--> I normally don't do reviews but believe me people this movie is a torture.READ NEXT SENTENCE --> I watched this movie just seeing its genre.READ NEXT SENTENCE --> The whole movie was made like a Awful documentary.READ NEXT SENTENCE --> There is nothing funny in the whole movie.READ NEXT SENTENCE--> Its true that it shows the reality.READ NEXT SENTENCE --> But,who wants to watch a comedy that 'll give u a f...... Head ache?

FOOT FIST WAY is the literal English translation of Tae Kwon Do. And the ancient Tibetan translation is Not Quite Comedy.Produced by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, Danny McBride's THE FOOT FIST WAY is an uneven bid at indie cult, as it explores themes of narcissism and self-esteem, filled with non-sequitur characters, bad actors, and jokes that Will Ferrell would find funny.McBride is Fred Simmons, a mediocre yet egomaniacal karate instructor, who owns and runs his own dojo, giving parking lot demonstrations to solicit customers. In his words, he is "The King of Demo." Fred's life falls apart when he discovers his wife, Suzie (Mary Jane Bostick, whose acting talent stems solely from her mungus bazoongas) has been having an affair with her boss. When he further discovers his idol, karate master Chuck "The Truck" Wallace (Ben Best) is a callous asshole, his worldview comes crashing down. It doesn't help when Fred busts his wife taking a ride on The Truck...Filmed entirely with a Steadicam, FOOT FIST WAY is a painfully-independent comedy; to his credit, McBride pulls off a good Ricky Gervais Lite, but the production is lacklustre, although I wouldn't blame the filmmakers' sincerity, rather, budget.We can never discern whether Fred Simmons is actually a craftsman or not, as he has won awards - yet his demonstrations don't exactly inspire awe the way watching even one second of Bruce Lee does.This movie is also painful to tutors of all stripes. Allow me to explain, through my catharsis: Parents may send their kids to piano lessons, but the irony is, they don't necessarily want their kid to END UP a piano teacher. They want much more for their little Bubba. They trust the teacher enough to have the teacher's ideas implanted in Bubba's head for life, and they respect the teacher enough to allow little Bubba behind closed doors with them - but seriously, "those who can't do, teach," right? Fred Simmons character arcs in all the right places and finds he must give up his illusions and actually "do" to Truck Wallace; the servant must become the master, the teacher must become the pwner... and other spiritual guff like that.--Review by Poffy The Cucumber (for Poffy's Movie Mania).

at least thats my view. i do not consider this movie a comedy at all. sure it has some funny scenes. but most of it makes you despise the main character even more. and still at the end you see the core of him being real. it's great how the director manages to make this turn plausible. i wasn't aware of the low budget nature of the movie till i read the reviews here. it really doesn't hurt it. and the acting is absolutely adequate. in conclusion: it's a great film about real live (similar to andreas dresen's movies about German life). it sure hurts but still can't be denied. maybe you just have to like this kind of movie. i sure did.

I like The foot fist way very much. The reason for this is simple; it's very realistic and human-like. Normally all movies are cool slick Hollywood movies. Where everybody is perfect, and the good guy always gets the beautiful girl in the end and every fight scene lasts 20 minutes,....well not in my life.The main character of The Foot Fist Way is actually very easy to recognize in the first place. Many people ARE like him, and many people probably can identify with the main character. I know I can. Hell, maybe people say I'm a loser for admitting this, but I know my life more resembles 'the foot fist way' than it does 'Casino Royale' or 'Die Hard'.I practice karate, and although this movie is about Tea Kwon Do (these sports are very similar), I can tell you that the exaggerations are real. And there are people out there that are made off no more than hot air.Anyway, the 'crappy' filming makes this movie almost a documentary. And the fact that the actors are so simple, and not famous is very refreshing. I like real life, and I like movies that represent real-life. The Hollywood fairy tales are awful, in my opinion. The pace of the movie is good, and I thought is was short....I was really entertained. And real martial arts isn't as spectacular as we get to see in Hollywood movies, its as crappy as presented in this film. (in the sense of 'normal' people that practice martial arts).In my opinion the producers were successful in creating a funny movie about things in life we all can relate to.