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Summary: Surprising, in light of how it was made
Review: I understand that TIGER AND CRANE FISTS was a serious martial arts flick, and then the creator of this took that flick and dubbed it with new sound to make a comedy. Seems the video portion of the original was surprisingly adaptable for this purpose. If you thought that CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON was a cinematic gem, then you might find tinkering with martial arts films like this to be a sacrilege. But if you thought CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON was overrated, then you just might think it could stand some of the same treatment that created this present spoof. Those who like farce should find a lot of laughs in KUNG POW! ENTER THE FIST. For those of us who find martial arts films to be a hit-and-miss proposition, a spoof like this can be a refreshing diversion. It had me thinking what other films I might like to see twisted this way, not necessarily with total disrespect for the originals. I thought of Jackie Chan movies, for example. I really sort of like Jackie, but surely I'm not alone in finding that plot lucidity is sometimes not the strong suit in his movies. So it got me to wondering if any of his might be given this sort of treatment and maybe even produce sometimes a movie more coherent than the original. But for that matter, why limit it to the martial arts genre? It's equally intriguing to wonder what this kind of re-dubbing might do with THE VIRGIN SUICIDES or VANILLA SKY or INSOMNIA. Maybe even WHAT DREAMS MAY COME or MEET JOE BLACK? Well, that might be asking too much.
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Summary: I really wanted to like this . . .
Review: ... but it was just too stupid. Few things are more annoying than a great idea that's as poorly executed as this. I agree with the spotlight review that the best jokes were in the trailer. Yes, the digital work is quite well done, but it doesn't make up for the fact that the dialogue sounds like it was done by a class clown from the 3rd grade. Oedekerk had a great idea - he just should've had someone else write the screenplay. He has a good feel for sight gags and physical comedy, but he doesn't have the chops to make anything SOUND funny. A complete disappointment. Martial arts parodies abound, but a thoroughly successful one has yet to be made.
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Summary: side splitting funny!
Review: I not only laughed throughout this movie, but out loud with my 10 yr old son. We both loved this movie, so much in fact I intend to purchase it and make it part of our dvd collection. Although the movie itself is quite stupid, the voice overs, gags, and jokes just make it so funny that we intend to watch it over and over and over!
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Summary: Come on! This movie is great!
Review: I saw the trailer in the theatre, and followed it with the classic eye roll. I thought it would stink, and never gave it a second thought.....
And, I can now say, that it was definitely the most misleading movie trailer I've ever seen.
One of my friends (who knows that I've been an AVID MST3K fan for over a decade) told me that I should just buy this movie, sight unseen. I was going to love it, I was told.
Still skeptical, I bought it, and proceeded to watch it 3 times that day! Probably the funniest movie I've seen in a while.
If you love MST3K, you'll love this movie. Comic genius. However, if I had to find something negative, the "cow fight" scene would be my only complaint, but it is brief, and easily passed. This movie was great and I can't wait for the next one.
Why did they have to make the trailer so misleading? More people should be checking this out, and it may now find it's niche on home video.
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Summary: I'm no kid and I loved this show!
Review: This show has been horribly panned and I am clueless as to why. I rolled through the whole thing...wondered if it was because I was watching it with a 12 year old...and then rented it again the next night by myself. It was hysterical! I could watch it again. I can't for the life of me find anything wrong with the show. The spoofs are dead on. I said to a friend that this is like watching a Mystery Science Theater 3000 show...except there is nothing for the MST3 guys left to do....it's already been done! (And I am 50 years old!)
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Summary: a review of kung pow in 17 syllables
Review: crazy oedekerk
bruce rolls over in his grave
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Summary: So silly.
Review: Dude, this is one silly movie. Right up there with the Holy Grail and the Big Lebowski and Austin Powers. I for one loved it and highly recommend it to anyone else who loves silliness in movies. The DVD is good too, with even sillier extras.
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Summary: Humorless and painful to watch
Review: I now regret having wasted five dollars renting this movie. There are a couple of funny parts but most of the film is just plain irritating. It makes fun of every crummy kung-fu movie on earth with silly martial arts battles and terrible dialogue. Personally, I would rather watch the old kung-fu movies than this one. I was hoping for an Austin-Powers type of comedy. Instead it was rather like watching a bunch of home videos strung together.
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Summary: Kung Pow! Enter the Stupidity
Review: Steve Oedekerk made Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (the sequel to Ace Ventura: Pet Detective), which was a riot. So, I thought his next work would be good as well. I thought WRONG.
The problem with Kung Pow! is that it uses too many recycled jokes that are already overused enough in today's stupid comedies (e.g., Adam Sandler). A Chinese woman tells him that he's the "chosen one," but he was so absorbed into her chest tat he didn't hear her. How many times has that been used? And, ironically, she DOSEN'T EVEN HAVE much of a chest to stare at. Other jokes include french kissing dubbed over with nunchuk-cracking sound f/x, or yet ANOTHER Matrix parody. This time, a cow shoots "milk bullets" at Steve in slow-mo while he dodges them in the same style Keanu did in The Matrix. Okay, so this was funny when it was first done right in Scary Movie, but after that it got SO OLD.
And, I didn't laugh ONCE.
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Rating:
Summary: Eh, it wasn't that bad
Review: Fans of MST3K will like this movie. I watched the show religiously in my pre-teen years, and this movie brought me back. Yes, I could say that the movie was funny... I was also mildly intoxicated at the time, so that could've proved to be an influence. Sure it's got it's stupid and annoying moments, but it's a fun movie. Just watch it. Hi-ya.
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