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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| image = FinishingtheGameposter.jpg
| name = Finishing the Game
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Justin Lin
| writer =
| producer =
| starring =
| cinematography = Tom Clancey
| released =
| music = Brian Tyler
| runtime = 88 minutes
| editing = Greg Louie
| distributor = IFC Films
| country = United States
| language = English
| gross = $53,219
}}
'Finishing the Game' is a 2007 mockumentary film directed by Justin Lin focusing on Bruce Lee's final movie 'Game of Death' (1972), which was unfinished at the time of his death.Lee died having shot only 40 minutes of the fight scenes, and so the film was completed to include just 12 minutes of Lee's fighting, using Bruce Lee body doubles, and "clips snatched from previous films, even clips from Lees own Hong Kong funeral." Robert Ito of 'The New York Times' describes the finished product, "which includes about 12 minutes of Lees original fight scenes" as "grotesque." See Ito, "50 Guys...", op. cit. Shot in 18 days,'Finishing the Game' comically satirizes the 1972 productionwhich used body doubles and clips from other Lee moviesand addresses racial stereotypes on the Asian community.
Its world premiere took place at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, where it was an Official Selection. It was also selected as the opening night film at the 25th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.
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Cast
*McCaleb Burnett as Tarrick Tyler
*Monique Gabriela Curnen
*Roger Fan as Breeze Loo
*Sung Kang as Colgate "Cole" Kim
*Mousa Kraish as Raja
*Meredith Scott Lynn as Eloise
*Dustin Nguyen as Troy Poon
*James Franco as Dean Silo
*MC Hammer as Roy Thunder
*Ron Jeremy as Peter Dowd
*Brian Tee as Mac Chang
*Leonardo Nam as Eli
*George Takei as Man in Black
*SuChin Pak as Connie Popavich-Mosimoto
*Bella Thorne as Sue
*Sam Bottoms as Martey Kurtainbaum
*Jake Sandvig as Ronney Kurtainbaum
*Michael Shamus Wiles as Officer Williams
*Nathan Jung as Bob
*Wilmer Calderon as Cesar (deleted scenes only)
*Cassidy Freeman as Shirley
*Joseph McQueen as Leroy/Earl
*David Collard as Victor
Reception
'Finishing the Game' received mostly negative reviews from critics. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 34% based on 35 reviews, with an average rating of 4.8/10. The site's consensus reads, "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." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 46 out of 100, based on 10 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
References
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