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Finishing the Game

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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.
Finishing the Game

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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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Mark Rahner Seattle Times 11/16/2007
1.5/4
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. Go to Full Review Los Angeles Times 10/26/2007
1/5
Intermittently funny at best, but mostly full of dead air. Go to Full Review David Wiegand San Francisco Chronicle 10/19/2007
3/4
A very funny, equal-opportunity broadside that targets Asian stereotyping, and not just by non-Asians. Go to Full Review David Lamble Bay Area Reporter 05/26/2020
Finishing the Game is an uneven effort... Go to Full Review Don Willmott Filmcritic.com 06/28/2008
3.5/5
You can easily tell how great a time everyone is having, and it's infectious. Go to Full Review Sean Axmaker Seattle Post-Intelligencer 11/15/2007
C
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. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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05/23/2013 The Asians.... Come up with weird shit. See more 10/28/2012 Surprisingly entertaining for me. 2009 Movies: 89 See more 05/06/2012 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. See more 11/13/2011 Not great, but I was amused throughout. More for fans of Bruce Lee or fans of movies about Filmaking... See more 09/05/2010 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. See more 08/31/2010 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. See more Read all reviews
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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

Raja

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Finishing the Game

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Movie Info

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
Producer
Julie Asato, Salvador Gatdula, Justin Lin
Screenwriter
Josh Diamond, Justin Lin
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Barnstorm Pictures
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 5, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 6, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$52.9K
Runtime
1h 28m