Christopher Walken, Dan Fogler, George Lopez
In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Now, this outrageous new comedy serves up this secret world for the firs...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 18, 2007
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August 2, 2009sometimes funny, some times dull. I expected more out of Christopher Walken. Seemed to me that the real funny people in this movie were the supporting actors.
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November 11, 2008"A huge comedy with tiny balls"
A disgraced former ping pong champion is drawn back into the world of high-stakes table tennis to carry out a top-secret mission in the feature directorial debut of Reno 911! writer/director Ben Garant. Far removed from the rigidly regulate...( read more) -
October 19, 2008A so-so spoof film of many different martial arts films from Karate Kid, Kickboxer and mainly Enter the Dragon. It has it moments, but unless you are a fan of spoof films or martial arts films it pokes fun at you might not like it. Maggie Q does well in her role though.
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November 19, 2009PRETTY FUNNY THROUGHOUT, BUT THE COMEDY COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. THIS IS STILL WORTH WATCHING THOUGH
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November 15, 2009Innocuous, inoffensive "comedy" about a former ping pong whiz kid who grows up to be a pudgy orphan working the Reno casinos with ping pong trickery to pay rent. He gets approached by an FBI agent (George Lopez) to infiltrate a ping pong tournament ("sudden death" takes on a new ...( read more)
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Critic Reviews
September 7, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim
August 30, 2007
Kurt Loder, MTV
Could a movie that mixes table tennis, spies and kung-fu action star anyone else but Christopher Walken? Probably not. full review
August 30, 2007
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
While Balls of Fury is slightly more sophisticated in its comic strategies, 'slightly' remains the operative word. full review
August 29, 2007
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Ultimately, it's a hollow enterprise, all ping and no pong. It doesn't bounce; it splats. full review
August 29, 2007
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
It's schlocky and tasteless but also good-natured and harmless, and the people who come out to see it will get just what they want: 90 minutes of freewheeling, switch-off-your-brain laughs. full review
August 29, 2007
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Don't expect me to explain the rules and purposes of the tournament, if it has any. I was preoccupied with observing the sheer absurdity of everything on the screen... full review
August 29, 2007
Claudia Puig, USA Today
The gags are either obvious, lame, ineptly timed or repeated so many times as to render them devoid of humor. full review
August 29, 2007
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Balls of Fury is raunchier and somewhat more imaginative than Hot Rod, and it will be must viewing for Christopher Walken completists.
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February 22, 2008last week i bought lot of movies to watch but this one i didn't watch bec i thought by name and poster i thought it must be boring movie but in the end when i watched it i couldn't imagine it was so funny movie i laughed a lot. watch it you will enjoy if you like comedy movies.
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January 11, 2008I knew this was going to be a bad film that I didn't want to see, but I was forced into watching it. I have to tell you I was shocked that the beginning of the film was good and made you laugh. I thought It would keep going that way. I was wrong.. Up to the point where you get to Christopher Walken's character it all goes DOWN HILL. They should have not had him in the film because he just didn't fit at all well with the other cast. So if you watch this the first half is good and the middle and last parts of the movie are beyond boring. Dan Fogler who plays the main character boy and George Lopez are the best thing about this movie to watch.. oh yea and that girl from "Reno 911" on Comedy Central whom I adore has a small role too. 1 1/2 star
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September 8, 2007This is good... mostly because Hero Nakamura is in it from heeeerrrooooess!!!!!
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September 2, 2007I'll love to see it
my friend told me that movie is hot
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September 2, 2007
BALLS OF FURY IS SOOOOOOOOOO AWESOME! especially cuz my friend Lana is in it. :)
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September 1, 2007this movie is worth your money, so don waist any more time, go to the theatre and see it now.
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