cbgiant This pile of diseased, hairy, rat crap should never be compared to Kung Pow. Kung Pow, at least had some originality with its delivery. Reminiscent of MST3K, the characters of Kung Pow make fun of themselves with snappy remarks - the film (Tiger and Crane Fist) ends up acknowledging itself as being awful. Quite creative compared to Kung Phooey, which is only awful. Empty of plot or sub-plots (plot can have an affect despite that some people discard its importance), the acting was sub-par, and attempted jokes fell flat on their already flattened faces. Just Simply Not Funny. Kung Phooey might as well be less than diseased, hairy, rat crap - its offensive to it. Humor is a matter of taste, but is this movie really worth it? Do yourself a favor - save your time, money, and sanity by not seeing this barfed up excuse for a movie.

Soluchan Seriously, this movie was great. It is a low budget film, and that into consideration should be taken into account. I laughed my as off! The acting, directing, and writing were good. I hope he makes more films! The sound editing was great also. The director/writer, cast, and crew made this film great! And no, I do not know any of them, but I would like to me them!My friend just did a low budget movie (really low, and it isn't a zombie movie...even though it was made in Florida). It is called Mandatory Overtime. It has some good writing, but the sound quality and acting were kind of bad (sorry Brad, I liked it but just being honest...not that you will ever read this). But the point is the movie made laugh. Anyway, check out http://www.mandatoryovertimethemovie.comIf you are interested!But back to this movie...Tons of laughs and clever writing!! Thank you!

elaine-55 This film was very funny and entertaining! I saw both Kung Pow and Kung Phooey and there were no similarities at all. Kung Phooey has funny one-liners, action and visual laughs. The story is goofy, but well written. Definitely a movie I would see again (there was so much laughter in the theater, it was hard to catch all the jokes). There's more to this film than a crazy comedy, there's an underlying message about Asian stereotypes. For an independent film, the fight scenes, costumes and locations were exceptional. I also hope to see more of Darryl Fong's work in the future.

kbyerly Despite the title, Kung Phooey! is really not so much a spoof targeting kung-fu movies as it is a spoof on cultural stereotypes of Asian Americans, particularly Asian-American males. It does take shots at the kung-fu film genre, but it is limited by its budget, and the action scenes, while well-executed considering the limitations, are few and far between. While Kung Phooey! hits a few of the obvious bases in its parodies of martial-arts films, it mostly spoofs them in ways that purposefully examine how they inform popular conceptions of Asians. While the film seeks to hide its social satire within its media/pop culture parodies, its social satire is far too unsubtle to stay below the surface. That's not necessarily a bad thing, since spoofs like this aren't about subtlety anyway, and this cultural perspective is the strongest thing Kung Phooey! has going for it. Besides, it's nice to see a film that has a message of ethnic pride but doesn't use it as an excuse to get overly serious and self-important--and parody is the perfect genre for achieving this. The message is made quite clear, but it never hits you over the head in that obnoxious, self-righteous kind of way.As a kung-fu spoof, the film is a bit lacking, but taken as a satirical response to media portrayals of Asian Americans, it's much stronger. Some jokes play better than others, but overall, it's a satisfying ride--especially for Asian-American audiences who have been thinking these things for a long time, and can now see them acknowledged on screen.