Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee
Seen it?2007 | 84 min | Comedy
Monday Morning Maybeearly ratingWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 34% on Rotten Tomatoes, almost no lasting buzz and a box office loss, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for anyone who wants a laugh. If you loved Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, start here.
- The mood
- Provocative satire that goes after everyone.
- The pace
- Breezy, at 1 hr 24 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
In 1973, martial arts great Bruce Lee died, his final film, Game of Death, left unfinished. With the public hungry for more Lee, movie execs decide to find a replacement. This outrageous satire looks at the entire process, from the oddball candidates to the greed and racial motivations that drive the final decision. There's big business in the movies, and Finishing the Game skewers it with an eye for '70s detail.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
34% on Rotten Tomatoes
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$53K worldwide on a $500K budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 12K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Justin Lin
- Roger FanBreeze Loo
- McCaleb BurnettTarrick Tyler
- Sung KangCole Kim
- Dustin NguyenTroy Poon
- Mousa KraishRaja
- James FrancoDean Silo
- Jake SandvigRonney Kurtainbaum
- Meredith Scott LynnEloise Gazdag
- Ron JeremyPeter Dowd
- Monique Gabriela CurnenSaraghina Rivas