
In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Down-and-out former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona is sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and recapture his former glory, and to smoke out his father's killer - one of the FBI's Most Wanted, arch-fiend Feng. But, after two decades out of the game, Randy... (Full plot summary below)
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In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Down-and-out former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona is sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and recapture his former glory, and to smoke out his father's killer - one of the FBI's Most Wanted, arch-fiend Feng. But, after two decades out of the game, Randy can't turn his life around and avenge his father's murder without a team of his own. He calls upon the spiritual guidance of blind Ping-Pong sage and restaurateur Wong, and the training expertise of Master Wong's wildly sexy niece Maggie, both of whom also have a dark history with Feng. All roads lead to Feng's mysterious jungle compound and the most unique Ping-Pong tournaments ever staged. There, Randy faces such formidable players as his long-ago Olympics opponent, the still-vicious Karl Wolfschtagg. Can Randy keep his eye on the ball? Will he achieve the redemption he craves while wielding a paddle? Is his backhand strong enough to triumph over rampant wickedness?
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| Bangor Daily News (Maine)Christopher SmithIn spite of what's its title suggests, "Balls of Fury" isn't a sex comedy. The balls of fury here are ping-pong balls, and they disappoint. |
| AALBC.comKam WilliamsA breakout role for Dan Fogler, who comes across as a combination of Johns Belushi and Candy, exhibiting the former's unbounded enthusiasm, and the latter's ever-endearing charm. Just remember to check your brain at the box-office. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian OrndorfA loose string of emaciated ideas that probably cracked up the writer's room, but on the screen it looks sloppy and unrehearsed. |
| E! OnlineAlex MarkersonThis Ping-Pong-themed spoof of low-budget spy thrillers and martial-arts punchfests gets a few wicked shots in...but too often finds itself without a paddle. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekThis awful slapstick martial-arts tournament send-up is all bad ideas and worse execution. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyA juvenile comedy aiming for dumb, obvious humor, Balls of Fury fails horribly as lame spoof of sports films and martial-arts flicks, drifting along with low energy and uninspired shtick. |
| Detroit NewsTom LongBalls of Fury is a stupid movie that's not quite stupid enough, or at least not quite funny enough. |
| Film Journal InternationalFrank LoveceThere are...maybe 13 seconds of laughs in the movie. But, to be honest, they're good laughs. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerAndy SpletzerThe reason Balls of Fury works as well as it does, aside from its low aspirations, is because of the charm of Fogler in the lead. Like Jack Black, but not as sarcastic, he brings a winning enthusiasm to the role. |
| Christian Science MonitorM. K. TerrellIt's an alternately hilarious and lame movie, but fairly inoffensive if one overlooks some breaches of political correctness and heavy reliance on shots to the groin. |