Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Director:

Steve Oedekerk

Writer (WGA):

Steve Oedekerk (written by)

Release Date:

25 January 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Comedy

Plot:

A rough-around-the-edges martial arts master seeks revenge for his parent's death.

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Kung Fu | Chosen One | Spoof | Hand To Hand Combat

Cast

Steve Oedekerk	...	Chosen One / Dubbed Voices (voice)
Fei Lung	...	Master Pain (Betty) (archive footage)
Leo Lee	...	Young Master Pain (archive footage)
Ling-ling Hsieh	...	Ling (archive footage)
Lin Yan	...	Dying Ling
Chia Yung Liu	...	Wimp Lo (archive footage) (as Lau Kar Wing)
Hui Lou Chen	...	Master Tang (archive footage)
Chi Ma	...	Master Doe (archive footage)
Jennifer Tung	...	Whoa
Ming Lo	...	Father
Peggy Lu	...	Mother
Tad Horino	...	Chew Fat Lip
Tori Tran	...	Peasant Woman
Simon Rhee	...	Young Master Pain's Henchman
Joon Kim	...	Henchman #2
Philip Tan	...	Grilled Face Fighter
Nasty Nes	...	Boom Box Henchman
Chad Stahelski	...	Masked Fighter
Michael Li	...	Stick Fighter #1
Jen Sung Outerbridge	...	Stick Fighter #2
Al Goto	...	Stick Fighter #3
Will Leong	...	Stick Fighter #4
Woon	...	Lone Fighter
Hiro Koda	...	Gang Fighter #1
Ron Yuan	...	Gang Fighter #2
David Wald	...	Gang Fighter #3
John Koyama	...	Gang Fighter #4
Johnny Eusebio	...	Gang Fighter #5
Marcus Young	...	Gang Fighter with Hole in Stomach
Elsa Cancino	...	Bikini Fighter
James Wing Woo	...	Martial Arts Master #1 (archive footage)
Charles Park	...	Martial Arts Master #2
Cary Y. Mizobe	...	Martial Arts Master #3
Alejandro Olazabal	...	Chosen One Baby
Paulina Guerrero	...	Chosen One's Sister
Emanuel Kohakura	...	Chosen One's Brother
Ivan Nakamura	...	Crane Student #1
Óscar Carrillo	...	Crane Student #2
Mu Shu Fasa	...	Himself
Chun Lei	...	Hu He Shuang Xing Cast (archive footage)
Hou-Chiang Chi	...	Hu He Shuang Xing Cast (archive footage)
Sung Chao Yu	...	Hu He Shuang Xing Cast (archive footage)
Ho Wu	...	Hu He Shuang Xing Cast (archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Philip Kwok	...	Ventriloquist (archive footage) (uncredited)
Woon Young Park	...	Lone Fighter (uncredited)
Yu Wang	...	(archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Steve Oedekerk

Writing credits (WGA)
Steve Oedekerk		(written by)

Produced by
Bruce Devan	....	co-producer
Tom Koranda	....	producer
Paul Marshal	....	producer
Steve Oedekerk	....	producer

Original Music by
Robert Folk

Cinematography by
John J. Connor

Film Editing by
Paul Marshal

Casting by
Linda Francis

Production Design by
Sean Mannion
Hector Velez

Set Decoration by
Verónica Baena Arellano
Pachilu Moreno

Costume Design by
Shawnelle Cherry

Makeup Department
Alexandrea A. Bouska	....	makeup artist: Fox Baja
Annie Maniscalco	....	key makeup artist: fox baja crew
Heather Plott	....	makeup artist: California
R.J. McCasland	....	makeup artist: Fox Baja (uncredited)

Production Management
Iram Collantes	....	production manager: Mexico
Bonnie Foley	....	production supervisor
John Laus	....	post-production supervisor
Brent Morris	....	unit production manager
Todd Portugal	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mike Gunther	....	second unit director
Tony Schwartz	....	second assistant director
Douglas E. Wise	....	first assistant director
Steve Wang	....	second unit director (uncredited)

Art Department
Robert Bullock Jr.	....	propmaker
Aimee Dominguez	....	property master
Star Fields	....	construction coordinator
Daniel Herrera Arau	....	set dresser
Jaime Herrera V.	....	swing gang set dresser
Tony Perez	....	prop assistant

Sound Department
James Ashwill	....	foley mixer
Odin Benitez	....	sound effects editor
Ed Callahan	....	sound effects editor
Robert Fitzgerald	....	sound effects editor
David Grimaldi	....	sound designer
Aleksandr Gruzdev	....	sound re-recording mixer
Michael Hilkene	....	supervising sound editor
William Levins	....	predub mixer
Linda Lew	....	foley recordist
Daniel Nakamura	....	sound recordist
Matthew Nicolay	....	production sound mixer
William Smith	....	sound re-recording mixer
Thomas Vicari	....	sound mixer
John Soukup	....	sound transfer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Luis Alvarez	....	special effects technician
Lance Armstrong	....	special effects
Andy Clement	....	special prosthetic makeup effects

Visual Effects by
Allan Arinduque	....	animation rigger
Jeffrey Arnold	....	digital compositor
Hunter Athey	....	character animator
Lyndon Barrois	....	CG animation director
Elissa Bello	....	digital painter
Suzanne Berger	....	digital compositor
Brian Blevins	....	visual effects
Bruce Branit	....	visual effects
Shawn Broes	....	digital imaging editor
Harry Russell Brutsche	....	render trainee
Christopher Campbell	....	visual effects editor
Jim Carbonetti	....	digital compositor
Joe Clasen	....	visual effects
Greg Connell	....	digital artist
Brandon Criswell	....	junior compositor extraordinaire
Michael Flynn	....	visual effects assistant editor
Bill Georgiou	....	digital artist
Kristopher Gregg	....	digital imaging operator: Cinesite
Jeremy Hunt	....	visual effects
Susan Ishida	....	character animator
Susan Ishida	....	character modeller
Gary Jackemuk	....	digital compositor
John Lafauce	....	digital compositor
Jeff Lew	....	character animator
Jeff Lew	....	cow animation previs
Dawn Brooks Macleod	....	visual effects production assistant
Lisa Maher	....	film and data I/O supervisor
Wolfgang Maschin	....	motion control camera operator
Arthur McMillan	....	digital imaging operator: Cinesite
Ren Messer	....	visual effects coordinator
Julie Orosz	....	visual effects producer
Betsy Paterson	....	digital effects supervisor
Ryan Pollreisz	....	visual effects production assistant
John Rauh	....	digital compositor
Garrett Reese	....	visual effects
Adam Rote	....	digital effects compositor
Rebecca Ruether	....	character animator
Todd Sarsfield	....	datacine assistant
Brian Thomas	....	technical manager
Chris Watts	....	visual effects supervisor
Charlie Winter	....	visual effects
Jackson Yu	....	digital I/O designer: Dubbed Films

Stunts
Todd Bryant	....	stunt coordinator
Jonathan Eusebio	....	stunts
Al Goto	....	stunts
Mike Gunther	....	stunts
Leigh Hennessy	....	stunt double: Jennifer Tung
Hiro Koda	....	stunts
John Koyama	....	stunts
Will Leong	....	stunts
James Lew	....	stunts
Chris Palermo	....	stunts
Simon Rhee	....	stunts
Chad Stahelski	....	stunts
David Wald	....	stunts
Marcus Young	....	stunts
Ron Yuan	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Alfonso Aguilar	....	gaffer
Matt Bardocz	....	gaffer (as Matthew Bardocz)
Ted Caloroso	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera
Luis Calva	....	grip
Hector Corona	....	best boy electric
Francisco Hernandez	....	second assistant camera
Oscar Inzunza	....	best boy electric
Craig Martin	....	electrician
Thomas McCarty	....	gaffer: Tonguey
Hilda Mercado	....	second assistant camera
Brian O'Connell	....	additional cinematographer
Zed Starkovich	....	electrician
Dempsey Tillman	....	video assist operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Brandy Lusvardi	....	costumer (as Brandy Renfro)

Editorial Department
Mike DePrez	....	additional editor
John Laus	....	first assistant editor
Todd Portugal	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Brian Benison	....	orchestrator
Jeff Carson	....	music supervisor
Curtis S.D. MacDonald	....	composer: stock music
Frankie Pine	....	music supervisor
David Sabee	....	orchestra contractor
Peter Tomashek	....	orchestrator
Thomas Vicari	....	music scoring mixer

Transportation Department
Matthew Ballard	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Matt Akey	....	assistant production coordinator
Todd Bryant	....	fight choreographer
Amy Carty	....	production assistant
Deborah Chen	....	wushu trainer: Steve Oedekerk
Eric Chen	....	wushu trainer: Steve Oedekerk
Mark Philip Escobar	....	production assistant
Damien Fitzpatrick	....	water safety advisor
Luisa Gomez da Silva	....	shipping coordinator
Kevin Lawrence	....	personal trainer: Steve Oedekerk
Hilary Liu	....	executive assistant: Steve Oedekerk (as Hilary Backus-Liu)
Efrain Lomeli	....	accountant: Mexico
Efrain Lomeli	....	production accountant
Andrea Marvan	....	production coordinator: Mexico
Elizabeth McMullan	....	animal trainer (as Eadie McMullan)
Juan Jose Meza-Leon	....	on-set production assistant
David Monzingo	....	puppeteer
Victoria Panzarella	....	second assistant: Steve Oedekerk
Kristi Razo	....	production assistant
Esteban Sanchez	....	projectionist (as Steve Sanchez)
Lorene Simpson	....	digital mastering coordinator: Cinesite
Andrew V. Stroscher	....	assistant: Tom Koranda and Paul Marshal
Yu Wang	....	director: original 1976 footage (uncredited)

Thanks
Yu Wang	....	special thanks (as Jimmy Wang Yu)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (as Twentieth Century Fox) (presents)
• O Entertainment

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (2002) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (2002) (Russia) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Italia (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Hispano Foxfilms S.A.E. (2002) (Spain) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2002) (Argentina) (all media)
• Gativideo (2002) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Gativideo (2002) (Argentina) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox (2003) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Germany (2003) (Germany) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (Japan) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Japan (Japan) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (VHS)

Special Effects

• Chandler Group, The (visual effects photography)
• Cinesite (Hollywood) (digital imaging services)
• Dubbed Visual Effects (animation, effects and digital color)

Other Companies

• Centropolis Effects  thanks
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes
• Conway Recording Studios  score mixed at
• Custom Film Effects  opticals
• Dimension Sound  sound editing
• Film & Video Stock Shots  stock footage
• Fox Studio Baja  thanks
• J.L. Fisher  camera dollies
• Livewire Studios  sound services
• Magic Film and Video Works  telecine
• Rhythm and Hues  thanks
• Scarlet Letters  titles
• Segue Music  music editing
• The Clubhouse  adr stage

Also Known As:

"Kung Pow! Enter the Fist" - USA (video box title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for comic violence, crude and sexual humor

Runtime:

81 min | Japan:82 min

Country:

USA | Hong Kong

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38378) | South Korea:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Spain:13 | UK:12 | Singapore:PG (original rating) | Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Fox Baja Studios, Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The "intermission" that appears following the tiny net scene was a last-minute invention by Oedekerk, after a lengthy interrogation and escape scene was cut from the film. The music heard during the faux-intermission is actually recycled bumper music from steve.oedekerk.com (1997) (TV).

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When the Chosen One hallucinates about Whoa and Mu-Shu-Fasa, we see that Whoa has Jennifer Tung's two normal breasts rather than one giant one.

Quotes:

[Chosen One kicks Wimp-Lo in the face. Wimp-Lo does a pose]
Wimp Lo:Ha! Face to foot style, how do you like it?
Chosen One:I'm sure on some planet your style is impressive, but your weak link is: this is Earth.
Wimp Lo:Oh yeah? Then try my nuts to your fist style!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Spartacus (1960)

Soundtrack:

Infamia I

The funniest film I've ever seen

This film is a masterpiece of comic re-dubbing. Sure it's nothing artistic but everyone I show it to loves it. It really is very very good. Yeah, this film is dumb, but in a way which makes it hilarious. I can't wait for the sequel.

The characters include a kung fu master named moon view, who is in fact, more bovine than you expect; a martial arts student who has developed his own style - face to foot style, which he uses to battle his opponents and an armada of french space invaders. You won't find anything else like it.