Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
A movie within a movie, created to spoof the martial arts genre. Writer/director Steve Oedekerk uses contemporary characters and splices them into a 1970s kung-fu film, weaving the new and old together. As the main character, The Chosen One, Oedekerk sets off to avenge the deaths of his parents at the hands of kung-fu legend Master Pain. Along the way he encounters some strange characters.
RichyE reviewedOctober 5, 2025
I didn’t know what I was getting into when I popped that disc into the player.
No trailers, no expectations, just a goofy title and a vague promise of martial arts mayhem. What I got was something completely unhinged, brilliantly stupid and oddly unforgettable.
Oedekerk’s style was my kind of chaos: fearless, absurd and totally self-aware.
That DVD didn’t just introduce me to a film, it introduced me to a filmmaker who clearly didn’t care about playing it safe and thank god for that.
I remember thinking, “Who is this guy?” and immediately wanting to see more of whatever he touched.