Overall, I felt that I shouldn’t have bothered with spending money on the movie.
#BALLS OF FURY MOVIE#
There is no sex or nudity in the movie except for about 3 passionate kissing scenes. The movie could have been a perfect sit-in-the-theater, chill-and-watch-a-not-so-serious-movie, but I thought they were trying too hard to be funny in some scenes, coupled with some of the language and that took most of the fun out of it for me. It was a fun movie, but not as funny as one expects. There were 2-3 b*** usage and quite a few other s*** references that I thought they could have done without but they were well spaced out not to drive you away and in some instances, were prompted by circumstances. I saw a lady walk out with her kid 15 minutes later, and I worried that that ruined it for them.
Those aren’t the exact words by any stretch, but I found the analogy not only offensive but simply unnecessary. One of them, along the lines of explaining the dedication of coming to the tennis lessons to continually frequenting a prostitute because that’s the only prostitute one could afford. There are some dirty jokes (mostly by the blind tennis master) that I found offensive and simply unnecessary. Negative-I made the mistake of seeing this movie without a Christian perspective of it, so I’m giving this perspective as a Christian.įirst off, the bad. The mature Christian can find better sources of entertainment, and more uplifting ones. The amount of crude humor and sexually related jokes should have made the movie rate R. Ultimately, “Balls of Fury” is unfit for Christian audiences.
But somehow I suspect it will develop an underground network of fans from those who like absurdly silly comedies. You will take nothing worthwhile out of this movie. If you are caught watching it, you may never live it down. I was bored out of my mind when I decided to see the film, so it was a welcome distraction for 90 minutes, but with ticket prices today, you might want to wait till it comes out on DVD and then wait until everyone is asleep before pulling it out and watching it. Overall, I thought “Balls of Fury” was better than I was expecting, but frankly I wasn’t expecting much. The funniest part of the movie is probably the ping pong games themselves. Says Christopher Walken, “What part of sudden death didn’t you understand?” It also contains parodies of countless clichés from sports movies, including the once humiliated sports star returning to glory against his old nemesis. There are some laughs to be had seeing ping pong players constantly flexing their muscles, crushing ping pongs with their bare hands, shouting macho remarks, and… oh yea, being executed if they lose. “Balls of Fury” has been compared to “ Dodgeball,” and there are many comparisons, but, between the two, I actually prefer “Balls of Fury.” It doesn’t take much to make “Dodgeball” an extreme sport, so seeing ping pong treated as an extreme sport does have it moments. The promo itself says that the film takes place “in the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged world of extreme Ping-Pong.” This is the movie’s strength, but some may consider this a one gag movie. In many ways, “Balls of Fury” is a parody of extreme sports. There is comic violence (including attacks to the groin), jokes involving bodily fluids, jokes about prostitution, and ample cleavage. Overall, the film contains 18 foul words, countless double entendres, and sex noises can be heard. One involves a running gag about homosexual sex slaves that recurs throughout the film. The jokes include plenty of crude, rude, and perverted humor. In this case, mostly bad.įirst, parents should be reminded that PG-13 is usually what used to be rated R. It is one of those movies you watch late at night when no one knows that you are watching-the kind that is both oh-so-bad and oh-so-good, if you are into absurd comedies, outrageous silliness, and are bored out of your mind. It may be worth a look just to see Christopher Walken playing the role of an Asian mobster and ping pong has been. That is appropriate, since fans will doubtless want to watch this underground. “Balls of Fury” is a comedy about an “underground” ping pong tournament.
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