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Balls of Fury (2007) -- Down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenom, Randy Daytona, is sucked into a maelstrom when FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and win, and to smoke out his father's killer -- arch-fiend F
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Balls of Fury (2007) -- Down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenom, Randy Daytona, is sucked into a maelstrom when FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and win, and to smoke out his father's killer -- arch-fiend F

Overview

User Rating:
5.1/10   17,242 votes
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Director:
Robert Ben Garant
Writers (WGA):
Thomas Lennon (written by) &
Robert Ben Garant (written by)
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Release Date:
29 August 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Comedy | Crime | Romance | Sport more
Tagline:
A huge comedy with tiny balls
Plot:
Down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenom, Randy Daytona, is sucked into a maelstrom when FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and win, and to smoke out his father's killer -- arch-fiend Feng. full summary | full synopsis
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NBC Signs Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant For New Series
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User Comments:
A fun, silly movie. What's everyone whining about? more (125 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Dan Fogler ... Randy Daytona

Christopher Walken ... Feng

George Lopez ... Rodriguez

Maggie Q ... Maggie

James Hong ... Wong

Terry Crews ... Freddy

Robert Patrick ... Sgt. Pete Daytona

Diedrich Bader ... Gary

Aisha Tyler ... Mahogany

Thomas Lennon ... Karl Wolfschtagg

Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa ... Mysterious Asian Man

Brett DelBuono ... Young Randy - 12 Yrs. Old (as Brett Delbuono)

Jason Scott Lee ... Siu-Foo
Toby Huss ... Groundskeeper
David Holmes ... TV Producer (as Dave Holmes)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Una loca competencia (Mexico) (Venezuela) [es]
Balles de feu (France) [fr]
Balles en feu (Canada: French title) [fr]
Balls of Fury (Italy) [it]
Bolas de fuego (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]
Pelotas en juego (Spain) [es]
Ta balakia tis orgis (Greece) [el]
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, and for language.
Runtime:
90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Mandarin
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA
Company:
Rogue Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Thomas Lennon wrote the character of Feng expecting to play it himself. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The scene after Randy meets face to face with Wolfschtagg, Ernie is seen bringing a coconut to the table and spilling it. Suddenly, it disappears. more
Quotes:
Feng: Ping pong, or as the Chinese say: "Ping pong". more
Movie Connections:
References Finding Nemo (2003) more
Soundtrack:
Seven Minutes In Heaven more

FAQ

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96 out of 127 people found the following comment useful.
A fun, silly movie. What's everyone whining about?, 17 September 2007
8/10
Author: robertmfreeman from United States

What are people whining about? Balls of Fury was quite funny! A few years ago, the people who are now trashing this movie would have been going gaga and adding a 100 million to its gross revenue...but that's part of the problem. Tastes have changed.

I'm going to go on the record as saying that this movie is at least as funny as anything Adam Sandler or Will Ferrel has ever made. Why is it doing worse then? People just don't want silly, stupid comedies anymore, which is why Superbad is doing much better instead.

Balls of Fury is a very funny movie with a wonderful cast (especially Christopher Walken and Thomas Lennon), and if some of the jokes fall flat, or gave themselves away in the trailer, the movie moves quickly enough that it doesn't matter. They're already onto another joke.

Times have changed, and unfortunately for the movie, so have tastes. These days, even silly spoofs are expected to meet a required level of maturity, and for those that were raised on Naked Gun, Hot Shots and Police Academy movies, that's a little sad.

Go ahead, say the movie is juvenile. Say it's stupid. Just don't say it isn't funny. There were at least three moments during the movie when the entire theater was rolling in the aisles. I've never seen a SNL alumni movie do that.

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