Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

20022002
PG-13PG-13
1h 21m

Steve Oedekerk in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

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

Director
- Steve Oedekerk
Writer
- Steve Oedekerk
Stars
- Steve Oedekerk
- Fei Lung(archive footage)
- Leo Lee

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

Steve Oedekerk writes, directs and stars

Steve Oedekerk in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Steve Oedekerk writes, directs and stars

Steve Oedekerk in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Steve Lemme and Michael Weaver in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Steve Oedekerk in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Steve Oedekerk in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Jennifer Tung in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Ling-Ling Hsieh in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)

Chosen Oneas Chosen One

Master Pain (Betty)as Master Pain (Betty)
(archive footage)

Young Master Painas Young Master Pain

Ling-Ling Hsieh

Lingas Ling
(archive footage)

Dying Lingas Dying Ling
(as Yan Lin)

Wimp Loas Wimp Lo
(archive footage)
(as Lau Kar Wing)

Master Tangas Master Tang
(archive footage)
(as Chen Hui Lou)

Master Doeas Master Doe
(archive footage)
(as Ma Chi)

Whoaas Whoa

Tongueyas Tonguey
(credit only)

Fatheras Father

Motheras Mother

Chew Fat Lipas Chew Fat Lip

Peasant Womanas Peasant Woman

Young Master Pain's Henchmanas Young Master Pain's Henchman

Henchman #2as Henchman #2
(as Joon B. Kim)

Grilled Face Fighteras Grilled Face Fighter

Boom Box Henchmanas Boom Box Henchman

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. —kem

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Taglines
- From The Director Of ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls''
Genres
- Action
- Comedy
Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated PG-13 for comic violence, crude and sexual humor
Parents guide

Trivia
Jennifer Tung (Whoa) dubbed herself. Steve Oedekerk dubbed all the other characters.

Goofs
When the Chosen One talks to his friends while they're wounded in the field, he has a tattoo saying "Mouth" with an arrow on his right cheek. The tattoo is given to him by an old man in a deleted torture scene, and can't be seen in any other scenes in the film.

Quotes
Master Betty: I have been called bad before. Many have said I do things that are not correct to do. I don't believe in talk such as this. I am nice man, with happy feelings. All of the time. First, a joke. What do you get when you cross an owl with a bungee cord?
[pause]
Master Betty: My ass. Nyah, haha, haha, haha, ENOUGH.

Crazy credits
Outtakes from the film (some real, some faked) play through the first couple minutes of the credits.

Alternate versions
Uses footage from Hu hao shuang xing (1976) with actors digitally inserted into original scenes, and new dialogue overdubbed.

Connections
Edited from The Savage Killers (1976)

Soundtracks
From Rusholme with Love
Contains elements of "Acka Raga" from the Album "Indo-Jazz Fusions"
Written by Neil Claxton, Chris Baker and John Mayer
Performed by Mint Royale
Courtesy of Faith and Hope Records/MCA Records
John Mayer appears courtesy of Universal Classics and Jazz

Top review

8/10

Needs to be watched in the right mind-set

I first saw Kung-Pow on DVD with friends who had seen it in the theater and loved it. But they said that people had been walking out of the theater, lots of people. Despite this, I still watched. Everyone around me knew the jokes, and knew when to laugh. I quickly picked up on Oedekerk's sense of humor in this movie, and I ended up loving the movie. If it hadn't been for my friends, I could easily see myself hating this movie too.

There are so many things that seem like mistakes, but are done *on purpose* by Oedekirk. If it looks like a mistake, it's probably a joke. After all, it is a spoof type movie.

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10

ari-gronning
May 17, 2006

Release date
- January 25, 2002 (United States)
Countries of origin
Language
- English
Also known as
- Kung Pow! Enter the Fist
Filming locations
- California, USA
Production companies
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Budget
- $10,000,000 (estimated)
Gross US & Canada
- $16,037,962
Opening weekend US & Canada
- $7,017,474
- Jan 27, 2002
Gross worldwide
- $16,994,625

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Runtime
1 hour 21 minutes
Color
- Color
Sound mix
Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1

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