Kung Pow! Enter the Fist

Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002)

  • 11% of critics liked it
    (53 reviews)

  • 63% of users liked it
    (77,925 ratings)

Writer, director, and star Steve Oedekerk lampoons the martial arts genre with this action spoof that digitally mixes new scenes with poorly dubbed footage from the vintage 1976 film Savage Killers. Oedekerk stars as "the Chosen One," a kung-fu prodigy even from the womb, who grows up to… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Steve Oedekerk
Genres
Action & Adventure, Comedy
In Theaters
Jan 25, 2002 Wide
20th Century Fox

Critic Reviews

  • Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter

    Naturally, much fun is made of the poorly synchronized dialogue inherent in kung fu flicks, but the gag pales with repetition, especially since Billy Crystal and Robin Williams did it better years ago.

  • Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune

    Not since Freddy Got Fingered has a major release been so painful to sit through.

  • Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly

    A processed comedy chop suey.

  • Melanie McFarland, Seattle Times

    Kung Pow is Oedekerk's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick, and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that.

  • Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle

    Full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references, Kung Pow! is the kind of movie that's critic-proof, simply because it aims so low.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jeff "


    Pointless, uninspired and above all awful parody of great martial arts films, Kung Pow is a film that is poorly conceived and has an awful, sloppy script to work with. I laughed maybe once during the entire length of the film, and once I was finished it, I realized that this was one… More

  • Chris W


    Really silly and kind of dumb, but the filmmaker's hearts were in the right place. It's just too bad that theiir skills are a little weak and evidence of ineptitude is obvious. They're not as bad as Ed Wood, but I think his films are a tad more entertaining. This… More

  • Luke B


    Kung Pow! Enter the Fist is a film you either get, or don't. It's incredibly stupid and simple, but it works. To view the trailer is to watch the worst parts of the movie, parts that should have been cut out. The kung-fu cow and the woman with one breast are really out of… More

  • Arash X


    The only funny moment was that "so cute" scene in the begining

  • Universal D


    please don't tell anyone i watched this...please.

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