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Just perfect...

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002): Dir: Steve Oedekerk / Cast: Steve Oedekerk, Fei Lung, Ling Ling Tse, Hui Lou Chen, Lau-Kar Wing: Utterly stupid to the highest degree but that is the point. Nobody was attempting to create art but I still laughed throughout the entire spectacle. Plot doesn't matter as it satires a Japanese film Tiger and Crane Fist onto itself with clichés in full exposure. Director Steve Oedekerk plays the Chosen One raised by various rodents and wishes to avenge the death of his parents at the hands of Master Payne (or Betty as he prefers). Betty makes his presence known under the leadership of the Evil Council in a hilarious jab at Independence Day. There is a martial arts fight scene against a cow in a jab at Twister. Running joke regards Oedekerk providing all of the voices completely incoherent as to when the actors speak. He plays the hero who has a tongue with a face of its own, and advised by the one-breasted woman to seek training. In hilarious supporting roles are Fei Lung as Betty whose defeat seems impossible. Ling Ling Tse plays the damsel with the dubbed, "Oowee, oowee!" Hui Lou Chen plays his trainer who seems to become increasingly ill. Lau-Kar Wing has the triumphant name of Wimp Lo, which must be encouraging. Celebrated lunacy with much originality and a cow that fights its last before falling to exhaustion drained of its source. Score: 9 / 10

Some movies are so idiotic that they are simply disgusting. But then in Pratchett-style it moves to the other side of idiotic and become funny again. This is prime example of such movie. If you know in advance that this is manipulation of the old Asian movie with new characters added and order of scenes rearranged then you will enjoy it even more. Even better if you have ever seen Chinese movie with the dubbing that does not match timing.There is a wide array of humor elements: Fighting cows, ioioioioi- speaking girl, Girl with one breast, Lion king reference, dying scene and the ending. Also I did quite enjoy the french song played by ... that would be spoiler ... near the end of the movie. Cannot find it anywhere.One have to start watching prepared for the worst. Especially Chosen One. Especially Chosimba.

This one gets a 3 because it doesn't sink as low as Friedberg and Seltzer's rubbish; at least it keeps its nose above the swamp.Anyway, what's the formula here? Redubbing an old kung fu film, superimposing the image of the lead actors in some scenes, and adding some crude CGI parts and other inanities. That is all. This COULD work, but it doesn't: the script is bland and adds pretty much nothing interesting to what you'd expect from a kung fu spoof, the CGI bits redefine "crude", and the jokes are... Look, ANY 15 year old kid could have written jokes funnier than these. The comedy in this film is unbelievable -- they are rarely tasteless, but most of them are utterly stupid, and stupid in a bad way. I see people here saying it's so stupid it's good, and it's actually genius and whatnot, but those are people who never watched "Airplane!"; if you watch that one, you'll realise that sometimes stupidity and genius walk hand in hand. But that is not the case here: this is just a writer thinking that the stupider, the better. There is a very clear difference in approach.Once in a while you'll bump into a good joke; say, I actually laughed about every 15 minutes in average. Unfortunately, every good joke is either eventually spoiled as well, and they sink under the weight of everything else. And the redubbing? Eventually, all it does is get on your nerves: it's just a guy whining in falsetto, anyway.I believe the extraordinarily low bits are the cow fight (spoofing "Matrix"? I know this was made in 2002, but come on!), the "Lion King" spoof (for real? Didn't the Simpsons do it way better about 8 years before??), all the bits with "Tonguey", the baby fight and many other smaller moments. Good bits include the dog with a SEVERE problem of audio/video synchronisation (a very clever target of spoofing), the flashbacks in which nothing is added to what has already been said (until it turns into a fart joke), the parody of the "dramatic zoom in" effect of Japanese films (it's slightly overdone but still works) and the nut salesman with a very loud voice ("THAT'S A LOT OF NUTS!!" That was unexpected and genuinely funny). But overall, I'd say skip this, it's not worthwhile. If you want an example of what GOOD film spoofing is, watch "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" films, and if you want a truly excellent comedy kung fu film, with creative storytelling, great CG effects and smart comedy, watch "Kung Fu Hustle"; skip this garbage and go straight for the real thing.

Kung Pow (2002)5 word summaryChosen one battles against evilKung Pow is truly one of the dumbest and most ridiculous film ever made, it also is one of my personal favorite comedies ever made. After watching the previews back in 02 I thought this movie looked stupid, I had no interest in seeing it. The main focus of the trailer is the battle against the cow and that looked stupid. Most of my friends at the time thought it looked hilarious. One day, while home sick, I decided to watch it against my better judgment. And what happened? I laughed my ass off. The comedy in it is really, really stupid and yet genius at the same time. one of those things that prove there's a thin line between genius and insanity. Right when you figure out the humor they toss in something you didn't expect that is just so random and hilarious that takes the film to another level. For instance, the opening scene. We see a baby fighting a man. He flips all over, pees on him, and soon the man gets frustrated and burns down the house. The baby flies out the window and falls down a hill. At this point you think you know the humor. Alright its immature dumb humor but it seems like it will be OK. Then we see what the film really is like. The baby lands on a path going through the hill. A woman picks him up and holds him swaying and mentioning how cute he is. She turns and walks to the hill and throws him off saying "bye bye" and the baby continues to fall. So random and yet it's a remarkably genius addition to the scene. A scene that most films would have stopped 2 minutes earlier. It's the first clue that this will not be your average comedy. Kung Pow has so many great lines. Along with Anchorman and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, it is one of my favorite movies to quote.My main problem with the film is the same reason I didn't originally want to see it. The fight with the cow. I do and always have skipped that scene, it goes on to long, it doesn't look good, and it's just not funny. But for some reason that's what the film is remembered for, and that's a shame.Other than that I haven't much else to say. The film is definitely not for everyone and I don't get mad when someone I talk to didn't like it or the not so high ratings it gets. I understand it's a dumb film but I do truly believe it is fantastic. If you're willing and open to it maybe you will see it for the genius it is.8/10