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:

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is a movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director...

Plot Keywords:

Martial Arts | Kung Fu | Spoof | Chosen One | English Subtitles In Original

Cast

Steve Oedekerk	...	Chosen One / Dubbed Voices
Fei Lung	...	Master Pain (Betty) (archive footage)
Leo Lee	...	Young Master Pain (archive footage)
Ling Ling Tse	...	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
Lo Ming	...	Father
Peggy Lu	...	Mother
Tad Horino	...	Chew Fat Lip
Tori Tran	...	Peasant Woman
Simon Rhee	...	Young Master Pain's Henchman
Joon B. Kim	...	Henchman #2

Also Known As:

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (USA) (video box title)
The Dubbed Action Movie: Enter the Fist (USA) (working 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:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Keep watching after the credits.

Goofs:

Continuity: During the final fight when the song Black Betty is first played and the Chosen One starts dancing, there is a shot of Master Pain being played by Leo Lee, the actor who plays Young Master Pain instead of Fei Lung, who was Master Pain in this film and was in the film Kung Pow was edited from.

Quotes:

Chosen One: Killing is wrong. And bad. There should be a new, stronger word for killing. Like badwrong, or badong. Yes, killing is badong. From this moment, I will stand for the opposite of killing: gnodab.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Matrix (1999)

Soundtrack:

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You either love it or hate it -- and I loved it!!!!

I laughed so hard I could hardly breathe. This is one of the funniest films I have ever seen.

The Screen-It Our Take reviewer doesn't like "silly" humor. I do. My most common comments while watching: "That's SO STUPID!!" (when I could catch a breath from laughing) and "What was THAT??"

There are no swear words, no realistic violence, and no sex scenes. It's just FUN!! My 13-year-old son & I rented it and watched it twice in one week. It was even funnier the second time.

My husband hated it. He thought it was the most "un-funny" film he'd ever seen.

You either love it or hate it.