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Kung Pow! (2002)

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Reviews Counted:517

Fresh:298

Rotten:219

Average Rating:5.5/10

Consensus: A short sketch's worth of jokes stretched into a full-length feature.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for comic violence, crude and sexual humor

Runtime: 81 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jan 25, 2002 Wide

Box Office: $15,943,478

Synopsis: Director Steve Oedekerk (ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS) wrote, produced, and stars in this goofy spoof of martial arts movies, which he created by re-dubbing and digitally inserting himself into a... Director Steve Oedekerk (ACE VENTURA: WHEN NATURE CALLS) wrote, produced, and stars in this goofy spoof of martial arts movies, which he created by re-dubbing and digitally inserting himself into a 1976 Kung Fu film called TIGER AND CRANE FIST. Oedekerk plays The Chosen One (so named because of his magic tongue) who grows up in the wild after his family is murdered by the evil Master Pain--who later changes his name to Betty. Hunted and attacked continuously, The Chosen One eventually finds shelter at the Crane School, where he falls in love with a squealing maiden (Jennifer Tung) and figures out how to avenge his parents' death. He also encounters a woman with a very unusual breast, French aliens, an animated spirit father styled after THE LION KING, a martial arts-expert cow, and other digitally animated wonders. Somehow Oedekerk and Co. manage to wring a lot more funny moments out of the concept than one might think possible, and thanks to amazingly inventive editing and a gleefully juvenile sense of humor, the film never runs out of steam. There's even a threatened sequel: "Tongue of Fury." New exterior shots were filmed in Mexico. KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST! is also known as THE DUBBED ACTION MOVIE. [More]

Starring: Steve Oedekerk, Jennifer Tung, Tad Horino, Philip Tan

Starring: Steve Oedekerk, Jennifer Tung, Tad Horino, Philip Tan

Director: Steve Oedekerk

Director: Steve Oedekerk
Screenwriter: Steve Oedekerk
Producer: Steve Oedekerk, Tom Koranda, Paul Marshal
Composer: Robert Folk
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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