Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

If you've got an ass...he'll kick it!

6.4 / 10 2002 1h 21mPG-13 English
ComedyAction

Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

Steve Oedekerk

Steve Oedekerk

The Chosen One

Lead
Lung Fei

Lung Fei

Master Pain (Betty) (archive footage)

Leo Lee

Leo Lee

Young Master Pain

Hsieh Ling-ling

Hsieh Ling-ling

Ling (archive footage)

Lau Kar-Wing

Lau Kar-Wing

Wimp Lo (archive footage)

LY

Lin Yan

Dying Ling

Chen Hui-Lou

Chen Hui-Lou

Master Tang (archive footage)

Jennifer Tung

Jennifer Tung

Whoa

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Steve Oedekerk's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker