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Summary: Hot and Cold. In That Order.
Review: A keeper for me, if only because some of the action in the first 10 minutes is the funniest martial arts send up stuff ever. But the film rapidly degenerates from there, with long, boring moments (repeatedly dubbing the chinese actors with "whee-ooh-weee. Wee-oooh-wee-oh-weee!" gets old, but never stops), and finally the film just peters out.Bottom line: worth it for the first inspired wacky bit, then a few laughs. Then: turn it off.
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Summary: The best parts were in the trailer
Review: When I saw the trailer for this, I figured it was a parody of kung fu movies, and the gopher chucks and Matrix-style cow didn't look too bad. We missed it in the theatre, so it ended up being rental material. I'm glad we rented it, as it's not worth movie tickets. I didn't know the movie was a partial rehash of a 1970s kung fu flick, so I spent about 20 minutes trying to figure out which parts were from the original movie, and which parts had been put in. After that the gags and the movie itself got old. I like parodies of movies, but this movie used the same gags over and over. The lips not matching up was funny for the first 10 minutes, but when they go so far as to make the dog bark follow 10 or 15 seconds after he makes the barking motion, it's no longer funny. Master Pain renaming himself Betty just doesn't make sense. Maybe if he'd worn nylons or lipstick, or did something even remotely feminine it would have tied in. The guy with the stereo dancing to Sir Mix A Lot and other songs didn't make any sense either, I'd never seen anyone even remotely like it in a kung fu movie, so it didn't fit into the parody. I have to give the movie 2 stars though, the first is for the cow. The CG cow was really well done; it didn't look dodgy or mechanical or really fake. The milk shooting out of its udder was a bit much, but the CG work on the cow was really well done. The second star is for the splicing of Oedekerk into the original movie. The blue screen work was well done, he's put into the scenes well enough that you can't automatically tell which scenes were from the original film and which were filmed for this film. I didn't like the film, and as a parody I didn't find it very well done (it didn't make much sense), but the technical portions of the movie were well done.
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Summary: a very very very funny movie
Review: This was one of the funniest movies that I have ever seen. One of the funniest things was the voices and how they don't match how you see them and they tried to do this very obviously and it worked. It had so many funny jokes and it was a laugh a minute. I would put this with some of my all-time funniest movies such as Dumb & Dumber Mystery Men and Freddy Got Fingered. But then again, you have to have the right sense of humour to like this. Half the people who watch this will think its hilarious half the people who watch this will think this is stupid, it's not funny. I am someone who loves these types of movies. I admit it had a really poor story line but that wasn't what they focussed on. They focussed on it being pure stupidity every second. My favourite scene was the cow scene and how they made fun of The Matrix. Overall, this is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen, but some might not think so. by Eddy...
Rating: 
Summary: Damn funny. Damn stupid.
Review: If you watch this sober.....? Well don't! Its too funny. Although, its like 10 minutes of bordem followed by 10 minutes of gut exploding laughter. If you don't like cheese humor, or spoof movies, don't watch it. If you have a great sense of humor and loved movies like Ace Ventura. Then WATCH THIS FILM!
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Summary: Weeee-ooo-weee-ooo-weee-ooo!
Review: Oh boy, is this one goofy movie! It's a parody of poorly dubbed Hong Kong action films created by taking one of said films, the 1977 Jimmy Wang Yu movie Savage Killers, and sticking in a goofy white guy in a bad wig as the lead and some other new actors into it to interact with the original characters. The whole thing is dubbed, badly of course, with goofy voices saying ludicrous things. There's also a fair amount of goofy CGI, although I wasn't so into that. Anyone who's seen the movies this is ripping on will get a big kick out of this one, as will anyone who enjoys parodies in general. I saw it on DVD, and the extras were on par with the movie-unbridled silliness all the way. Probably my favorites among them were the two alternate soundtracks, one is what they were really saying before the dubbing, and the other is a books on tape style narration by a pompous British guy. Very funny.
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Summary: Kung Pow! Knocked On My Butt With Laughter
Review: Okay....so I was expecting some cheesey humour when I rented Kung Pow! Having grown up in a household where watching Bruce Lee films was a regular occurence.....I mean I laughed at the original Chinese/Japanese fighting forums...but this?!!! OMG....too damned funny. I found myself with tears in my eyes from laughing so hard and that was only 5 minutes into the film. Written, produced, directed and acted by Steve Oedekerk - this guy managed to find the quirky nuiances that make even the original fighting films funny and make them even more hilarious! From the deliberately out-of-sync dubbing to the nasal voices and bizarre scenarios....it is the perfect parody of asian fighting films. Lines such as "Master Pain it is truly an honor having you come and beat up people randomly in our humble village." Or...."You can find him at the top of a waterfall....swinging a big chain." And of course you just have to marvel at the digital work in this film....taking old footage and adding in the present day actors - the work is almost seemless. All in all this film had me laughing and laughing right to the end....without losing it's momentum....A worthwhile rent....an even better token to add to your collection.
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Summary: See it twice before making any decision!
Review: This ridiculous movie had me laughing the first time I saw it, but seems to get a bit more laughs from me each time I see it. Take some old Kung Fu films and wipe the sound. Then redub the sound with some nonsense, inject yourself into the film and viola! --you have some hilarious results. You must watch this film without expecting primo acting and plot although my standards are such that I was able to see both shine through in this comedy. (I'm kidding). Just watch it. I can't even believe I am taking time out of my day to review this thing. Also if you can find the original "Night of the Living Dead" film which was the first film I saw to receive the "Dub over treatment", I recommend that highly. You might find it on the net as a bootleg and it will be called something like "Night of the day of the dawn of the return of the bride of the deadly alien...etc" It is similar to Kung Pow...
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Summary: TERRIBLE
Review: This is one of the worst movies ive ever seen in my life(ive seen A LOT of movies) It has about 3 funny parts and the rest of the movie is just ridiculously stupid. dont waste your money on this.
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Summary: I love this movie
Review: Oedekerk's admiration and respect for those old Hong Kong kung fu movies shines through this great parody. Listen to his commentary -- he repeatedly praises the original cast & crew of Tiger & Crane Fists. This is one of my favorite guilty pleasures. The extras are well-done, and Oedekerk's commentary provides a lot of interesting background info. Be sure to listen to the alternate audio tracks: The original Mandarin, along with new "gibberish"; and the Long Lost Book On Tape. Funny stuff and worthy of repeated viewing.
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Summary: don¿t take it so seriously!
Review: I couldn't believe all the critics panned this one! Well, ok, it's pretty silly, but so is Mel Brooks and Steve Martin and Monty Python and Mike Myers and pretty much all of the really good funny stuff. Anyone who says they hated this must never have seen one of the badly dubbed kung fu movies it's ripping on. It's a parody, man. I loved the voices, I thought the CGI (cow, baby) was cute, the way they replaced the old characters with new ones blew me away, and the guy with the squeaky shoes was too much. "I rock, and roll, all night, Sweet Susie!" So if you can appreciate silliness, check this one out. And if you think silliness is its own art form, buy the DVD! That's what I did, and it's really good. The extras are hilarious, especially the "alternate soundtracks" that let you hear what Steve Oedekerk was really saying before everything was dubbed (and let me just say that he is a weird, weird man) and a books on tape version with a snooty English guy reading the lines. The outtakes and deleted scenes were pretty darn funny, too. Anyway, check it out and don't believe the hype, this film is a great laugh.
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