 | MOVIE #1,102 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 08.10.23 Written by The State’s Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant (and directed by the latter), the sixth film in my alphabetical run-through of the entire James Hong filmography was a pleasant surprise. A welcome palette cleanser after experiencing 33% of Vin Diesel’s Strays for sure. This came out at the height of the wacky, over-the-top comedy revival of the 00s and I remember being wholly uninterested at the time, unaware of its connection to The State. Even its more cringey elements (Christopher Walken doing full-on Asian Face and some stilted homophobic bits) work given the sensibilities of that elite comic crew. |
It also features an A+ cast in both lead (Walken, George Lopez, etc.) and supporting roles (Hong, Robert Patrick, Aisha Tyler, Thomas Lennon, Diedrich Bader, Terry Crews, Patton Oswalt, David Koechner, etc.). Sure, it’s dumber than fuck, but the performances are solid and the action moves at a nice pace. If you like The State or Reno 911, chances are you’ll like this too.
And while Walken as the lead villain made up to look like a freakish Asian crime boss is culturally insensitive, this is still an insane and, dare I say, underrated entry in his esteemed career...
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Balls of Fury is a 2007 American sports comedy film directed by Robert Ben Garant, who also wrote the screenplay with Thomas Lennon, who also co-starred and produced with Roger Birnbaum, Gary Barber and Jonathan Glickman. The film stars Dan Fogler, with a supporting cast of George Lopez, Christopher Walken, Maggie Q, Terry Crews, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, James Hong and Jason Scott Lee. The film was released in the United States on August 29, 2007. Balls of Fury was Fogler's first lead role. It was released on August 29, 2007.
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