Kung Pow!: Enter the Fist

Pros: Funny to small children and very stupid people.
Cons: Everything else.

Kung Pow!: Enter the Fist failed to learn what I have learned over 50 years ago - If you are goin ...

Pros: dehrrrrrrrr
Cons: ultra-stupid gags, sophomoric behaviour not even grade-schoolers liked, cgi-/blue screen reliance

I apologise right now for even considering to write a review on this movie. I'm trying to train myself to write more in general - and I haven't written a negative review in a while. Of course, this review will be more painful for me to write than for you...

Pros: A Hilarious, Silly Kung Fu Spoof from Steve Oedekerk.
Cons: Some might find this film too silly.

The past few years saw a horde of lowbrow comedies, some were good and the rest of them sucked. 2002’s lineup of lowbrow films was no exception since many lowbrow comedies drew bad reviews from moviegoers and film critics. Early in the year,...

Pros: Short, few laughs.
Cons: Died towards the end.

I’ll admit. I laughed at Kung Pow: Enter The Fist. Sometimes uncontrollably. Sometimes without an end. I laughed at the cow fighting scene even though the best parts were seen in the trailer. I laughed at the various corny squealing sounds,...

Pros: It's short.
Cons: It exists.

Since any Hollywood idea that hasn't been done in over twenty years is suddenly deemed "fresh and original", here's the latest "old Japanese kung-fu flick that's been overdubbed by a young comedian". Last time it was Woody Allen with his somewhat...

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Everyone’s been up late at night and seen one of those old, poorly dubbed kung fu movies where some good guy is out to get revenge on some evil guy for something. “Tiger and Crane Fists” was one such movie, originally released in the 1970’s. Then, ...

Pros: The Taco Bell scene. Oh yeah, and the French are the bad guys.
Cons: Run for your lives!

I first heard about this movie really, really early in 2000. It was about the time I heard Shaft was getting remade and Master of the Flying Guillotine. Some guy was going to digitally insert himself into an old kung-fu movie, and remake.

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Pros: hilarious, unique
Cons: off-color humor won't appeal to anyone, some devices were just too dumb

Steve Oedekerk wrote, directed and starred in this spoof of a 1976 kung fu movie with references from multiple works since including The Lion King, The Poseidon Adventure, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail amongst others. Master ...

Pros: The CGI Effects are Well-Done
Cons: Childish Slapstick Humor

Kung Pow – Enter the Fist is a spoof of an old martial arts film; to be precise, the 1976 Wang Yu flick Tiger & Crane Fists, also known as Savage Killers. That original wasn’t all that grand to begin with and now it’s made...

Pros: Originality and creativity, plenty of laughs
Cons: too silly and annoying sometimes

The best way to describe Kung Pow is odd in every aspect. Sometimes that’s good, sometimes bad, but you have to have a high threshold of weirdness to like it (which I do, by the way). Having worked some in TV and as a video editor I was particularly ...

Pros: Well done effects and digital insertions of current actors into old footage. Funny.
Cons: A few scenes go on a bit too long. Too quirky for some.

Even though this film wound up on a lot of people's "Worst of 2002" lists, I actually didn't think that it was nearly that bad. Actually, I found it to be very funny. But then again, I really like cheesy kung-fu films, which this is a parody of. What...

Pros: Good spoof quality. Very funny at times. Different from other spoof movies
Cons: Some lame jokes. Bizarre and actually quite rubbish ending.

Please could the person reading this review just hang on a second whilst I set a few things straight:- When it comes to a movie like this I think you must remember that it is meant to be quite dumb and easy on the head, you are not going to get a ...

Pros: Great parody, especially for fans of the old '70s martial arts films. Overdue shtick.
Cons: Better fight scenes would have been appreciated, even in a comedy.

INTRO

Before I provide my review, I have a question. Are you familiar with the work of Steve Oedekerk? His "O Entertainment" films are all geared towards parody. Until now, they've all been short films with small budgets. Unknown to...

Pros: Hilarious Concept, Steve Oedekerk, MST3K follower
Cons: The cow scene that mocks the Matrix (been done so many times)

The wait is finally over!!! After over two years of delays, the martial arts spoof "Kung Pow: Enter the Fist" was finally released to theaters across the country on January 25. The question remains, though, was it worth the wait?

The premise...

Pros: The most random and silliest comedy I've probably EVER seen!
Cons: A bit too dumb at times (which are very few, thankfully).

What is Steve Oedekerk to me? Well besides be the critically acclaimed writer of such successful films like Bruce Almighty, Ace Ventura, the Nutty Professor, Jimmy Neutron, and Nothing to Lose, I'd like to say he's like an uncle. Not that he and I are ...