Kung Pow - Enter The Fist (The Chosen Edition) | 
 enlarge | Director: Steve Oedekerk
Actors: Lung Fei, Tad Horino, Leo Lee, Steve Oedekerk, Philip Tan
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  293 reviews
Sales Rank: 3512
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 81 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 2004389
UPC: 024543043898
EAN: 0024543043898
ASIN: B000O76T72
Theatrical Release Date: January 25, 2002
Release Date: July 23, 2002
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Kung Pow! Enter the Fist is best enjoyed with low expectations, if only because it might surprise you with genuine belly laughs. Writer-director Steve Oedekerk uses digital trickery to make himself a costar in the 1976 Hong Kong action flick Tiger & Crane Fist, just as Woody Allen turned a Japanese spy thriller into the comedy spoof What's Up, Tiger Lily? The results are both technically impressive and stupendously stupid. Oedekerk is blandly appealing as "the Chosen One," who sets out to avenge the evil Master "Betty" Pain for killing his family when he was still a kung fu-fighting infant. This stock setup is a cheap excuse for Oedekerk's 80-minute buffet of chop-socky spoofery, with gags lifted from The Matrix, Oedekerk's "Thumbation" comedies, and the rich legacy of Hong Kong action. Featuring "gopher-chucks," a kung fu cow, aliens from France, and enough bad dialogue to choke a crouching tiger, Kung Pow! is mildly spicy, but mostly it's full of nuts. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
Writer/director Steve Oedekerk (The Nutty Professor and Ace Ventura 2: When Nature Calls) creates an off-the-wall comedy and a new martial arts genre that substantially alters dubbed action footage from a 1970's martial arts picture with a brand new twist in the story line and altered dialogue. The story follows The Chosen One (Oedekerk) as he seeks to avenge the death of his parents at the hands of the evil and seemingly indestructible kung fu legend Master Pain.System Requirements:Running Time: 81 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: PG - 13 UPC: 024543043898 Manufacturer No: 2004389
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 It has been a favorite for all my kids May 9, 2008
bookstore girl (new jersey)
I have seen this movie about 25 times and its still funny every time.
My kids love it and were crushed that number 2 never came out.
It's great for boys, they find it hysterical.
The Ultimate Kung-Fu Spoof.......WEEEOOOWEEEOOO!!! January 24, 2008
P. G. Keller
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This may be funny for the regular fan of comedies but for kung fu fans, this hits a totally new level of funny. Personally, I don't think I would've enjoyed this movie nearly as much if I hadn't been watching kung-fu for so long. But not just kung-fu, bad kung-fu. I only own the good stuff but I've seen enough bad ones to get alot of the jokes going on in this movie. Basically, this movie almost killed me. I laughed so hard for so long, I almost couldn't breath. I hadn't seen anything so funny in a long time and it's been almost as long since.
Suprisingly though, I didn't see this in the movie theater. I remember the previews for it and thought it was just going to be stupid. I was dead wrong. I ended up renting it shortly after it came out on video and still didn't expect much. Not long into it, I was in tears. My girlfriend thought I had lost my mind as she had never seen me lose it like that. I agree as it's rare that anything can crack me up like this movie did. Coincidentally, the next movie on my list that has such an effect on me is 'Ace Ventura:When Nature Calls', which is also directed by Steve Oedekerk who stars in and directs 'Kung Pow'. Although Jim Carrey was fantastic in the last 'Ace', I think the teaming of the 2 made it comedy magic.
The funniest things about this film are that Oedekerk really knows and gets kung-fu films. He knows exactly what's funny about them. The things that all kung-fu movie watchers chuckle at when watching a particularly bad one. Even the better ones have some, what?, moments in them that can only be explained as bad writing or bad translation. Here, Oedekerk focuses on those and makes them the focus of almost all the characters dialog and personalities. I guess as most any spoof goes, you have to know the original material for it to hit on that deeper level and 'Kung Pow' is an absolute bullseye shot at kung-fu.
For me, one of the better aspects about Oedekerks' films is that they're basically clean. He doesn't indulge in cussing to make dialog funnier or gratuitous nudity for cheap thrills like today's comedies. No, he just sticks close to the source of silliness and doesn't get side tracked. Kung Pow never tries to be serious or anything other than an 81 min. joke. Because of that, this movie totally succeeds.
The audio and video aren't really worth mentioning here as it's not the type of movie that you'll care as long as it works and it does. The picture is clean, colorful and bright and the audio is clear and discernable on all levels. You'll be having so much fun, you'll forget to check anyways. Personally, I don't think I could watch it just to check the sources. Other than that, the graphics and edits are cheesy but perfect here for what it's doing. Even though it looks fake, the cow is hilarious!!! The dubbing over the old film footage is also crazy funny. It reminds me of an old show called 'Putting on the Hits', where actors would improv voice overs for old films. It used to crack me up and it works here too as the majority of the movie is an old kung-fu movie dubbed with new dialog.
I'm not sure how well this movie will do for people who don't watch kung-fu but I can positively guarantee that it'll have the fans in stitches. So for the casual fan of comedies, give it a rent. For the kung-fu fan, buy it now and watch it immediately. If you don't laugh, check your pulse cause your probably dead.
Just Plain Great January 16, 2008
phoexix234
Really Really funny ! Some scenes could go a little faster - but is a primo movie.
I love this movie! December 30, 2007
M. Butler (Tallahassee, FL USA)
This movie is so goofy, yet it's still watchable! Even the deleted scenes are goofy! This is what I put in the DVD player when I have no Netflix, and I just want to watch something hilarious.
I'M FALLING, YOUR FALLING, WE'RE FALLING, WHALE!!!! December 15, 2007
Chelsea Peniston (St. Louis, MO)
This is my favorite movie of all times!! I have seen it over and over again and it still makes me laugh. Me and my sister know the movie by heart. You will either love or hate the movie. And if you hate this you are wack because the subtitles are hilarious. All the randomness of it like "taco bell", "radioshack", and best of all "Betty" is great!Also all the facial expressions are freakin hilarious.
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