Kung Phooey!

2003 "All the action, twice the laughs... no M.S.G."

Kung Phooey!

5.1 | 1h27m | PG-13 | en | Action

The plot follows Art Chew's (a pun of the sound one makes when sneezing) quest to retrieve the ancient peach. The movie starts with Art Chew traveling to America, as well as showing Art's training at the Shur-li temple (a play on words with the child actor Shirley Temple), showing many kung-fu clichés such as grabbing the pebble from the masters hand (which Art succeeds without effort), fighting on trees in this case small potted palms and "listing" for elements (Earth, Wind and Fire play a funky tune). After the montage is shown Art meets up with his cousin Wayman (A parody on the way Chinese pronounce r as w) a Chinese adult who tries to act American so he isn't embarrassed by stereotypes and foster cousin Roy Lee, an African American who sincerely believes he is a reincarnation of Bruce Lee.

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5.1 | 1h27m | PG-13 | en | Action , Comedy | More Info

Released: March. 11,2003 | Released Producted By: Outpost Studios , Kung Phooey Productions LLC Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: http://www.kungphooey.com/

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Cast

Michael Chow Man-Kin , Colman Domingo , Ralph Peduto

Director

Phillip Wong

Producted By

Outpost Studios , Kung Phooey Productions LLC

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Cast

Michael Chow Man-Kin

as Art Chew

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Colman Domingo

as Roy Lee

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Ralph Peduto

as Ralph

The Forger

Reviews

phrixion This film goes consistently along with Scarie Movie 2 and 3, Better Off Dead, One Crazy Summer, Weird Science, Ferris Bullers Day Off, Kung Pow, Harold and Kumar, Half Baked, Big Trouble in Little China and I can go on and on. The movie presents comedy on a lot of different levels and is highly entertaining in my opinion if you like cheesy indie comedies. The film incorporates satire of traditional Chinese film and cultural stigmas in kung fu style showing the great sense of humor these comedians and writers have.Thie movie is great for kids and family too, it had me laughing and repeating lines from the movie for weeks.

laidbackpat This is a very enjoyable movie that may not be very deep but definitely achieves getting a few laughs. The jokes are continuous and many do hit the right chord. It's fast paced, silly, and quirky and ends up making a very entertaining spoof. It goes against many stereotypes by spoofing everything. I was watching it with my family and they all enjoyed it. It is a fine movie for kids (despite the ridiculous R rating) and it is also fun for adults.Bottom line: If you like light-hearted slapstick spoofs - give Kung Phooey a try. *** out of ****

Memob I saw this at the SF Asian American Film Festival. The first show completely sold out so there was a second showing too. In both cases, the theaters were PACKED!! Not a single empty seat either. The humor was sly in the way it took jabs at stereotypes of Asians in the movies.**SPOILER** For example, there was a scene in a chinese restaurant where a group of Midwest tourists had just finished a meal. After they left the owner turns to the rest of the diners and says, "OK, white people gone!" At the point EVERYONE puts down their chopsticks and pick forks and knives!**SPOILER** There was another part where Waymon says to Uncle Wong, "Why do you keep doing that subserviant chinese old man thing!?" Uncle Wong's accent disappears and he calls the script supervisor into the shot and says, "That's what it says in the script!""Kung Phooey!" hit the mark much better than the god awful "Kung Pow." The fact that "Kung Phooey!" was actually a low budget independent movie added a certain amount of charm to it.The jokes and humor were paced well enough so that it didn't overwhelm the story. What "Better Luck Tomorrow" did for Asian Americans in a drama "Kung Phooey!" does for Asian Americans in comedy. Go see it and you'll leave the theater cracking up too!PS. Stick around through the credits and you'll see some HILARIOUS outtakes!

David de la Fuente A nice try, but you've got to be able to sustain farce for it to work. Any letdowns and the mood and interest come grinding to a halt. That's the case here -- a friend and I saw it at the SF International Asian American Film Festival, and there just wasn't the great comedic writing, consistent sight gags or consistent atmosphere to keep it going. It was somewhat similar to "Kung Pow" from a year or so earlier; I guess "Kung Phooey" worked harder at the farcical mood, and could have been a better film than "Kung Pow" had it had more of a budget for writing and filmmaking. Hope to see more from Darryl Fong in the future, however.