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Title: Balls of Fury (2007)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Dan Fogler | ... | Randy Daytona | |
| Christopher Walken | ... | Feng | |
| George Lopez | ... | Rodriguez | |
| Maggie Q | ... | Maggie | |
| James Hong | ... | Wong | |
| Terry Crews | ... | Freddy | |
| Robert Patrick | ... | Sgt. Pete Daytona | |
| Diedrich Bader | ... | Gary | |
| Aisha Tyler | ... | Mahogany | |
| Thomas Lennon | ... | Karl Wolfschtagg | |
| Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa | ... | Mysterious Asian Man | |
| Brett DelBuono | ... | Young Randy - 12 Yrs. Old (as Brett Delbuono) | |
| Jason Scott Lee | ... | Siu-Foo | |
| Toby Huss | ... | Groundskeeper | |
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David Holmes | ... | TV Producer (as Dave Holmes) |
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
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.