Kung Phooey!
Kung Phooey!
PG-13 | 11 March 2003 (USA)
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The plot follows Art Chew's (a pun of the sound one makes when sneezing) quest to retrieve the ancient peach. The movie starts with Art Chew traveling to America, as well as showing Art's training at the Shur-li temple (a play on words with the child actor Shirley Temple), showing many kung-fu clichés such as grabbing the pebble from the masters hand (which Art succeeds without effort), fighting on trees in this case small potted palms and "listing" for elements (Earth, Wind and Fire play a funky tune). After the montage is shown Art meets up with his cousin Wayman (A parody on the way Chinese pronounce r as w) a Chinese adult who tries to act American so he isn't embarrassed by stereotypes and foster cousin Roy Lee, an African American who sincerely believes he is a reincarnation of Bruce Lee.

Reviews
Soluchan

Seriously, this movie was great. It is a low budget film, and that into consideration should be taken into account. I laughed my as off! The acting, directing, and writing were good. I hope he makes more films! The sound editing was great also. The director/writer, cast, and crew made this film great! And no, I do not know any of them, but I would like to me them!My friend just did a low budget movie (really low, and it isn't a zombie movie...even though it was made in Florida). It is called Mandatory Overtime. It has some good writing, but the sound quality and acting were kind of bad (sorry Brad, I liked it but just being honest...not that you will ever read this). But the point is the movie made laugh. Anyway, check out http://www.mandatoryovertimethemovie.comIf you are interested!But back to this movie...Tons of laughs and clever writing!! Thank you!

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Karen-44

I practice martial arts (Ok, I practice - I didn't say I was good!). This movie was funnier than I expected, and is mercifully short(only 87 minutes). It doesn't take itself seriously - there are scenes where characters discuss being characters. The plot is whisper-thin, but who watches these things for the plot? Having said that, I still laughed out loud in several spots, and the martial arts scenes were quite good (and legit. Some of these were taken seriously or at least lovingly). The movie did a great job spoofing the genre - but if you don't like martial arts films, you just won't appreciate this film.Basically, the level of humor is broad. If you liked Hot Shots Part Deux, you'd probably enjoy this movie.

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deesartx

I admit it...I did laugh out loud. It takes awhile to get it - that the spoof is the spoof. This movie is much more about blasting stereotypes than about spoofing the old Kung Foo run of hits and misses. Every social service or public health organization that requires "cultural competence" training would do far better with this corny but telling depiction of the gross stereotyping prevalent in all sectors...rather than the deadly talking heads or overly-processed exploration of prejudice. Although the 11 year old market of viewers may be more tempted to take this one off the shelf, it's way fun. But you may have to think and even squirm once you get it. Enjoy the a

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wong-3

To be honest there has not been a good spoof film since Hot Shots/Naked Guns were made. Kung-Pow was so-so if you watched it with a cargo. The Scary Movies have been so average. Kung Phoey is just plain terrible.Good points first, sorry good poinT first. The script is actually quite good, not sure on the plot but the dialogue is quite funny.However (bad poinT), in most film reviews (magazines), far too often actors get of lightly if the film is really bad. Most of the blame falls on a rubbish script or poor direction. Not so in Kung Phoey's case, the problem lies in the acting is downright amateur. Worse than that, the neighbours could do a better job. Every single cast member has the comic timing of a nuclear explosion at Xmas, they are so bad. The film, hence, becomes so bad it's not funny, just badddddd!In the hands of adequate comic actors this could have been a small hit but in the hands o amateurs is downright poop!

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