Film200281 min

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

Name: Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Genre: Action, Comedy
Released: 2002
Duration: 81 min
Cast: Chen Hui-Lou, Tad Horino, Steve Oedekerk, Jennifer Tung, Ming Lo

Taste attributes: actioncomedysuperheromonster/alien/supernaturalfastunsavourylightimaginarysimplelinearglossybig & variedemotionally undemandingfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancerescue/escape/jeopardyunderdog triumphs

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Boxlist takeHeightened and straightforward: a sweeping comedy, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like plain sailing over puzzles.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: light · Realism: imaginary world · Story: very simple · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: undemandingHow we score

Quality rating

6.3 /10

TMDB · 428 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Linearity: Linear / logical, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Emotional punch: Undemanding, where this profile leans emotive / stirring

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Synopsis

A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way he encounters some strange characters.

Synopsis: TMDB