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"That’s a Lotta Nuts!" — Why Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is Still a Cult Masterpiece If you haven’t seen Kung Pow: Enter the Fist

Yet, for a specific audience, this is precisely why the film works. Its failure to be a “good movie” in the traditional sense is the source of its power. It is the cinematic equivalent of a shaggy dog story stretched to feature length. The joke isn’t that it’s clever; the joke is that you’re sitting there watching it at all. It has transcended its status as a failed blockbuster to become a genuine cult phenomenon, a “midnight movie” for the internet age. Its quotes (“That’s a lot of nuts!” “My nipples look like Milk Duds!” “I’m bleeding, making me the victor.”) are not witty one-liners; they are nonsense mantras that function as a secret handshake among fans. Kung Pow- Enter the Fist

The character of The Chosen One is the anti-Neo. In an era where The Matrix had just redefined the martial arts genre as cool, sleek, and leather-clad, Oedekerk presented a hero who is a walking glitch. He is ugly, incompetent, and bizarrely proportioned. "That’s a Lotta Nuts

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