Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

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

Director:

Steve Oedekerk

Writer:

Steve Oedekerk

Stars:

Steve Oedekerk, Fei Lung, Leo Lee

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Steve Oedekerk	...	Chosen One
Fei Lung	...	Master Pain (Betty) (archive footage) (as Lung Fai)
Leo Lee	...	Young Master Pain
Ling-Ling Hsieh	...	Ling (archive footage) (as Tse Ling Ling)
Lin Yan	...	Dying Ling (as Yan Lin)
Chia Yung Liu	...	Wimp Lo (archive footage) (as Lau Kar Wing)
Hui Lou Chen	...	Master Tang (archive footage) (as Chen Hui Lou)
Chi Ma	...	Master Doe (archive footage) (as Ma Chi)
Jennifer Tung	...	Whoa
Escobar Tongue	...	Tonguey (credit only)
Ming Lo	...	Father
Peggy Lu	...	Mother
Tad Horino	...	Chew Fat Lip
Tori Tran	...	Peasant Woman
Simon Rhee	...	Young Master Pain's Henchman

Storyline

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is a movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way, he encounters some strange characters, one of which is a cow trained in the martial arts.

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Plot Keywords:

kung fu | chosen one | martial arts | intentionally bad | hero | 

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Taglines:

From The Director Of ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls''

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Genres:

Action | Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Details

Country:

USA Hong Kong Mexico Taiwan

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 January 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist

Filming Locations:

Fox Baja Studios, Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$7,017,474, 27 January 2002

Gross USA:

$16,037,962

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$16,994,625

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox, O Entertainment, Twentieth Century Fox Animation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min 87 min (extended edition)

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When the camera is positioned above the waterfall, the RMS Titanic can be seen in the water below.

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Goofs

When the Chosen One is running backwards, he runs over Wimp Lo, but Wimp Lo is in Master Tang's clothes in the shot where he runs over him.

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Quotes

Master Tang: I remember a long time ago, when a friend told me there would be a chosen one.
[flashback to a younger Tang talking to Master Doe]
Master Doe: There will be a chosen one.
Master Tang: He then told me of the significance.
[flashback]
Master Doe: It will be significant.
Master Tang: And then he killed the dog.
[flashback, Master Doe closes his eyes, we hear a fart then a dog whimper]
Chosen One: I now officially know too much, and why are you in bed?
Master Tang: Oh, you wouldn't believe what happened next...
[...]

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Crazy Credits

After the credits, the last words Master Tang says are "Save the Whales."

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Alternate Versions

Uses footage from The Savage Killers with actors digitally inserted into original scenes, and new dialogue overdubbed.

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Connections

References The Last Dragon (1985)

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Soundtracks

Les Aliens
Written by Robert Folk and Steve Oedekerk
Performed by Nanou

User Reviews

Utter nonsense that does produce some sporadic laughs if you are in the mood

As a baby, the Chosen One had his family attacked and murdered by evil Master Pain, with only his martial arts skills saving him. Undefeated but broken, the Chosen One is raised by various rats and things in the valley and, as an adult he finds himself under constant attack from those that would seek to do the job they failed to do when he was a baby. Seeking help from the Master Tang's Crane school to hone his style and make him stronger, the countdown is on till a showdown between Master Pain and the Chosen One.

In case the title leaves you with any doubt that this is going to be a silly film, the opening scene features a terrible CGI baby fighting with a ninja master. This silly approach continues throughout and the entire thing is one big nonsense from start to finish. Mixing modern footage that is dubbed and excerpts from Hu He Shuang Xing, the approach is very simple but does produce some silly laughs. Too much of it is too puerile to appeal to a mass audience (that cow fight was just stupid and unfunny) but at times it is very funny just because it is so off the wall and has lots of lines that are unexpected.

The "cast" is naturally dominated by Oedekerk doing silly voices but it works surprisingly well. He is hardly Oscar Wilde but if you buy into the humour then he will do it for you. God help you if you don't want silly comedy though, because there isn't much else to be had in this film. Overall then nonsense – utter nonsense; but if you are in the mood for it, it does produce some good, if sporadic, laughs.