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Finishing the Game

Play trailer Poster for Finishing the Game Released Oct 5, 2007 1h 28m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 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 Full Review Los Angeles Times Intermittently funny at best, but mostly full of dead air. Rated: 1/5 Oct 26, 2007 Full Review 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 Full Review David Lamble Bay Area Reporter Finishing the Game is an uneven effort... May 26, 2020 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member The Asians.... Come up with weird shit. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Surprisingly entertaining for me. 2009 Movies: 89 Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Julie Asato, Salvador Gatdula, Justin Lin
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
Runtime
1h 28m