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Balls of Fury (2007)

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Reviews Counted:128

Fresh:29

Rotten:99

Average Rating:4.2/10

Consensus: Tasteless, yet harmless, Balls of Fury nevertheless fails to generate enough laughs despite its lowbrow intentions.

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Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sex-related humor, and for language

Runtime: 1 hr. 30 min.

Genre: Action & Adventure, Comedy

Theatrical Release: Aug 29, 2007 Wide

Box Office: $32.8M

Synopsis: In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Now, this outrageous... In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Now, this outrageous new comedy serves up this secret world for the first time on-screen. Down-and-out former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona (Tony Award winner Dan Fogler) is sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez (George Lopez) recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and recapture his former glory, and to smoke out his father’s (Robert Patrick) killer – one of the FBI’s Most Wanted, arch-fiend Feng (Academy Award winner Christopher Walken). But, after two decades out of the game, Randy can’t turn his life around and avenge his father’s murder without a team of his own. He calls upon the spiritual guidance of blind Ping-Pong sage and restaurateur Wong (James Hong), and the training expertise of Master Wong’s wildly sexy niece Maggie (Maggie Q), both of whom also have a dark history with Feng. All roads lead to Feng’s mysterious jungle compound and the most unique Ping-Pong tournaments ever staged. There, Randy faces such formidable players as his long-ago Olympics opponent, the still-vicious Karl Wolfschtagg (Thomas Lennon). Can Randy keep his eye on the ball? Will he achieve the redemption he craves while wielding a paddle? Is his backhand strong enough to triumph over rampant wickedness? [More]

Starring: Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez, Maggie Q

Starring: Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez, Maggie Q, James Hong, Terry Crews, Robert Patrick, Diedrich Bader, Aisha Tyler, Thomas Lennon, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Brett DelBuono, Jason Scott Lee, Toby Huss, Dave Holmes, Heather DeLoach, David Koechner, Kerri Kenney-Silver, Floyd VanBuskirk, Jenny Robertson, Patton Oswalt, Jim Lampley, La Na Shi, Mather Zickel, Jim Rash, David Proval, Philippe Durand, Masi Oka, Brandon Molale, Guy Stevenson, Steven E. Little, Cathy Shim, Greg Joung Paik, Eugene Choy, Matt Sigloch, Marisa Tayui, Mark Hyland, Justin Lopez, Irina Voronina, Darryl Chan

Director: Robert Ben Garant

Director: Robert Ben Garant
Screenwriter: Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant
Producer: Robert Ben Garant, Derek Evans, Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman, Roger Birnbaum
Distributor: Focus/Rogue Pictures

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Full Review Source: Movies.com | comment Comment
Jul 6, 2010
Dave White
Dave White
Movies.com

[Is it] good? Heavens, no. But it has its seedy charms.

Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) | comment Comment
Jun 3, 2009
Thomas Peyser
Thomas Peyser
Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)
N/R

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Apr 23, 2009
Tom Meek
Tom Meek
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Full Review Source: Future Movies UK | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Jay Richardson
Jay Richardson
Future Movies UK
N/R

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Full Review Source: NPR.org | comment Comment
Oct 18, 2008
Bob Mondello
Bob Mondello
NPR.org
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Comedians like Will Ferrell, Jack Black and Ben Stiller can get away with lesser material because just looking at them can elicit laughs. Dan Fogler is not in that category.

Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review | comment 1 Comment
Mar 3, 2008
Jeff Bayer
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Jan 18, 2008
Drew Toal
Drew Toal
Time Out New York
N/R

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Jan 15, 2008
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

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Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses | comment Comment
Jan 14, 2008
Joseph Proimakis
Joseph Proimakis
Movies for the Masses

A horrendously written and acted movie which even Walken can't save.

Full Review Source: This is London | comment Comment
Dec 28, 2007
Derek Malcolm
Derek Malcolm
This is London

A daft, disappointing comedy.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
Dec 28, 2007
Sun Online

This comedy raises the odd laugh, largely from an absurd appearance by Christopher Walken as a sinister martial-arts kingpin villain.

Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
Dec 28, 2007
Peter Bradshaw
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]

It’s a hodge-podge of Enter The Dragon and Blades Of Glory, yet infinitely worse than either. In short, a film about bouncing balls with the bounce of an anvil.

Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | comment Comment
Dec 28, 2007
David Edwards
David Edwards
Daily Mirror [UK]

Cut a ping-pong ball in half, draw a large black dot in the centre of each then carefully insert around your eye-sockets- you'll raise more laughs than this film manages.

Full Review Source: Film4 | comment Comment
Dec 28, 2007
Jim Hall
Jim Hall
Film4

Enter The Dragon meets Shaolin Soccer meets Dodgeball – just with infinitely smaller balls. A camp turn from Christopher Walken astounds but it’ll be funnier if you wait for the DVD and lubricate it with a six-pack. Or three.

Full Review Source: Total Film | comment Comment
Dec 28, 2007
Jamie Russell
Jamie Russell
Total Film

CGI-assisted ping pong and lame gags about dead pandas, simpering homos and ‘Antiques Roadshow’.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
Dec 28, 2007
Nigel Floyd
Nigel Floyd
Time Out

Balls of Fury isn't quite as funny as it thinks it is, but there are some good gags and it's worth seeing for Christopher Walken's performance.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
Dec 27, 2007
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Bad acting, writing and jokes... Apart from a few funny gags that save this from one-star ignominy.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
Dec 26, 2007
Empire Magazine

It's good natured enough, but laughs are thin on the ground.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
Dec 25, 2007
Paul Arendt
Paul Arendt
BBC

In perhaps the movie's sole bit of irony, it completely lacks what it boasts so furiously--balls.

Full Review Source: DVD Review | comment Comment
Dec 19, 2007
Felix Gonzalez Jr.
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