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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
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14 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 14 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 11 out of 14
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  1. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    75
    Silly, perfect fun.
  2. Variety
    Reviewed by: Eddie Cockrell
    50
    Consistently silly and intermittently laugh-out-loud funny spoof.
  3. New Times (L.A.)
    Reviewed by: Andy Klein
    40
    On the up side, there are some genuinely funny jokes, and Oedekerk has been wise enough to keep the running time down to 82 minutes, including the eight-minute closing credit sequence (which is worth staying through its entirety). But Kung Pow! is no "What's Up, Tiger Lily?"
  4. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    25
    If you've gone to Kung Pow for the plot, you have made a mistake. Come to think of it, if you have gone for the comedy, you've also made a mistake. In fact, if you've gone at all, you've made a mistake.
  5. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: Pete Nowak
    25
    If ever there's been a martial-arts movie that makes you feel as if you've been kicked in the head, surely it's Kung Pow! Enter the Fist.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Lisa Schwarzbaum
    25
    Processed comedy chop suey.
  7. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    20
    Obvious and, frankly, 25 years too late.
  8. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    12
    An inept, tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures, it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch, and no more.
  9. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: David Grove
    10
    Like a slug that crawls across the screen for eighty minutes before dying of its own nausea.
  10. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    10
    If, for whatever reason, you do find yourself watching it, you may begin to ponder one of life's larger dilemmas: the fact that something can be done does not necessarily mean it should be done.
  11. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    10
    The result is hopelessly inane, humorless and under-inspired.
  12. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    10
    To imagine the life of Harry Potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized Woody Allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow: Enter the Fist.
  13. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    0
    Where the hell are those Hollywood Ninja Assassins when you really need 'em?
  14. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Keith Phipps
    0
    Does this even count as a movie?
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8.8 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 398 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 239 out of 264
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 264
  3. Negative: 20 out of 264
  1. ChrisC.
    10
    Best movie ever!
  2. AndrewP.
    9
    It is very very simple. You should NOT base a score on the comments of professional critics! - they long-word using snobs are almost be default going to hate the stupid, silly, fun of a movie like Kung Pow. The humour is awesome and ridiculous. The lack of a plot hardly even matters. Ignore anyone who has a 'movie-blog' site, and listen to someone who enjoys a silly bit of naked gun humour. Watch this movie it is absolutely awesome!… Full Review »
  3. BettyP.
    10
    There is no movie out there like Kung Pow. Where the heck is the sequel?
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