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Kung Pow!: Enter the Fist
20th Century Fox Film Corporation


8.9

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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for comic violence, crude and sexual humor

Starring Steve Oedekerk, Tad Horino, Jennifer Tung, Philip Tan, Joon B. Kim, Woon Young Park, and Ron Yuan

A spoof of dubbed martial arts movies.

GENRE(S):	Comedy
WRITTEN BY:	Steve Oedekerk
DIRECTED BY:	Steve Oedekerk
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: July 23, 2002 Video: July 23, 2002 Theatrical: January 25, 2002
RUNNING TIME:	97 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

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New York Daily News Jami Bernard

Silly, perfect fun.

Variety Eddie Cockrell

Consistently silly and intermittently laugh-out-loud funny spoof.

New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein

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?"

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

Processed comedy chop suey.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Pete Nowak

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.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

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.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Obvious and, frankly, 25 years too late.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

An inept, tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures, it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch, and no more.

The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder

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.

LA Weekly Mark Olsen

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.

Film Threat David Grove

Like a slug that crawls across the screen for eighty minutes before dying of its own nausea.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

The result is hopelessly inane, humorless and under-inspired.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Where the hell are those Hollywood Ninja Assassins when you really need 'em?

The Onion (A.V. Club) Keith Phipps

Does this even count as a movie?

The average user rating for this movie is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 316 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Mark K. gave it a1:
Humor? What humor? This is the type of thing that would impress a five year old. It's just bad. Very bad. And I don't even mean the so bad its good kind of bad.

Torben U. gave it a10:
This is by far my favorite movie. I admit the first time I watched it, it was not worth 2 hours of my life, but after that I laughed non-stop.

Stuart F gave it a10:
Easily the funniest movie i have seen. So many good quotes it keeps you laughing the entire time. I still say quote many lines to this day.

Ben J. gave it a9:
Sit down, watch, laugh. Slightly nerdy, but in a good way.

Noah C. gave it a10:
One of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Is it a good movie? Heck no. Is it funny? Hilarious! Some reviewers actually complain that the dubbing is bad and the plot is no good. And I ask, could you possibly NOT GET it any more? I've seen it several times and I hope the sequel gets made some day.

Akshay gave it a9:
Absolutely hilarious , from the beginning till the end . All hail the comic-genius Oedekerk .

peter G. gave it a10:
Best movie ever! hilarious idk how they came up with this stuff but its friggin amazing!

Kung Pow!: Enter the Fist 20th Century Fox Film Corporation

Kung Pow!: Enter the Fist
20th Century Fox Film Corporation