Balls of Fury

2007 "A huge comedy with tiny balls."
5.4| 1h30m| PG-13| en| More Info
Released: 29 August 2007 Released
Producted By: Rogue Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
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Randy Daytona was a child ping pong prodigy who lost his chance at Olympic gold when his father is murdered by the mysterious Feng over a gambling debt. 15yrs later he's down on his luck and scraping a living doing seedy back room shows in Vegas; when the FBI turn up and ask for his help to take down Feng... who just happens to love Ping Pong.

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George Taylor I gave this a 4 because it could and should have been way funnier. Basically a Kung Fu pastiche, but with Ping Pong in place of Kung Fu, some of the jokes and situations are very funny and some are not. Worth seeing once.
TownRootGuy This show is just a little bit silly. If silly is not your thing, then this is not your thing. Unless your thing is that you have a thing for Maggie Q, then this IS your thing. This movie has ... almost nothing except mind-blowing eye candy, an outstanding cast AND a flurry of fast flying funny. This is meant to be a spoof. This is meant to be silly. They deliver exactly what you should expect PLUS Maggie Q in some very titillating outfits! If you watch this in spite of the title and you don't like it, that's on you. WTF were you expecting, Hamlet? The only ding I give this show is for having yet another Walken impersonator - and he's not even very good... I can watch this every 2 - 3 years.
SnoopyStyle Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) used to be a ping pong prodigy. Nineteen years earlier, he lost a big match and his father was killed by the triads for losing his bet. Today, he's a dining theater act. FBI Agent Rodriguez (George Lopez) recruits him to track down arch-criminal Feng (Christopher Walken) who is hosting an underground ping pong tournament. After initial rust, Rodriguez directs him to Wong (James Hong) and his niece Maggie (Maggie Q) for training. He is given the golden paddle as an invite to the secret tournament in Central America.This is extremely stupid. It's a little funny. It's not mean-spirited. Dan Fogler is a nice lead but not necessarily a top one. The comedy doesn't always hit. This is better than most but not really that great.
Jackson Booth-Millard There are probably those that say that a little feature of the sport of table tennis, like in Forrest Gump, is as far as it will go, it's not exactly a game of football or golf, but it happened! Basically Randy Daytona used to be a champion Ping Pong pro when the game was made an official sport in 1988, but then his father is killed and he stops playing. Now grown up, Randy (Dan Fogler) can only make money doing hardly watched magic tricks involving his skill, but they may have some better use when he is met by FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez (George Lopez). He is recruiting Randy for a secret mission to get close to Most Wanted fiend Feng (Christopher Walken), who is also responsible for the death of Randy's father. To get a bit more professional practise before seeing the villain, Randy gets some guidance from blind but wise Ping Pong expert Master Wong (James Hong), and is trained by his feisty daughter Maggie (Die Hard 4.0's Maggie Q). Eventually, Randy is ready to face Feng, entering his mysterious jungle compound and the most unique Ping Pong tournaments, facing fierce players, like old opponent Karl Wolfschtagg (Thomas Lennon). I admit that I dozed off about half-way through, and I woke up pretty much at the conclusion, where Feng is defeated in a final game of Ping Pong on an unstable rope bridge, and that's about it. Also starring Norbit's Terry Crews as Freddy, Robert Patrick as Sgt. Pete Daytona and Jason Scott Lee as Siu-Foo. Walken is an alright camp villain, if a little ridiculous, the Enter the Dragon inspired stuff is silly, and just the whole idea of basing a film around Ping Pong does seem very slippery, so it's a sports comedy flop for me. Adequate!