“Kung Pow: Enter The Fist” is a very strange film. Like Woody Allen’s “What’s Up, Tiger Lily?” and Steve Martin’s “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”, this spoof film was made by inserting an actor and new scenes into an existing film. The original film was an obscure martial arts flick by the name of “Tiger & Crane Fist” (also known as “The Savage Killers”). What we get with “Kung Pow” is a bizarre movie that is terrible in so many ways yet still rather funny.

A martial artist (Steve Oedekerk “High Strung”) must avenge his family by defeating the evil Master Pain (also known as ‘Betty’). If he is to be successful in his quest, he must unleash his inner power and fulfil his destiny.

Steve Oedekerk plays the ‘Chosen One’, who is the main character that gets edited into the existing film. The Chosen One sometimes sticks his tongue out and there is a face on his tongue. Apparently, Oedekerk is mainly known for making parody short films involving thumbs with faces. Oedekerk also provided the new dubbing for virtually all the other characters in the film. The dubbing intentionally does not synchronise with the cast members’ lip movements. Many of the characters get amusing lines. There is also a cow that battles with the Chosen One in a totally ridiculous fight sequence.

“Kung Pow: Enter The Fist” is one of the most juvenile films ever made with lots of dumb jokes. Some of the special effects are impressive (the way Oedekerk is inserted into some scenes is relatively convincing at times) but other effects look intentionally cheap and nasty. The editing is often bad but that’s also sometimes done intentionally. Depending on how you look at it, this either a disastrously bad film or a surprisingly hilarious one. Somehow, I cannot help but recommend it.