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Balls Of Fury Reviews

2007 Certificate 12
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Dan Fogler stars as table tennis child prodigy and Def Leppard-devotee Randy Daytona, whose defeat at the hands of an East German (Thomas Lennon) during the 1988 Olympics forced him leave the world of table tennis competition in disgrace. Randy's life is a shambles until he gets recruited by a CIA agent (Barry Lopez) to .. Read more

Starring Christopher Walken, George Lopez, Georges Lopez, Maggie Q
Director Robert Ben Garant
Genres Action/Adventure, Comedy

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  • Critics' reviews (2) of Balls Of Fury

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  • 1 stars out of

    Making dumb comedies is harder than it looks: for every Dodgeball there are dozens of excruciating failures. This... read more on Time Out

    • Nigel Floyd, 
    • Time Out
  • Enter The Dragon meets Shaolin Soccer meets Dodgeball

    • Total Film
  • Most helpful members' reviews (3) of Balls Of Fury

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  • 37 out of 40 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    Balls of Dung

    I saw this film on DVD last month.

    Correction I saw 30 mins of this film before I ejected the disk and broke it in two.

    One of the worst ... more

      • M from UK
  • 21 out of 21 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Balls of Fury

    the balls of dung dude dont know wht he is talking about.

    it does wht it was made to do. was a brilliantly funy movie.

    love it.
    more

      • A customer from Glasgow
  • 17 out of 17 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Serves up a few decent shots.

    Obviously trying to jump into the comic shoes of films such as Dodgeball and Shaolin Soccer, Balls of Fury is an enjoyable enough pastiche of sporting films ... more

    • Meako
      • Meako from Sheffield
  • Most recent members' reviews (2) of Balls Of Fury

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    balls of nutting

    I didnt even finish watching this movie kept falling asleep everytime i tried...so sorry cant realy contribute much to its review....rubbish

      • A customer from Birmingham
  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    dreadful

    truly appaling, i don't remember laughing even once. Considered turning the film off but i thought it would improve, sadly i was wrong...

      • A customer from York
  • 37 out of 40 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    Balls of Dung

    I saw this film on DVD last month.

    Correction I saw 30 mins of this film before I ejected the disk and broke it in two.

    One of the worst ... more

      • M from UK
  • 21 out of 21 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Balls of Fury

    the balls of dung dude dont know wht he is talking about.

    it does wht it was made to do. was a brilliantly funy movie.

    love it.
    more

      • A customer from Glasgow
  • 17 out of 17 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Serves up a few decent shots.

    Obviously trying to jump into the comic shoes of films such as Dodgeball and Shaolin Soccer, Balls of Fury is an enjoyable enough pastiche of sporting films ... more

    • Meako
      • Meako from Sheffield
  • 8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 3 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Fiery balls of fun...

    I cant possibly better the excellent review by Meako on these pages which was entirely spot on. I found this a thoroughly enjoyable hour and a half that flew by... more

  • 8 out of 8 people found this review helpful

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    Rated - 1 star

    Boring

      • A customer from waterlooville
  • 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    rubbish

    Easily the worst film i've seen this year....avoid like the plague, even Jack Black wouldnt have been stupid enough to have taken this role....utter rubbish... more

    • GavinJones
      • GavinJones from Stourbridge
  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Utter crap

    I wanted to enjoy this as I LOVE dodgeball but this is extremely poor. It tries to fuse Karate Kid, Enter the Dragon and Bloodsport into a spoof about sudden ... more

  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Very funny!

    Come on now, what do you expect from a title like this?

    An epic timeless classic? A moving drama that will change your life forever?

    The ... more

      • Fade from Stockport
  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 0 stars

    Pathetic

    Do not bother renting this.

    I was expecting an easy-going, thought-free comedy. I barely managed to raise even a smile once.

    The lead ... more

      • A customer from Southampton
  • 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 2 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    Lame

    you are really scrapping the barrel when you produce a comedy about ping-pong.

    I thought it might be funny like 'Blades of Glory' but there ... more

      • mookstar from Ipswich
  • Critics' reviews (2)

  • 1 stars out of

    Making dumb comedies is harder than it looks: for every Dodgeball there are dozens of excruciating failures. This... read more on Time Out

    • Nigel Floyd, 
    • Time Out
  • Enter The Dragon meets Shaolin Soccer meets Dodgeball

    • Total Film
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