Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
PG-13 | 25 January 2002 (USA)
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A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way he encounters some strange characters.

Reviews
Rasheed Zelig Thomas

If you are looking for excellence, you are not going to like this movie! But you are looking for laughs strictly without having to turn your brain on, this movie is just for you! Kung Pow oddly enough has likable characters, funny voice acting & dumb but somehow great jokes! Whole idea of this movie was to make it dumb on purpose but still laughable. It's not like Date Movie, Scary Movie or Jack & Jill where those movies are just bad comedies with bad jokes with little effort put into them. The creator put his heart into this and it came out golden! And to add to this great review, I saw this as a kid, found it funny! I recently saw this and I found it much funnier than those 15 years ago! Usually as adults, we don't find those same things as good as it was as a child but this is one of the few times I'd enjoyed something more in my 20's! GREAT JOB, STEVE!!

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Python Hyena

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002): Dir: Steve Oedekerk / Cast: Steve Oedekerk, Fei Lung, Ling Ling Tse, Hui Lou Chen, Lau-Kar Wing: Utterly stupid to the highest degree but that is the point. Nobody was attempting to create art but I still laughed throughout the entire spectacle. Plot doesn't matter as it satires a Japanese film Tiger and Crane Fist onto itself with clichés in full exposure. Director Steve Oedekerk plays the Chosen One raised by various rodents and wishes to avenge the death of his parents at the hands of Master Payne (or Betty as he prefers). Betty makes his presence known under the leadership of the Evil Council in a hilarious jab at Independence Day. There is a martial arts fight scene against a cow in a jab at Twister. Running joke regards Oedekerk providing all of the voices completely incoherent as to when the actors speak. He plays the hero who has a tongue with a face of its own, and advised by the one-breasted woman to seek training. In hilarious supporting roles are Fei Lung as Betty whose defeat seems impossible. Ling Ling Tse plays the damsel with the dubbed, "Oowee, oowee!" Hui Lou Chen plays his trainer who seems to become increasingly ill. Lau-Kar Wing has the triumphant name of Wimp Lo, which must be encouraging. Celebrated lunacy with much originality and a cow that fights its last before falling to exhaustion drained of its source. Score: 9 / 10

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mergatroid-1

The first time I saw this movie I was sort of stunned. It didn't really sink in while I was watching it. Sure, I laughed here and there but overall I wouldn't give it a very good score. However, I do know that over the years there have been a few comedies that I didn't find funny the first time I saw them. I remember seeing The Life of Brian in the theater and I was not impressed. A few years later my friends and I saw it again in a 2nd run theater and I laughed my a$$ off.This movie is something like that. I have watched it three of four times, each time finding it funnier than the last. I just read a review someone wrote about the girl love interest, and how she's constantly saying "wee ooh wee yea wee oh oh wee" or something like that. Just reading that brought tears to my eyes and made me start laughing again. I have decided to watch this movie again tonight. Lucky for me I own it as part of my video collection. I can't wait to see it again tonight.If you get a chance to see this movie, and you love stupid comedies, please see it. If you REALLY love stupid movies you might want to bring a change of underwear with you.

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FoxWolf87

Not everyone will like this movie. You really have to be able to appreciate random, silly, ridiculous humor to watch this. If you don't like "in your face" silliness, you will not like this movie.In some reviews on here I've mentioned that a film is silly and have given it a lower rating as a result. However, those films had unnecessary silliness whereas this film just embraces silliness, and it's really an experiment on how seriously ridiculous can someone make a comedy/parody film.I love this movie. I've seen it over 20 times, and it never fails to make me laugh. The film is a parody of Hong Kong martial arts action films made using footage from an actual 70's Hong Kong film, which I think was called "Tiger and Crane Fists" in the English translation.What Steve Oedekirk does in this film is take that footage, overdub it, and re-edit it adding in silly bits, original footage, and himself in the process.The jokes in this film are often goofy and ridiculous. You have a kung-fu fighting cow, odd sight gags, and really weird voice-dubs. And I love every minute of it because it's so weird and random you can't help but be drawn in and laugh at it.Some of the edits are kind of obvious, but the entire thing is just so silly that I really don't care. The humor in this is ridiculously funny, and I can't really think of anything bad to say about this. I will say that not everyone will like this. You have to really love in your face random goofy humor to like this. I love this kind of humor, so I'm giving this a 10 because it was really perfect for my taste. Not everyone will like this. Not everyone will think it's as fun as I do. But if you're looking for a really funny film, and you want to see some random crazy stuff, I definitely recommend this film.Oh, and this has the BEST fart joke I have ever seen in a film. If you haven't seen it, I won't spoil it, but I will say this is the most perfect fart joke I've ever seen in a film. This is going to sound stupid, but a fart really isn't funny in itself. You have to take into account the situation, circumstances, etc., and this movie does it perfectly. It is the perfect fart joke.But enough from me. I highly recommend this for anyone who wants a random, silly comedy. It's a lot of fun, just don't watch it with someone who can't stand silly humor.10/10 - Amazingly funny silly random comedy, but not for everyone.

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