Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

PG-13

Released Jan 25, 2002

1h 21m

Comedy

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Writer-director Steve Oedekerk acquired the little known 1976 Hong Kong karate flick "Savage Killers," then seamlessly blended portions of the film with new material he has directed to create a wild, off-the-wall, comedy feature film. Oedekerk wrote, directed and stars in "Enter The Fist," placing himself digitally into the old film, re-dubbing the characters, as well as shooting new scenes.

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Critics Consensus

A short sketch's worth of jokes stretched into a full-length feature.

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Frank Scheck

The Hollywood Reporter

Naturally, much fun is made of the poorly synchronized dialogue inherent in kung fu flicks, but the gag pales with repetition, especially since Billy Crystal and Robin Williams did it better years ago.

Oct 15, 2002

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Robert K. Elder

Chicago Tribune

Not since Freddy Got Fingered has a major release been so painful to sit through.

Jul 20, 2002

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Oedekerk's latest exercise in what I like to call 'the cinema of screechy hellsuck.'

Rated: 0/5

Feb 3, 2002

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

Its best gags are great, but they make up something like 5% of the whole, and its middle-tier gags are pretty mediocre.

Rated: 2.5/5

Sep 19, 2017

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Betsy Bozdech

DVDJournal.com

Steve Oedekerk's ode to bad '70s Hong Kong cinema is a gleefully bizarre combination of loving homage and merciless satire, bad special effects and unexpected jokes.

Rated: 3.5/4

Nov 9, 2006

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Jean-François Vandeuren

Panorama

Totalement con et absurde, mais aussi totalement hilarant.

Rated: 8/10

Oct 29, 2005

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Anthony L

This Movie developed my childhood humor. I quote it everyday to this day! “Chicken go cluck cluck. Cow go moo! Ducky go quack quack, how bout youuuu!” “Taco Bell, Taco Bell, everything’s better and Taco Bell!!”

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/16/25

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aaron b

This movie is like a Tiny net, it is a net and it is tiny.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/03/25

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stephen J

If you're into old school martial arts films and you like sarcasm, lampooning, absurdity, self deprecations, absolute on screen simping for the most attractive female in the movie (which, if she were alive the day this movie was made, she'd be like 40 years older). This was one of the best creatives that made it at least into movie theaters and then gained a pretty good pop following. With the current age filled with wholly created AI generated content, this movie is the equivalent of a DJ making a mixtape on two seperate recording tape decks. lol The creativity and execution in 2002 was absolutely top notch. The furthest they went with video technology was putting in a Kung Fu Cow. In 2002 it was not only funny and creative, but used the current technology in a light way. You might think I'm AI. But, I'm definitely not.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/26/25

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SKELETOR

So funny it makes me cry laugh.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/19/25

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LeBarn J

However you rate this movie is purely based on how you watch it. If you call movies "films" and "cinema" it's a 1-star. If you want to laugh at how unhinged it is, it's a 5-star. KP:ETF is like getting pranked by a friend, being marginally annoyed, but then realizing you can prank someone else the exact same way and LOVING it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

07/07/25

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Miguel T

Kung Pow is one of those movies that only wants you to laugh by any means. If you liked Top Secret or Airplane!, you should watch it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/03/25

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Synopsis

Writer-director Steve Oedekerk acquired the little known 1976 Hong Kong karate flick "Savage Killers," then seamlessly blended portions of the film with new material he has directed to create a wild, off-the-wall, comedy feature film. Oedekerk wrote, directed and stars in "Enter The Fist," placing himself digitally into the old film, re-dubbing the characters, as well as shooting new scenes.

Director: Steve Oedekerk
Producer: Steve Oedekerk, Tom Koranda, Paul Marshal
Screenwriter: Steve Oedekerk
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: O Entertainment, Fox Animation Studios
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Humor|Crude Humor|Comic Violence)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 25, 2002, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 25, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $16.0M
Runtime: 1h 21m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, DTS, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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