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Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

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The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

A successful send-up can be hilarious. See THE FEARLESS VAMPIRE KILLERS, or KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE, or TOP SECRET!, or TROPIC THUNDER, or any one of a score of such films. But don't confuse these movies with movies like THE LOST SKELETON OF CADAVRA or ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES or SIX STRING SAMURAI or SCHLOCK or that ilk. KING KUNG FU, which probably should've been titled KONG FU, is a resounding failure. Forget the Caucasian playing the Asian or the acting that's so bad you can't help but cringe as you watch it or the total lack of coherence; this movie, shot, apparently, in Witchita, Kansas, and shelved for the better part of a decade, boasts but a single saving grace: some stop-motion sequences near the end. THESE, apparently, are the scenes shot in "Simianscope." Better than MIGHTY PEKING MAN, maybe, but still not a movie to recommend. If you DO decide to rent it, let the chimps fall where they may. By the way: is that a banana in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?

I saw someone do a movie review on this video on a website and I looked everywhere to find this movie. I couldn't find it. So one day I was at a yard sale and saw they had this video on VHS. I bought it, though I had a DVD player, not a VCR. So I went to three different electronic stores and got to best buy. They only had a VCR connected to a TV. The TV was 400 dollars. This was in 2001 when VCRS were out dated and shitty TV's were a lot of money, ANYWAY, I bought it and saw the video. I was stunned. If you saw this movie you would know what I mean. Its old so right off the bat I loved it. I'm into that stuff. Also this movie is hands down one of the best movies I have seen. It has that old 1970's "Kung Fu" stylized action. And I just enjoyed every minute of this video. So I would like to thank James Rofle for recommending this movie.

Coming from a fan of "Mystery Science Theater" and B-movies like "Plan 9 From Outer Space", I have to say "King Kung Fu" is one to see if you're in the right mood.If you think the idea of a guy running around in a cheap gorilla costume beating people up sounds funny, then you're on the right track. It certainly has its moments that made me laugh my ass off.Why include a John Wayne impersonator, I have no idea, but it's hilarious! He's my favorite character and his impression is spot on, yet hysterically bad at the same time. It's not a high class movie by any means. It's slapstick humor. I've seen it criticzed for its cheap gorilla suit and bad acting. It seems some reviews actually take it seriously and don't realize it's a comedy.But the jokes range from clever like "I'm the karater and he's the karate" to just plain dumb "I gotta make like a banana and split." But when the jokes are bad, they're funny BECAUSE they're so bad. And that's what to expect from a movie like this. If you like cheesy, out of control, "So bad it's good" movies, then give it a watch and you're sure to have a few good laughs. Also See: John Landis' "SCHLOCK". Also, with a monkey running around.

I revisited my comments here for the first time in years, and was horrified to see that I'd misidentified it as the bad local film they used to show at the Drama Department picnic. Absolutely wrong--that was ANOTHER Wichita POS made for local TV called something like Creature From Beyond Time or similar. The Creature was Tom Leahy, the only remotely amusing actor in King Kung Fu. I apologize to anyone who was harmed, offended, or left the profession because of my thoughtless remarks.Otherwise, the rest stands. Bob Walterscheid said it best in his comments herein:'If you laugh at the opening titles when it says "Filmed in SimianScope" then you'll laugh all the way thru the movie.' Exactly. Couldn't have said it better.++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Original comments:In my decades-long hunt for the World's Worst Movie, I'm finding that there's distinct categories of Worst. There's sincere-but-lame Worst (Night of Horror), totally-inept Worst (Rat Pfink), crass-exploitation Worst (The Acid Eaters), and so on. There just isn't one standard of Worst that'll put Manos, Blood Feast, and Showgirls on the same rating scale.King Kung Fu is the World's Worst Movie in the category, "Wichita, Kansas, In-Joke Films Made by Local Commercial Production Companies and Never Released Theatrically." All I can figure is that Bob Walterscheid, the person responsible, saw what fellow Kansas commercial producer Herk Harvey had accomplished with Carnival of Souls up in Lawrence a few years earlier, and decided to try and make his own feature-length film, and in color, yet.To paraphrase Monster a Go Go, "It was mutilated in a horrible way no one had ever seen before."The only public showing of this - "film" - I can document was as a running joke at the annual Drama Department picnic at Wichita State University, where you could hoot and point out everyone you recognized. Otherwise, even if you're as dedicated as I am in the hunt for the World's Worst, or, alternatively, even if you're a blood relative of one of the participants, trust me - you DON'T WANT TO KNOW. LET IT GO. PUT THE TAPE DOWN AND BACK SLOWLY AWAY. KING KUNG FU WILL SUCK THE AIR FROM YOUR LUNGS. IF THEY SHOWED THIS MOVIE ON THE BEACH AT PADRE ISLAND AT THE HEIGHT OF SPRING BREAK EVERYONE WATCHING WOULD IMMEDIATELY TURN INTO WARREN CHRISTOPHER.I'm not kidding.