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Balls of Fury (2007)

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Average Rating: 4.2/10
Reviews Counted: 128
Fresh: 29 | Rotten: 99

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

Average Rating: 4.5/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 16

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

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Movie Info

A disgraced former ping pong champion is drawn back into the world of high-stakes table tennis to carry out a top-secret mission in the feature directorial debut of Reno 911! writer/director Ben Garant. Far removed from the rigidly regulated world of professional sports, clandestine ping pong tournaments offer thrilling competition where only the strong survive. There was a time when the mere mention of the name Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) was enough to make even those most hardened ping pong

PG-13, 1 hr. 30 min.

Action & Adventure, Comedy

Directed By: Robert Ben Garant

Written By: Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant

In Theaters: Aug 29, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Dec 18, 2007

Box Office:$32.8M

Focus/Rogue Pictures

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Cast

Dan Fogler
Randy Daytona
Christopher Walken
Feng
George Lopez
Rodriguez
Maggie Q
Maggie
James Hong
Wong
Terry Crews
Freddy
Robert Patrick
Sgt. Pete Daytona
Diedrich Bader
Gary
Aisha Tyler
Mahogany
Thomas Lennon
Karl Wolfschtagg
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
Mysterious Asian Man
Brett DelBuono
Young Randy (12 Yrs. Ol...
Jason Scott Lee
Siu-Foo
Toby Huss
Groundskeeper
Dave Holmes
TV Producer
Heather DeLoach
Teenage Fan
David Koechner
Rick The Birdmaster
Kerri Kenney-Silver
Showgirl
Floyd VanBuskirk
Old Man
Jenny Robertson
Den Mother
Patton Oswalt
Hammer
Jim Lampley
Sportscaster
La Na Shi
The Dragon
Mather Zickel
Branch Director
Jim Rash
Techie
David Proval
Mob Boss
Philippe Durand
Referee
Masi Oka
Jeff - Bathroom Attenda...
Brandon Molale
Male Courtesan #1
Guy Stevenson
Male Courtesan #2
Steven E. Little
Crazed East German Fan
Cathy Shim
North Korean Attache
Greg Joung Paik
North Korean General
Eugene Choy
Gardener
Matt Sigloch
Commanding Officer
Marisa Tayui
Geisha
Mark Hyland
Umberto Dinovi
Justin Lopez
Wedge McDonald
Irina Voronina
Coach Schmidt
Darryl Chan
Feng's Bodyguard

Critic Reviews for Balls of Fury

All Critics (133) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (101) | DVD (18)

This movie is deadly.

September 4, 2007 Comment

Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

The real trouble is that it's supposed to be an outrageous comedy, but in fact it's fairly tame and not all that funny.

August 30, 2007 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle

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Walter V. Addiego

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

This is pretty thin soup, but the players are spirited and the jokes generally offbeat.

August 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Top Critic

While Balls of Fury is slightly more sophisticated in its comic strategies, 'slightly' remains the operative word.

August 30, 2007 Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer

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Steven Rea

Philadelphia Inquirer

Top Critic

Ultimately, it's a hollow enterprise, all ping and no pong. It doesn't bounce; it splats.

August 29, 2007 Full Review Source: Salon.com

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Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

Top Critic

The movie's big lug of a lead, Dan Fogler...could be dismissed as a poor man's Jack Black.

August 29, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star

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Rob Salem

Toronto Star

Top Critic

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

June 3, 2009 Full Review Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

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Thomas Peyser

Style Weekly (Richmond, VA) Source: Style Weekly (Richmond, VA)

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.

March 3, 2008 Full Review Source: The Scorecard Review

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Jeff Bayer

The Scorecard Review

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January 14, 2008 Full Review Source: Movies for the Masses

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Joseph Proimakis

Movies for the Masses

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

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: This is London

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Derek Malcolm

This is London

A daft, disappointing comedy.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Sun Online

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Sun Online

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

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]

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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.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK]

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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.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4

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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.

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Total Film

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Jamie Russell

Total Film

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

December 28, 2007 Full Review Source: Time Out

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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.

December 27, 2007 Full Review Source: ViewLondon

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Matthew Turner

ViewLondon

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

December 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine

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Empire Magazine

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

December 25, 2007 Full Review Source: BBC

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Paul Arendt

BBC

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Balls of Fury may not be the best comedy, but it is lots of fun despite the fact that the plot is stupid. If you're in the mood for a mindless comedy, Balls of Fury may be that comedy to watch. The jokes are funny and despite the fact that it lacks a little something to really make it a great comedy film, Balls of Fury

November 14, 2011

Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

Terrible movie, really stupid. The plot was dumb, The cast was terrible. But Christopher Walken was great, really great as a villain, I loved him. Overall a bad movie, but Christopher Walken was great.

August 17, 2011

Brad Wright

Super Reviewer

Balls of Fury Quotes

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1. Feng: Stop! This is Boring! Kill them Both! We're missing Antiques Roadshow!
– Submitted by Francis L (3 months ago)
1. Wong: Welcome to the underbelly of ping-pong where fortunes are won and lost. I'm exaggerating, of course, but you get my point.
– Submitted by Francis L (3 months ago)
1. Rodriguez: I'm from the FBI.
2. Randy Daytona: Whoa man. I didn't mean to kill that guy. How was I supposed to know he had a bad heart?
3. Rodriguez: Hey. I'm not here for that. I thought that was part of the act. Until the paramedics came I was laughing my ass off.
– Submitted by Francis L (3 months ago)

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