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Balls of Fury

Play trailer Poster for Balls of Fury PG-13 Released Aug 29, 2007 1h 30m Comedy Play Trailer Watchlist
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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review thiago s Filme ŕuim, o roteiro é ruim, o elenco é bom e ninguém ajudou a melhorar o filme, as cenas do filme são ruins com uma comédia fraca que piora o filme, e a história é ruim sobre Ping pong vai toma no cu, história fudida do caralho, com isso, eu não recomendo esse filme. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/20/25 Full Review Rebecca R I love this movie. Its a shame how low rated it is on here. People need to open their hearts to stupid comedy. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/12/24 Full Review Blu B This is such a dumb idea. It's like Dodgeball mixed with Enter the Dragon...I can't beleive I'm even writing those two together. Walken is terrible as the villian, Lopez isn't good and feels like he's just going through the motions for a paycheck, and the jokes 90% of the time are so lame and fall flat. Everyone is ok but over the acting, cinematography, and pacing isn't good at all. Everythign else is ok though just very forgettable and again this idea could work if it was funny. But there just isn't much slapstick potential for hitting a ball back and forth. It also has cheap production value at times and basic direction. Again really stupid idea for comedy flick. Skip This. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/24/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Robert Ben Garant

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Dan Fogler

Randy Daytona

Christopher Walken

Feng

George Lopez

Agent Ernie Rodriguez

Maggie Q

Maggie Wong

James Hong

Master Wong

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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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