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Bokeem Woodbine, James Lew, Lisa Arturo

Shot in a mockumentary style, 18 FINGERS OF DEATH is a spoof kung fu movie with a wickedly funny sense of humor. As director Buford Lee tries to get his kung fu movie into production, he encounters a ...( read more  read more... )few thinly veiled caricatures of actual celebrities, and tries to finally get himself out of the B-Movie rut that he finds himself in.

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Directed by: James Lew

Release Date: April 11, 2006

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  • flditems1
    August 25, 2006
    flditems1
    since I cant rate this a 0 * movie, I was forced to give it 1/2.
    WORST WORST WORST movie I have ever seen. Five of us in a room, all with varying movie tastes all decided after 20-25 minutes of it, it wasnt worth finishing.
  • karenshaub
    October 29, 2009
    karenshaub
    Pity poor Buford Lee, and pity poor James Lew (who portrays him in this flick), for this film is actually a comedic autobiography. It's a no-holds-barred look at what 30 years of doing everything from modeling kung fu outfits and demonstrating equipment in martial arts magazines ...( read more)to catch-me-if-you-can cameos on tv's KUNG FU to being killed and/or having his butt kicked by stars including the likes of Kurt Russell, Mel Gibson, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Seagal, Norris, Van Damme, Brad Pitt, Tom Cruise, Charlie Sheen, Brandon Lee, and even Sarah Michelle Gellar for God's sake can do to a guy who just wants to be a kung fu movie star. And even when he gets his own feature films he isn't even pictured on the front cover! Talk about lack of respect? Rodney Dangerfield was deified compared to this guy. This is not a parody of the life of Jackie Chan as has been suggested elsewhere, this is a satire of Lew's own life as he approaches his mid-forties and realizes that it ain't gonna get any better than this. He is never gonna be a big movie star--but that's okay. Like Buford he remains indefatigable and cheerfully optimistic in the face of reality.
  • Thegusmeister
    March 31, 2009
    Thegusmeister
    anything with pat morita in it is worth watching long live pat
  • katangel13
    April 17, 2008
    katangel13
    Not as funny as the trailer made it seem, but then again I think it was just the set-up or the directing. IT did have funny moments but then again it had just plain moments.
  • jaylyn1010
    August 3, 2007
    jaylyn1010
    it was Fricken funny i have da movie
  • paullenkic
    March 14, 2007
    paullenkic
    A funny concept with some funny scenes, but not quite enough to keep one laughing throughout.
  • snobiwan
    January 29, 2007
    snobiwan
    Pat Morita's in it! As a mockumentary, it stands right up there with Waiting for Guffman. If you like kung fu movies, watch this and relax.
  • woulduaskpicasso2sellhisguitar
    January 27, 2007
    woulduaskpicasso2sellhisguitar
    Never heard of it, not interested
  • drazzleberry
    January 8, 2007
    drazzleberry
    makes you die a little inside.

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