Finishing the Game

Released Oct 5, 2007

1 hr. 28 min.

Comedy

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34%

35 Reviews

Tomatometer

47%

2,500+ Ratings

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In 1973 legendary martial artist Bruce Lee dies while filming "Game of Death." Rather than scrap the movie, producers decide to hire a stand-in for Lee. Among the actors in line are a Bruce Lee imitator (Roger Fan), a white man (McCaleb Burnett) and a former TV star (Dustin Nguyen) who now earns a living as door-to-door salesman.

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Critics Consensus

Though Justin Lin's premise is precocious enough, the sight gags and comic timing are tired in this mockumentary about Asian typecasting in the 1970s.

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The Asians.... Come up with weird shit.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Surprisingly entertaining for me. 2009 Movies: 89

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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Movie could've been great. Great idea, but the execution was awful. Just too many stories going around, alot of them were just not interesting.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Not great, but I was amused throughout. More for fans of Bruce Lee or fans of movies about Filmaking...

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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A wacky, young and ambitious director wants to finish Bruce Lee's End Game while casting some interesting actors to play the lead. A funny indie flick.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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had thought it was more of a comedy then it turned out to be. well done mockumentary, but was not what I was expecting to watch, and felt too slow many times.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/26/23

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Justin Lin

Director

Roger Fan

Breeze Loo

McCaleb Burnett

Tarrick Tyler

Sung Kang

Cole Kim

Dustin Nguyen

Troy Poon

Mousa Kraish

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Mark Rahner

Seattle Times

This tedious mockumentary isn't even as entertaining as one of Ed Wood's actual films, and once-promising director Justin Lin has some karma to square for fumbling such a sure thing.

Rated: 1.5/4

Nov 16, 2007

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Los Angeles Times

Intermittently funny at best, but mostly full of dead air.

Rated: 1/5

Oct 26, 2007

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David Wiegand

San Francisco Chronicle

A very funny, equal-opportunity broadside that targets Asian stereotyping, and not just by non-Asians.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 19, 2007

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David Lamble

Bay Area Reporter

Finishing the Game is an uneven effort...

May 26, 2020

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Don Willmott

Filmcritic.com

You can easily tell how great a time everyone is having, and it's infectious.

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 28, 2008

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Sean Axmaker

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

What exactly he's trying to say about Bruce Lee's fame and impact or the banal reality of genre moviemaking is unclear at best.

Rated: C

Nov 15, 2007

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Synopsis

In 1973 legendary martial artist Bruce Lee dies while filming "Game of Death." Rather than scrap the movie, producers decide to hire a stand-in for Lee. Among the actors in line are a Bruce Lee imitator (Roger Fan), a white man (McCaleb Burnett) and a former TV star (Dustin Nguyen) who now earns a living as door-to-door salesman.

Director: Justin Lin
Executive Producer: Joan Huang, Jeff Gou
Screenwriter: Josh Diamond, Justin Lin
Distributor: IFC Films
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 5, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 6, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $52.9K

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