Balls of Fury

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Balls of Fury

PG-13

2007

1h 30m

Comedy

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A hard fall from grace strips Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) of being considered a pingpong phenomenon. Now he must bounce back to take on an undercover assignment for the government. The FBI wants him to enter a tournament sponsored by Feng (Christopher Walken), a ping-pong enthusiast and notorious criminal. Randy must get the goods on Feng and bring him to justice.

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Tasteless, yet harmless, Balls of Fury nevertheless fails to generate enough laughs despite its lowbrow intentions.

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Derek Malcolm

London Evening Standard

A horrendously written and acted movie which even Walken can't save.

Rated: 1/5

Dec 28, 2007

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

This comedy raises the odd laugh, largely from an absurd appearance by Christopher Walken as a sinister martial-arts kingpin villain.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 28, 2007

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Nigel Floyd

Time Out

CGI-assisted ping pong and lame gags about dead pandas, simpering homos and 'Antiques Roadshow'.

Rated: 1/6

Dec 28, 2007

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

This is an extremely silly movie, and I don't have no trouble with silly as long as it's funny, but that's where things go south.

Rated: 1.5/5

Jan 31, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Does low-brow comedy really get much better? Well, yeah, fortunately it does.

Rated: 2.0/4.0

Sep 2, 2020

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Micheal Compton

Bowling Green Daily News

We are stuck with a below average film that Walken almost single-handedly carries to mediocrity -- a feat that is appreciated, but not enough to forgive Balls of Fury for its many faults.

Nov 21, 2019

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alan G.

Waste of Christopher Walken. Typical stoner movie.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/21/25

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Ed R

Tasteless, yet harmless, Balls of Fury nevertheless fails to generate enough laughs despite its lowbrow intentions.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/18/25

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Matt H.

Like this movie for the fact that it felt like a 90s or early 2000s comedy. It wasn’t good, but that’s what actually made it good! It’s dumb, but sometimes you need a dumb movie to laugh at!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/09/25

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mark g

I laughed a lot at this film. Wasn't a masterpiece, but had many hilarious bits and good performances.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/30/25

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Will G

Great movie, can't understand the negative waves. I understand enter the dragon was based on this 😉

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/10/25

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Sean O

One of the funniest movies of the century. I don't understand why this movie gets such poor reviews. James Hong and Christopher Walken are hilarious. Maybe it helps if you've seen Enter the Dragon. Also, I absolutely hated Def Leppard before I watched this movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/22/25

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Synopsis

A hard fall from grace strips Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) of being considered a pingpong phenomenon. Now he must bounce back to take on an undercover assignment for the government. The FBI wants him to enter a tournament sponsored by Feng (Christopher Walken), a ping-pong enthusiast and notorious criminal. Randy must get the goods on Feng and bring him to justice.

Director: Robert Ben Garant
Producer: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon, Jonathan Glickman, Gary Barber
Screenwriter: Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon
Distributor: Rogue Pictures, Focus Features
Production Co: Rogue Pictures, Spyglass Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Language|Crude and Sex-Related Humor)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 29, 2007, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 10, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.9M
Runtime: 1h 30m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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