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Balls Of Fury [DVD] [2007]

DVD ~ Christopher Walken
3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Christopher Walken, George Lopez, Maggie Q, Dan Fogler, Terry Crews
  • Directors: Robert Ben Garant
  • Format: Anamorphic, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Uca
  • DVD Release Date: 2 Feb 2009
  • Run Time: 86 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0013U4RHS
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 16,805 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Balls of Fury will score points with anyone who ever wished that Enter the Dragon played out in the subterranean "underbelly of ping pong" instead of the world of martial arts. Tony Award-winner Dan Fogler (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee), joining the ranks of Jack Black, Seth Rogen, and Jonah Hill as a schlub (romantic?) hero, stars as Randy Daytona, a Def Leppard-loving ping-pong wizard who, as a 12-year-old, was disgraced at the 1988 Olympics. Nineteen years later and gone to seed, he is reduced to performing a novelty act in Reno until an FBI Agent (George Lopez, and yes, at one point, he will proclaim, "Say hello to my little friend" a la Al Pacino in Scarface) recruits him to infiltrate an underground ping pong tournament run by Feng (Christopher Walken), the arch villain who killed Daytona's father. Co-written by Reno 911 colleagues Robert Ben Garant (who also directed) and Thomas Lennon (who costars as Daytona's taunting East Berlin rival), Balls of Fury is hit and miss, but it fitfully kills with some ace performances, including Walken, bringing more cowbell, as Feng, resplendent in silks and red fingernails (his Christopher Walken impression, while perhaps not as uncanny as Kevin Spacey's or Jay Mohr's, is dead-on).

James Hong puts a wicked spin on the clichéd role of mentor, and action babe Maggie Q rocks as his niece. Look quick for David Koechner as hopeless entertainer Rick the Birdmaster, Patton Oswalt as an obnoxious early opponent, Kerri Kenney-Silver as a showgirl, and Diedrich Bader as one of Feng's imprisoned sex slaves (don't ask). With less go-for-the-groin humour than the title might indicate, Balls of Fury brings its A-game with some subversive bits of business, such as an ominous moment that is undercut when a menacing character is forced to re-enter the scene to ask for directions back to the highway. --Donald Liebenson



Synopsis

Dan Fogler stars as table tennis child prodigy and Def Leppard-devotee Randy Daytona, whose defeat at the hands of an East German (Thomas Lennon) during the 1988 Olympics forced him leave the world of table tennis competition in disgrace. Randy's life is a shambles until he gets recruited by a CIA agent (Barry Lopez) to infiltrate an Enter the Dragon-style table tennis tournament (to the death), run by an evil triad leader (Christopher Walken). First Randy needs to get back in shape; enter James Hong (Big Trouble in Little China) as the blind table tennis master Wang and Maggie Q as his sexy, kung fu-fighting niece.
While Balls of Fury is a consistently funny comedy it also manages to slyly infuse some intelligence and compassion into its steady stream of genre spoofing and lowbrow crotch gags (similar in that sense to Mel Brooks' Blazing Saddles. Fogler has an engagingly scruffy underdog-style warmth and seems to really connect with the older pros like Walken and Hong; there's the sense everyone had a good time making this film, which carries over to the audience. Director Robert Ben Garant knows when to speed up the action and when to give his actors room to stretch out; the result is a generous spirit where all the cast is allowed to grab their share of the laughs.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Very amusing!, 4 May 2008
By Beedo Sookcool (Torbay, Devonshire, England) - See all my reviews
All right, so this is not the best film ever. But I did find it very entertaining, and it throws some nice comedic curves your way. If you liked "DodgeBall," or any other comedies based around less-well-publicised sports, chances are pretty good you'll like this. It's got the same endearing Marginalised-Game-As-Flashy-Grand-Sporting-Event-Or-Massive-Underground-Tournament feel to it, with the added facet of a Bruce Lee film. (Bruce Lee film. Keep that in mind when you watch, and you'll get a couple of nice casting and thematic jokes related to "Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story.") Aside from a few moments of low comedy, the whole cast all do very well in this spoof. And while another Amazon reviewer thinks this movie is a tragic waste of Christopher Walken's talent, he certainly looks like he's enjoying himself on this project, and I really enjoyed his performance. Pity we didn't get to see him dance, though. While not the funniest comedy in my collection, its unique nature sets it apart from the others.

"Balls of Fury" is one of those films I'd recommend renting first to see if you like it, then buying it if you do.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What are you guys on about?!, 28 May 2008
By T. M. Bell (Gloucestershire, UK) - See all my reviews
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This movie will have you in stitches! Both my boyfriend and I were in tears-it was that funny. As was written above, if you like the slapstick visual humour of the Anchorman etc genre then take a look - you won't be disappointed.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Surely worth a 3, 27 April 2008
By R. Jones "Rob Mark" (South Wales) - See all my reviews
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I feel that the only review on here does not do the film credit! If your a fan of random comedy's like Anchorman, Talledega Nights etc. then give this a try I'm sure it'll tickle you.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Funny stuff
I heard from a lot of people that this was only as good as the clips that were released for promotional reasons but at this price I couldn't turn it down and I'm glad I didn't... Read more
Published 2 months ago by PlayaX

1.0 out of 5 stars One of the worst films ever
This film is awful, truly awful. Not a single funny moment in it. Massive disapointment, so much hype, so little results. Avoid at all costs.
Published 8 months ago by Dezza

3.0 out of 5 stars Enter the Dragon + Dragon
It's Enter the Dragon + Dragon the Bruce Lee Story done with ping pong.
It's OK, plenty of in jokes to those who know the sorce material. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Chris Morse

1.0 out of 5 stars don't waste your time!!
Don't waste 2 hours of your life that you can never reclaim on this film. There are no funny moments from start to finish. A major disappointment as a fan of Christopher Walken.
Published 18 months ago by Ms. A. M. Austin

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