Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee

Directed by Justin Lin

Produced by Cherry Sky Films, Trailing Johnson Productions

200784 min4.9 / 10

A sharp, energetic satire of 1970s Hollywood greed and racial exploitation, built on absurdist humor and period detail rather than warmth or sincerity.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Does Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee sad? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Finishing the Game: The Search for a New Bruce Lee easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity95

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Surprise4

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Love4

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