Saturday, January 23, 2021

Balls of Fury (2007)

  • A "comedy" about competitive table tennis clearly attempting to piggy back off the success of 'Dodge Ball' three years earlier.  
  • This was the star launch vehicle that wasn't for Dan Fogler, who is really close to neutral here, I didn't hate him but he seemed to lack any real spark. He did later find success in the 'Fantastic Beasts' films and I liked him there. 
  • Randomish cast includes George Lopez, Maggie Q, and Christopher Walken, whose the most memorable thing about it. 
  • The occasional lite laugh but it's really pretty flat, none of 'the set pieces' are very good, and the whole film is consistently in mediocre gear. 
  • Contains jokes about sex slaves. 
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