later, but Lee’s death caused a lengthy delay in another movie called Game of Death, which he was also directing. Lee had shot about thirty minutes worth of footage for Game of Deathbefore halting production in order to go do his dubbing, footage that was released in 1978, and which was met with a lot of anger from both his family and fans.
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