Balls Of Fury Reviews

[Highly rated reviewer]

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 films of 2007.

Don't waste a DVD rental on the disk, you've been warned.

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.

u wanna know bad movie then watch meet the spartans.

[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 mixed with old-skool Martial Arts flicks. With a plot about an underground ping-pong tournement run by an evil scheming warlord, and the FBI recruiting a failed ping pong champ to get them inside his lair, the sillyness of the scenario is evident. The film is played to the obvious puns, and only one or two moments seem fresh and original - but it doesn't really matter as for every duff gag there is an amusing one to compensate. Walken hams up the scenes he is in, even if he doesn;t make an entrance until half way through, and Maggie Q offers some amusement. With sly gags at the expense of films such as Karate Kid (particularly in the training sequences) this is a film that those who remember the 80s will find enough to please them - but only if they keep expectations low and accept that this isn't a big blockbuster film. The running time is tight enough to ensure the film doesn't overstay its welcome and, much like Run Fatboy Run, it shows that you can churn out an average comedy which has been done before and still make it decent enough so that the audience don't feel cheated at the end. To sum up, if you saw the trailer and thought it looked rubbish, then perhaps you should avoid the end result. If the trailer tickled your funny bone, then give it a shot - it delivers exactly what it promised.

[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, with completely over the top (in an enjoyable way) hammed up performances and Dodgeball / Blades of Glory type goofy jokes and sketches that bring back memories of old Police Academy etc U.S. comedies with a bit of Tucker and Chan thrown in. All in all not the worst time Ive ever spent in the movies, and definately worth a watch.

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Boring

This is a poor attempt at a funny movie, very boring

[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 (Christopher Walken....have you lost the plot!!!!!!!!)

seriously, DO NOT waste a rental slot on this tripe

[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 death ping-pong but fails miserably. Christopher Walken is usually a good omen but seems to have taken the same path as Robert De Niro in accepting dross for cash.

At times it seemed to forget it was a spoof and got semi-serious which was cringeworthy. At other times the jokes were simply lame and I actually found myself tutting at some points. It would be patronising to young people to say the humour was immature. It was just unfunny.

The wife asked me to turn it off but I carried on once she'd fallen asleep - I wanted to see the final tournament to see if the film would get any better. It didn't. I turned it off with a few minutes left.

There are simply too many spoofs around, especially when they are as crap as this.

Avoid.

[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 film is called Balls of Fury, and it does exactly what it says on the tin. It is filled to the brim with cheap laughs and some really memorable comic moments. Ok, its no match for the likes of Super Bad, but it is easily as good as Dodge Balls or Blades of Fury.

So, definately rent this if you feel like having a good laugh!

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 actor is a failed Jack Black wannabe.

I was actually quite angry, having wasted 86 minutes of my live watching this.

[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 is not much you can do with such a sport.

2 star's because there were two really funny parts where i did laugh out loud, but the rest was bland, unfunny, pointless and predictable. follows a really familar plot, but without the polished edges.

The main character had no time to make any sort of belivible realtionship with anyone else, and i keep thinking.... it's ping-pong!

not one for me

mookstar*