styxfan29747 Sit down in front of a mirror. Look at what you see. Take a few minutes. When the time feels right, ask yourself this: "am I a F*CKING IDIOT?" If you answered no and rated Balls of Fury less than eight of of ten stars on IMDb you have my permission to stop reading and close your laptop on your face repeatedly. Did that feel good? No? Now you know exactly how I feel when I see a mixed or negative review for Balls of Fury. "It's too mediocre!" "It's only intermittently funny!" "It has the shelf life of open Zoodles!"These are fun criticisms reserved for smaller children and those who sign legal documents with Crayola Window Writers. Only those who are of sound mind and have at least enough mental dexterity to succeed at the exercise "pour the juice in the cup" are capable of giving this movie an unwavering assessment. This is art. You may not like it, but this is how film works. Everyone commits to their role and makes themselves a cog in the machine that is Balls of Fury, from Walken's Feng to most of the other Asians. You have difficulty pointing supporting roles above the main cast due to the strength and impetus of each performer. Of course, this goes unnoticed. Was Kiralee Hayashi's spellbinding portrayal of Hot Asian Servant Girl worthy of a Best Actress winner? You bet your yogurt-swaddling suck pipe it went to Helen Mirren as Queen Elizabeth! Blasphemy.Have you ever laughed in your life? Not like you have when saw Steve Little as Crazed German Fan. Jokes with payoff? Civilian. Let the grown-ups talk. Can you think of one humorous Double Entendre based around ping pong balls? Too late, this movie came up with ten before the first eight minutes of run-time. Unreal. Is that Christopher Walken as most of an Asian? Outlandish. Name me one movie this decade, one show, one late-night personality that can come up with this. Awfully quiet now, aren't you?You can have your Godfathers, your Doctor Strangeloves, your Citizen Kanes. You have nothing. Balls of Fury is not a movie for you. A diamond disguised as a Friday-night burner to deter the weak-minded. If you cannot appreciate this film, perhaps film does not appreciate you.

schuster_mark I can't believe this title has a rating of 5.3. Is it the best movie you'll ever watch? Probably not. Is it a really, really funny movie that rivals ANYTHING funny out of Hollywood in the last 10 years? Yes!!!This movie is hysterical. What fantastic lines Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant wrote. I like this movie so much I bought it. I've watched this movie at least 7 times. It always delivers. I'm not going to give you the usual summary. You can read that above. What I will tell you is, if you like smart, intelligent comedy - with a little fun slapstick throw in, you'll love this movie. Dan Fogler is not one of the top 10 paid comedic actors in Hollywood, but you would never know it by his performance in this movie. He delivers more than any top comedy actor I've seen in the last five years. George Lopez is hilarious and gives one if his best performances ever. Maggie Q is phenomenal, funny AND gorgeous. Thomas Lennon, however, steals the show as German Karl Wolfschtagg. The performance he gives here is easily in my top-10 comedic performances of all-time. Yes, that good. The man is funny!Please ignore the rating on this movie. IMDb is usually pretty accurate, but I've found every once in awhile a gem falls under the radar. This movie is one of them. Is it for everyone? Maybe not. But if you like your comedy raw and in your face - you'll love this. If you like DEF LEPPARD, you'll love this!

jljacobi Humor is subjective, but to me this movie is both fun and funny. Not to mention a great tribute/parody on the karate flicks, primarily Enter the Dragon, that it mimics. I often use it to lighten a bad mood.I think part of the reason it's rated so low is that a lot of viewers may not be familiar with the old-school martial arts films and not get the premise, and/or the references. If you don't, I can imagine a lot of the humor whizzing right past you.Let's put it another way. If you don't think the idea of a ping-pong underworld and ping-pong death matches is funny, you may not like the movie. If you do, watch. I think Dan Fogler is brilliant, as are nearly all the bit players.It's over the top, but in a friendly sort of fashion. Don't dismiss it because of the low rating.

djkevin-77 This movie is smart and funny....it's difficult to do both. Walken steals every scene he is in....the story line moves along at a great pace, and it's just plain "laugh out loud" funny. If you don't find it funny, go watch Dumb and Dumber....maybe that's more your speed. Dan Fogler was the perfect choice for Randy Daytona (makes one say "Jack Black who?") James Hong plays Daytona's blind ping pong master Wong and has some great lines...because of his blindness, he's constantly left in the dark (ba dumb bum) and remarks "what's going on? What's going on?" It's absurd, but it's hilarious. One of my favorite moments involves Walken (of course) giving Daytona his email address so they can stay in contact later..."Well, poop. Randy, I was serious about my offer, okay? And e-mail me when you make up your mind. I'm [email protected]. 'Pradafan' is all one word."