Rimasto orfano quando era ancora un bambino innocente, il Prescelto, un esperto di arti marziali, giura di vendicare la morte dei suoi genitori e di vendicarsi di Master Pain, alias Betty, l... Leggi tuttoRimasto orfano quando era ancora un bambino innocente, il Prescelto, un esperto di arti marziali, giura di vendicare la morte dei suoi genitori e di vendicarsi di Master Pain, alias Betty, lo spietato cattivo che gli ha fatto un torto.Rimasto orfano quando era ancora un bambino innocente, il Prescelto, un esperto di arti marziali, giura di vendicare la morte dei suoi genitori e di vendicarsi di Master Pain, alias Betty, lo spietato cattivo che gli ha fatto un torto.
- Regia
- Sceneggiatura
- Star
- Premi
- 1 vittoria e 1 candidatura in totale
- Master Pain (Betty)
- (filmato d'archivio)
- (as Lung Fai)
- Ling
- (filmato d'archivio)
- (as Tse Ling Ling)
- Dying Ling
- (as Yan Lin)
- Wimp Lo
- (filmato d'archivio)
- (as Lau Kar Wing)
- Master Tang
- (filmato d'archivio)
- (as Chen Hui Lou)
- Master Doe
- (filmato d'archivio)
- (as Ma Chi)
- Tonguey
- (solo nei titoli)
- Henchman #2
- (as Joon B. Kim)
Recensioni in evidenza
It is a "Savage Killers" (the original) spoof!
Steve Oedekerk is like if Tom Cruise and Paul McCartney morphed into one.
Goofy, no, it's beyond Goofy. There needs to be a word for how ridiculous this movie is all throughout. The martial arts film is a edit of archive footage that they got the rights too, dubbed everyone of the voices to complete hilarity.
Written, Directed and Stared by Steve Oedekerk. You probably don't recognize his name so I'll list some of his credentials you might know of. Bruce/Evan Almighty, Nutty Professor I and II, Patch Adams, and Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls.
I don't laugh easy, and I particularly don't laugh at stupid humor. For instance I don't for the life of me understand the draw of Pewdiepie. Normally I laugh at comedians like Kevin Hart and Lewis C.K. but this movie made me laugh. If it can do that to me then it'll probably bust some guts for others.
There are some cultural references in the movie that you'd have to lived through the late 90s and early 2000s to understand. There's a matrix reference, one of the thousands out there with the bullet time bending of the main characters back to avoid the bullets. In this case it's a martial arts cow shooting milk at him. Nuff said.
"WEE-OOH WEE-OOH WEE-OOH!" - Ling One of the best catch phrases in comedy. I'm probably going to appear as some sort of sociopath (more than normal) saying that at random moments because it's stuck in my head. Good luck getting that ear worm out.
Verdict: Cult Classic. Definite watch. It's free on HBO, at the moment, if you got it.
Kung Pow is absolutely, 100% absurdity and it uses this to its fullest extent.
The plot, if that's what you'd call it, is a mocking of just about every martial arts classic which has a 'wrong fella decides to wreak revenge on the nasty sorts who ruined his life' style story.
Steve Oedekerk is 'The Chosen One' whose mission it is to get revenge on the bad folk in as amusing a way as he possibly can. Master Pain is his nemesis and the bad man directly responsible for the unspeakable acts against his family.
The rest of the movie is purposefully disjointed and has no continuity half the time, but a masterclass in editing is not the point of this exercise. This is simply ridiculous fun, and assuming you switch off your brain completely and wreck any remaining braincells, you will be quite entertained.
As for how funny it is, well, that's quite subjective. Many of the gags are clearly forced and milked (No pun intended (You'll understand that one if you see it)) for all they're worth. However, many *do* work and provide belly laughs. Sure, you'll not have tears rolling down your cheeks but if you're willing to stoop to the dumb level the movie demands of you, you *will* be at least amused.
One thing the movie makes particularly good use of is special effects, with some more than decent CG animation complimenting a number of scenes. Aside from this, the technical merits of the movie are pretty decent, in that the interpolation of old footage and new footage is actually rather seamless and you'll not spot it a lot of the time, except where you're supposed to.
As The Chosen One, Oedekerk seems to have a great time. It's a daft movie, so he indulges in stupidity as a matter of cause, and it works reasonably well. It's always easier to enjoy a film if it appears the actors are enjoying making it.
Overall, leave your brain at the door and do not expect high brow laughs or Jackie Chan style action and you'll probably get something out of this.
There are so many things that seem like mistakes, but are done *on purpose* by Oedekirk. If it looks like a mistake, it's probably a joke. After all, it is a spoof type movie.
Lo sapevi?
- QuizSteve Oedekerk dubbed every actor except Jennifer Tung, who dubbed herself.
- BlooperWhen the Chosen One talks to his friends while they're wounded in the field, he has a tattoo saying "Mouth" with an arrow on his right cheek. The tattoo is given to him by an old man in a deleted torture scene, and can't be seen in any other scenes in the film.
- Citazioni
Master Tang: Pay no attention to Wimp Lo, we purposely trained him wrong... as a joke.
- Curiosità sui creditiOuttakes from the film (some real, some faked) play through the first couple minutes of the credits.
- Versioni alternativeUses footage from Bruce Lee la tigre indomabile (1976) with actors digitally inserted into original scenes, and new dialogue overdubbed.
- ConnessioniEdited from Bruce Lee la tigre indomabile (1976)
- Colonne sonoreFrom Rusholme with Love
Contains elements of "Acka Raga" from the Album "Indo-Jazz Fusions"
Written by Neil Claxton, Chris Baker and John Mayer
Performed by Mint Royale
Courtesy of Faith and Hope Records/MCA Records
John Mayer appears courtesy of Universal Classics and Jazz
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Dettagli
- Data di uscita
- Paese di origine
- Lingua
- Celebre anche come
- Kung Pow: El Maestro De La Kung Fusión
- Luoghi delle riprese
- Aziende produttrici
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Botteghino
- Budget
- 10.000.000 USD (previsto)
- Lordo Stati Uniti e Canada
- 16.037.962 USD
- Fine settimana di apertura Stati Uniti e Canada
- 7.017.474 USD
- 27 gen 2002
- Lordo in tutto il mondo
- 16.994.625 USD
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 21 minuti
- Colore
- Mix di suoni
- Proporzioni
- 2.35 : 1