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Bruce Lee's shocking death left legions of stunned fans and a legacy of 12 minutes from his unfinished Game Of Death. Undeterred, studio executives launched a search for his replacement chronicled her...( read more 
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MCT:July 24, 2008a movie spoof based on completing the rest of " game of death: after bruce lee death..
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MCT:May 21, 2008
At first glance the plot sounds interesting, but at the same time, may be a bit misleading. One may come to expect a serious documentary about replacing Bruce Lee for finishing the Game of Death. Instead the viewer is given a full on mockumentary.
What is a mockumentary? Basically, it is a comedic documentary and Justin Lin provides a fairly successful one with this film.
The style of this film plays out like it is done from the 70's, which is when the original Game of Death is from. The sound effects, the settings, the camerawork, and the costumes all contribute to the 70's look and feel. This film is only 85 minutes long and the first 15 of it is basically character introductions. The rest of the film follows these characters throughout the entire audition process. Just think of the early episodes in a season of American Idol.
The comedy is fairly consistent, although it does get a little tiresome in the latter parts of the film. The characters are hilarious and so are their lines of dialogue. The situations that the characters are put in set up humorous sequences, which a few of them also intertwine.
The acting is pretty good. There are a surprisingly number of noticeable faces playing small roles, like M.C. Hammer, James Franco, and Ron Jeremy. Yet, somehow the style of the film makes everybody seem like non-famous celebrities. This is actually a good thing.
This is not or nowhere near a Bruce Lee martial arts film, but fans of Bruce Lee films, or mockumentaries, may want to check this one out.
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MCT:May 16, 2008If you ask anyone, they'll tell you I'm a big fan of the mocumentary. Which is why I'm a bit put off by my distaste for this film. It was a bit too "cut and paste" for my tastes which lead to a little confusion but Sung Kang was brilliant, I loved him in this.
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MCT:April 29, 2008
Finishing The Game plays out like a 70's documentary perfectly, depicting the search for Bruce Lee's posthumous replacement for Game of Death. Director Justin Lin's love for the genre is apparent in the attention to detail he has paid in capturing the feel of the generic Bruce Lee imitator flicks. The film is also infused with corny 70's humor and brings to light through comedy the offensive typecasting of Asians in Hollywood.
Fans of Bruce Lee-- or Bruce Li, for that matter-- should definitely catch this flick. -
MCT:April 16, 2008
Entertaining mocumentary, but it didn't quite have enough oomph. Especially considering the topic and characters.
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MCT:April 7, 2008
Pretty funny flick that does an excellent job of reproducing the look and feel of a lot of 70s exploitation films. I'd probably only give it 3 stars if it wasn't for that fact.
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MCT:March 24, 2008
Funny mockumentary that will be enjoyed by any who's got a love for martial arts movies. It doesn't hurt if you like to watch the preliminary auditions for World Idol either, as this is a combination of the two. Many hilarious scenes and characters. Not much else to say about it really...
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