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  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Summary The unexpected death of Bruce Lee, a world-wide phenomenon and established movie star, came at the zenith of his popularity. Having already shot scenes for his upcoming movie Game of Death, studio heads decided to complete the film by launching a search for his replacement attracting hopefuls from all around the world. Finishing the Game...

Directed By: Justin Lin

Written By: Josh Diamond, Justin Lin

  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 24 m
  • 2007
  • Not Rated
  • IFC Films
  • 1 h 24 m

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary The unexpected death of Bruce Lee, a world-wide phenomenon and established movie star, came at the zenith of his popularity. Having already shot scenes for his upcoming movie Game of Death, studio heads decided to complete the film by launching a search for his replacement attracting hopefuls from all around the world. Finishing the Game...

Directed By: Justin Lin

Written By: Josh Diamond, Justin Lin

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
46
30% Positive
3 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
10% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
46
30% Positive
3 Reviews
60% Mixed
6 Reviews
10% Negative
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75
When you finally stop laughing, there is something to think about.
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63
It feels as though everyone involved was having a rollicking good time, and while the film itself is wildly uneven, Lin and company get in a few pointed jabs at Hollywood fatuousness and self-delusion, cultural stereotypes and '70s fashions.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
60
The ensemble cast members play well off one another, particularly Fan as the self-absorbed Bruce Lee wannabe and Lynn in the role of the monumentally ignorant casting director.
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50
Finishing The Game doesn't get anywhere that "Hollywood Shuffle" didn't go to first, even if it has its own set of specific complaints about how show business treats Asians.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
40
Only intermittently funny at best, but mostly full of dead air, the film is a let-down on both fronts.
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40
By setting the film in a deliberately distanced '70s, writer-director Justin Lin gets the benefit of looking-back-in-superiority.
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25
The film completely misses what should have been its real target -- the filming of Game of Death, a martial-arts campfest worthy of Edward D. Wood Jr.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Barnstorm Pictures, Cherry Sky Films, Trailing Johnson Productions
Release Date Oct 5, 2007
Duration 1 h 24 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Who will be
Website http://www.myspace.com/FinishingTheGame
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Awards

VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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