Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

PG-13

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

10/15/2002

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.

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Robert K. Elder

Chicago Tribune

07/20/2002

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

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

02/03/2002

0/5

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

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Tim Brayton

Alternate Ending

09/19/2017

2.5/5

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

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Betsy Bozdech

DVDJournal.com

11/09/2006

3.5/4

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.

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Jean-François Vandeuren

Panorama

10/29/2005

8/10

Totalement con et absurde, mais aussi totalement hilarant.

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Shaun O

@RT46175168 Jul 4

One of the worst movies I’ve ever seen. But my husband gives it 5 stars. I still cannot comprehend what I watched.

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Reed W

@RT45589935 Jun 21

Definitely an overlooked movie in its time. If you like dumb quirky out there humor I def recommend watching. I have watched it so many times I could probably quote the whole thing by heart to this day.

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Austin N

@RT81564629 May 6

An all time classic. I loved this movie when it first came out as a kid and its even better now. Its stupid but funny as hell. If you enjoy stupid comedy flicks, like ace Ventura, happy Madison, pooty tang, naked gun, you will appreciate this masterpeice. 20 years after it came out, im still quoting it... "what do you get when you cross an Owl with a Bungie chord..."

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Troutman J

@RT74212998 May 4

This is still the funniest movie ever made.. I watch it several times a year, and it keeps getting better! So many hilarious lines!!

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luke H

@RT32434007 Apr 24

one of the funniest parts of the movie for me is the sudden absolute drop in quality, it goes from like actual sets to just a green screen and like a $1 budget out of nowhere and it carries through the rest of the movie. im laughing just thinking about it its soo stupid but funny! its like the ultimate anti-movie

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Mark S

@RT60229051 Apr 16

This movie isn't trying to be the smartest guy in the room, it knows how silly it is and revels in it. If you like it, you love it, if you don't like it, you hate it. I loved it. It's dumb as hell and many scenes and gags live rent free in my head.

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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)