Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Mild
- irreverent
- surreal
- sardonic
- cult movie night
- comedy night
What critics said
Critics broadly found that the film stretches a short sketch's worth of jokes into an overextended feature.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Steve Oedekerk digitally splices himself and other new material into a 1970s kung-fu film.
The story turns revenge training, invulnerability, mystical powers, and kung-fu villains into comic material.
The Chosen One encounters absurd figures including a cow trained in martial arts and the bizarre Master Pain.
The Chosen One sets out to avenge his murdered parents, adapting a classic martial arts motivation into spoof form.
Films like Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, and why
The Foot Fist Way
shares martial arts parody, deliberately ridiculous humor, and exaggerated genre conventions
The Naked Gun
shares broad genre spoofing, physical comedy, and intentionally lowbrow comic energy
Kung Fu Hustle
shares irreverent parody, heightened action gags, and an ensemble of bizarre comic characters
Movie Details
- Director
- Steve Oedekerk
- Release Date
- 2002-01-25
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (820)
Cast
- Steve Oedekerk
- Lung Fei
- Leo Lee
- Hsieh Ling-ling
- Lau Kar-Wing
- Lin Yan
- Chen Hui-Lou
- Jennifer Tung
- Ming Lo
- Peggy Lu
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Kung Pow: Enter the Fist about?
- A wildly assembled martial-arts spoof sends an absurdly powerful hero through a revenge quest packed with dubbed footage, bizarre villains, and impossible kung-fu gags.
- What is Kung Pow: Enter the Fist like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Kung Pow: Enter the Fist as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Kung Pow: Enter the Fist violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Kung Pow: Enter the Fist as mild.
- What did critics think of Kung Pow: Enter the Fist?
- Critics broadly found that the film stretches a short sketch's worth of jokes into an overextended feature.
- Which films are like Kung Pow: Enter the Fist?
- Films with a similar feel include The Foot Fist Way, The Naked Gun, and Kung Fu Hustle.
- How long is Kung Pow: Enter the Fist?
- Kung Pow: Enter the Fist runs 81 minutes.
- Where can I watch Kung Pow: Enter the Fist?
- In United States, Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home.
