Balls of Fury (2007)

This is a comedy from the writers of Reno: 911. The story goes that a once proud ping pong player, whose life went on a downhill skid, now must use natural his talents to help the government capture a chinese criminal mastermind. This movie is basically a big spoof of Enter the Dragon but using ping pong as the focus instead of martial arts.

The hero of this film, Randy Daytona, played by a guy whose name I don't know, kinda reminds me of the fat kid in Superbad. I guess that seems to be the mold of the new funnyman thanks to Seth Rogen. Anyway, agent George Lopez recruits him to complete the mission, and of course enter the gratuitous training to get better. Along with that, enter the gratuitous babe as played by Maggie Q, more on her later. So Randy trains and goes off to the tournament. He plays some other ping pong greats from other countries that are totally stereotypical in relation to their country of origin. That's not a bad thing in my opinion as stereotypes amuse me. Terry Crew and Thomas Lennon play the best characters in representing their respective countries, the USA and Germany, umm... respectively. As for the outcome of the tournament, you can guess as i won't spoil it for you. But remember, it's like Enter the Dragon, hint hint.

I only liked this movie. It made me laugh at stupid things and I was looking to laugh. Mostly because I snuck into this movie after Bourne Ultimatum an just needed to turn the brain off for a bit. So the fact that I didn't pay for the movie made me like it more than I probably should have. So in this case, I do not recomend this movie for all people.

Only watch it if A) you love the comedy stylings of The State and Reno: 911 and B) if you like ping pong. Notice how I didn't say watch it if you love ping pong. That's because even though it's the unifying theme, the competitions themselves don't carry the movie nor are they technically sound. I myself expected more Prince of Tennis type hits (google that using boolean search criteria "AND anime") but that only happened a couple times.

Ok, back to Maggie Q. She's basically eye candy for this movie. She's got a tight body but is lacking in boobs. This is clearly evident in one scene where she wears a red dress that is way too loose fitting over her chest. But in other scenes when she wears sports bras and tight shorts, she's alright in my book.

One watch look for this movie.