Balls of Fury
Balls of Fury
PG-13 | 29 August 2007 (USA)
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Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling debt. 15yrs later he's down on his luck and scraping a living doing seedy back room shows in Vegas; when the FBI turn up and ask for his help to take down Feng... who just happens to love Ping Pong.

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While not the most clever film out there, it did make me chuckle a few times. Let's talk about the good aspects of this film.The good: The jokes at times are pretty dang funny to say the least. I didn't laugh a whole lot, probably cause I personally find films funny when I'm watching it with other people. The plot is kind of cliché, but there is some intelligence when these clichés are used. My fave character is probably Master Feng. Nothing else, he's just my favorite, he's just a fun character. The bad: The film overall is kind of unoriginal. You've got the forced relationship, the "dramatic" backstory and the plot. The plot of this movie is that this guy Randy Daytona needs to get into this underground ping pong tournament run by this guy Master Feng. But the jokes are kind of off sometimes. Like the scene where they're going on about a character named "The Dragon" but the Dragon isn't a big macho dude, she's actually a little kid. The delivery in this scene is just so off. The problem with this is that when she loses, she just gives Randy a punch in the waist. She doesn't get angry, pick him up and throw him across the room. That would give him a reason to feel intimidated by a little child and earn the title of "the Dragon". You can't call a child character intimidating just to call them intimidating. Beyond that, the characters are thinner than paper.The End Result: An okay film at best. Although, it could've been so much more than a typical "game to the death" plot

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Josh Anderson

Starring virtually unknown Dan Foglar (who seems to have Jack Black in his head while acting), this is a cheesy comedy but at least the producers know it. I went in to this expecting it to be reliant on toilet humor, completely stupid & not funny like "Blades of Glory". It was a tiny bit better than I expected and I found myself laughing here and there. The movie really benefited by Christoper Walken who's touch turns everything to gold. I really wanted to see Dan's character beat Robert Garrant's character but one of the weakest points in the plot is not affording us the win over his old nemesis. Balls of Fury is a light-hearted slap stick comedy good to see when you don't feel like thinking.

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LangtreeFilmClub

This film Is a good film very funny But the cast is very poor. A good family film that would appeal to all ages. This film is about a bloke who starts off as a great table tennis player who wins lots of awards but in later life he loses his form and when the FBI get involved they want him to compete in a secret championship, so he visits China for some coaching. Some time later he competes in the secret championship where he defeats three players who loose their life as a result of loosing and then when he reaches the final he is faced with a tougher challenge which could have life of death consequences. When death is mentioned the threat is real and his life hangs in the balance.

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Jackson Booth-Millard

There are probably those that say that a little feature of the sport of table tennis, like in Forrest Gump, is as far as it will go, it's not exactly a game of football or golf, but it happened! Basically Randy Daytona used to be a champion Ping Pong pro when the game was made an official sport in 1988, but then his father is killed and he stops playing. Now grown up, Randy (Dan Fogler) can only make money doing hardly watched magic tricks involving his skill, but they may have some better use when he is met by FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez (George Lopez). He is recruiting Randy for a secret mission to get close to Most Wanted fiend Feng (Christopher Walken), who is also responsible for the death of Randy's father. To get a bit more professional practise before seeing the villain, Randy gets some guidance from blind but wise Ping Pong expert Master Wong (James Hong), and is trained by his feisty daughter Maggie (Die Hard 4.0's Maggie Q). Eventually, Randy is ready to face Feng, entering his mysterious jungle compound and the most unique Ping Pong tournaments, facing fierce players, like old opponent Karl Wolfschtagg (Thomas Lennon). I admit that I dozed off about half-way through, and I woke up pretty much at the conclusion, where Feng is defeated in a final game of Ping Pong on an unstable rope bridge, and that's about it. Also starring Norbit's Terry Crews as Freddy, Robert Patrick as Sgt. Pete Daytona and Jason Scott Lee as Siu-Foo. Walken is an alright camp villain, if a little ridiculous, the Enter the Dragon inspired stuff is silly, and just the whole idea of basing a film around Ping Pong does seem very slippery, so it's a sports comedy flop for me. Adequate!

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