Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Director:

Steve Oedekerk

Writer (WGA):

Steve Oedekerk (written by)

Release Date:

25 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is a movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Kung Fu | Spoof | Chosen One | English Subtitles In Original

Cast

Steve Oedekerk	...	Chosen One / Dubbed Voices
Fei Lung	...	Master Pain (Betty) (archive footage)
Leo Lee	...	Young Master Pain (archive footage)
Ling Ling Tse	...	Ling (archive footage)
Lin Yan	...	Dying Ling
Chia Yung Liu	...	Wimp Lo (archive footage) (as Lau Kar Wing)
Hui Lou Chen	...	Master Tang (archive footage)
Chi Ma	...	Master Doe (archive footage)
Jennifer Tung	...	Whoa
Lo Ming	...	Father
Peggy Lu	...	Mother
Tad Horino	...	Chew Fat Lip
Tori Tran	...	Peasant Woman
Simon Rhee	...	Young Master Pain's Henchman
Joon B. Kim	...	Henchman #2

Also Known As:

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (USA) (video box title)
The Dubbed Action Movie: Enter the Fist (USA) (working title)
Kung Pow (Italy) [it]
Kung Pow - Nyrkki kidassa (Finland) [fi]
Kung Pow - O Mestre da Kung-Fu-São (Brazil) [pt]
Kung Pow: A puñetazo limpio (Spain) [es]
Kung Pow: El maestro de la kung fusión (Argentina) [es]
Kung Pow: Elegido para el desastre (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for comic violence, crude and sexual humor.

Runtime:

81 min | Japan:82 min

Country:

USA | Hong Kong

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38378) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Spain:13 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG (original rating) | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

When the Chosen One and Ling's father fall down the waterfall, a whale falls down after them.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Master Pain first appears in town to demonstrate his skill he is wearing his robe while following the mayor. In the next shot he doesn't have the robe on (a shot where he rips it off was filmed but omitted).

Quotes:

Master Betty: Well, I thought you looked familiar. Sorry, I didn't recognize you without crap in your pants!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Matrix (1999)

Soundtrack:

U Can't Touch This

I liked it.

I have watched my fair share of dubbed foreign movies in my time. I have also seen a lot of subtitled movies. I prefer subtitled because with dubbing I always felt that sometimes the people dubbing the movie were leaving stuff out or changing what the characters said just to fit their mouths. Here we have a guy who not only changes what they say to a ridiculous degree, he also added himself to the flick. This movie is actually an old martial arts movie. The dubbing has been changed though and some new scenes were added. I found this movie very hilarious. Though it is probably just me, as this one didn't score very well. I don't care though cause it just worked for me. I usually find with comedies though that I prefer the obscure stuff to the more mainstream hits that usually show all the highlights in the trailers. The weakest parts of this one are the scenes that were added to the movie while the best stuff is when the main character interjects himself into the movie or adds things to the original movie. Though none of it to me was particularly weak. You may want to read other reviews though as this is not a comedy for every one.