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Balls of Fury (2007) 5.2
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5.2/10 from 27,855 users
Metascore: 38/100
Reviews: 136 user | 127 critic | 26 from Metacritic.com Down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenom, Randy Daytona, is sucked into a maelstrom when FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and win, and to smoke out his father's killer -- arch-fiend Feng. Director:Robert Ben Garant |
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| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | ... | ||
| Brett DelBuono | ... |
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In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Down-and-out former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona is sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and recapture his former glory, and to smoke out his father's killer - one of the FBI's Most Wanted, arch-fiend Feng. 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, and the training expertise of Master Wong's wildly sexy niece Maggie, 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. Can Randy... Written by Rogue Pictures
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A huge comedy with tiny ballsMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, and for language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
29 August 2007 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Una loca competencia See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
£638,761 (UK) (28 December 2007)Gross:
£1,945,960 (UK) (18 January 2008)Company Credits
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Written by Dave Feldstein, Ryan Franks (as Ryan Curry Franks), Scott Nickoley & Jamie Dunlap
Performed by Dave Feldstein
Courtesy Marc Ferrari / MasterSource
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In individual Olympic sports, competitors are identified by their names, not by their nations (as many individual sports would have multiple competitors from the same nation). Randy Daytona's and Karl Wolfschtagg's names would have appeared on the scoreboard, not "USA" and "GDR," respectively. See more »Quotes
Master Wong: Welcome to the underbelly of ping-pong where fortunes are won and lost. I'm exaggerating, of course, but you get my point.See more »
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"Seven Minutes In Heaven"Written by Dave Feldstein, Ryan Franks (as Ryan Curry Franks), Scott Nickoley & Jamie Dunlap
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Balls of Fury wasn't the total disaster, but when that's the highest praise I can offer, well, that's a problem. Think of it as a lesser version of Dodgeball.
Ping-pong just isn't that funny, or exciting, or anything really - just like the film. The idea of underground ping-pong never really goes anywhere. The jokes are okay at times, but there are no big laughs and certainly no surprises.
Unless you are a 10-14 year-old boy, who given the film's humor and scantily clad actresses is obviously the target market, you will probably be disappointed by paying money for it. Wait a couple of years and watch it free some night on Comedy Central and spend your ten bucks somewhere else.