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Summary: Just watch it!
Review: This is by far of the stupidest movies I've ever seen! I gave it 5 stars cause I was laughing SO hard almost to the point of crying! This is a great film! I ordered it off of [an online store] seconds after seeing it... If you don't see this movie that would be Badong! (Bad Wrong, See the movie)
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Summary: Plain stupid???
Review: We had been warned by the reviews, BUT we watched it anyway. What do critics know, right?!Plain stupid movie? Yes. Hysterically funny? You bet! Rented with hesitation as a "family" movie for weekend viewing (mom, dad, & 13-year-old son), we were caught totally off-guard by how much we liked (read:loved) this crazy, wacky film. Jokes were over-the-top, "wet your pants" funny. Only a few slightly inappropriate scenes, mainly the single-breasted woman. But other than that, harmless family fare (note-obvious kung-fu/chop-socky violence). Extra features should be viewed by parents first, as alot of the humor in the cut/deleted scenes was focused on the male genital.
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Summary: Good Beginning and Middle, bad ending
Review: This movie deserves the 5 stars because it is hilarious, it's just that you feel like you wasted your time when you see the ending, which kind of strays off into a story of it's own.
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Summary: Kung Poo: Enter at own risk
Review: Whatever Steve Oedekerk was paid to make this film, I would gladly give up my inheritance to ensure he never makes another film again. Though other viewers may laud KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST, I challenge them to find copies of Steve Martin's DEAD MEN DON'T WEAR PLAID, or Woody Allen's WHAT'S UP, TIGER LILY where the effect of intersplicing modern actors with older film are done with better aplomb. Certainly, Allen's WHAT'S UP. . .does a far better job at dubbing over an older movie and with a more hilarious effect. That said, at the very least, I wish I could recommend this film to potsmoking, white fratboys on a lazy Sunday afternoon, but I can't even do that. They'd be better served watching the senior PGA tour than painfully suffering through Steve Oedekerk's KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST. Better yet, one would be better served willfully eating a bowl of Drano than watching this film.
All barbs aside, this film fell flat on several points. The film, I think, was supposed to be a spoof. A spoof only works if the audience watching it knows the origin of reference, i.e. 70's kungfu films. Now, seeing as how the majority of the public isn't very savvy on these films, it's plain to see where Oedekerk alienates a good amount of his audience.
Two, Oedekerk is really playing into some serious negative stereotypes here. I'm so tired of watching asians put in the same categories time after time after time. Yeah, it's a Chinese kungfu film. That's a given. But I cringed when he introduced the character of Wimpy-Lo which furthered asian male stereotypes as ineffectual and effeminate by dubbing in this lisping, high pitched squeek of a voice for the characters'. My favorite, of course, was the one-breasted kungfu sex kitten-I feel for that asian American actress who had to don clothing that would make Britney Spears blush. It supported the stereotype that asian women are sexual playtoys. I sincerely hope that actress works again. Thanks for perpetuating that one, Steve, a greatful asian-american nation thanks you. Not really.
Three, the joke is done after the first ten minutes of the film. Many of you who've seen this film refer to MST3K. Fine, that's valid. I'd just like to say that MST3K had commercial breaks. Or at the very least, I could take my clicker and switch over to something more interesting, like say-Public Access Television. The entire movie is a lame joke at best. At worst, it is 85 minutes of my life that I wish that I could have back.
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Summary: I hope they have Icees!
Review: Movies that I treasure: Monty Python, Ace Venture, Gremlins, and now Kung Pow: Enter the Fist joins that list. Filled with laughs that will make you roll on the floor like a mental patient, and heart-breaking moments (dramtic music) NOT! But after watching this, I ask my myself one question: Was that sequal trailer for real? I know that sounds stupid.
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Summary: Greatest Martial Arts Film- Ever!
Review: I've watch hundreds, perhaps thousands of movies in my life. I only own one DVD though, and this is it. Don't let the previews or commercials fool you. They show some of the worst parts of the movie. Despite being a very stupid movie, it's also one of the most creative, original, and just plain funny movies ever made. Half this movie is not original, but is taken directly from an old 1970s Hong Kong Film. What better way to spoof an old martial arts films then to actually use the film itself. Using modern technology, the main character, the Chosen One, is inserted into the old film, replacing the original main star. Then the whole movie is dubbed. Let me just say that those voices are the most hilarious voices ever. For anyone who has watched old Kung Fu films and made fun of them (especially the dubbing), or any fan of Mystery Science Theater 3000, this movie is great. The characters are enjoyable, especially the dreaded enemy, Master Tang, or as he likes to be called, Betty, or Wimp Lo, a young fighter who was trained wrong as a joke. The DVD extras are great. The cut scenes are funny, but the alternative audio tracks are hilarious. The commentary gives a glimpse of the comic genius that created this film. There is also the Book on Tape track, where only one British guy, in the an extremely proper accent, dubs the whole movie itself. Finally, there is the what they were really saying track, where the actors, in order to preserve the bad dubbing quality of the 70s films speak entirely different lines than what is actually dubbed. Pretty darn funny. If you appreciate creativity, originality, and a funny, stupid movie, you have to check this DVD out.
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Summary: The worst movie I've seen in a while....
Review: It was a bit funny in the beginning, the fight with the baby, the fight with the cow, and the use of gophers as weapons... all of those scenes will make you smile. It's also a very creative idea of how this movie is blended in with a few old Kung Fu flicks. But, after about 15, 20 minutes tops, all of the jokes get old, especially how all of the characters' mouths move after and before they're talking. Funny at first, it continues throughout the whole movie, and becomes very annoying. After some good jokes early on, it all just goes down hill, making you wish the movie was only a skit on Saturday Night Live. It had its moments, but in the end, it just isn't worth watching.
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Summary: Crouching Trailer, Hidden Cheese
Review: I really went into this movie with an open mind and a belly ready to be tested by its humour. But KUNG POW didn't make my belly ache once. Not once. This film was SO annoying. You had to wade through embarassing, stupid gags just to get to the slightly funny moments. Take all the unfunny, poorly executed segments in every Mel Brooks movie you've ever seen; splice them together with all the really bad SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skits; and presto! You have an idea how painful and frustrating KUNG POW is to watch. Nice idea. But dumb, remedial script.
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Summary: Painful
Review: One of the worst movies I have seen in awhile. I laughed maybe a handful of times at best. I would never have rented this, but was corralled into watching it with some friends. Everyone thought it was terrible... which is saying a lot for some of my amigos.
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Summary: Kung Pow--Enter the Fist
Review: This is one of the silliest movies I have seen in a long while and enjoyed it thoroughly -- 3 times in a row -- and can't wait to have my own copy! I need 1-2 hours of belly laughter like this every day!
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