Kung Pow: Enter the Fist 2002

Critics score:
11 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Tom Maurstad, Dallas Morning News: As an entertainment destination for the general public, Kung Pow sets a new benchmark for lameness. Read more

Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune: Not since Freddy Got Fingered has a major release been so painful to sit through. Read more

Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times: To imagine the life of Harry Potter as a martial arts adventure told by a lobotomized Woody Allen is to have some idea of the fate that lies in store for moviegoers lured to the mediocrity that is Kung Pow: Enter the Fist. Read more

Melanie McFarland, Seattle Times: Kung Pow is Oedekerk's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick, and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that. Read more

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Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: Hopelessly inane, humorless and under-inspired. Read more

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Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: A processed comedy chop suey. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: This is amusing for about three minutes. Read more

Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle: Full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references, Kung Pow! is the kind of movie that's critic-proof, simply because it aims so low. Read more

Eddie Cockrell, Variety: Read more