About 6 months ago I told you guys about a new film called “Balls of Fury” which was going to star Christopher Walken as a leathal crime lord who is also a master at Ping Pong… and get this… his name is FANG!. The CIA recruits a former (now down on his luck) champion to infiltrate Fang’s operation by entering a “Mortal Kombat” style Ping Pong tournament. How glorious does this sound?
Well anyway, the good folks over at CHUD had a chance to see a few clips form the film and had this to share:
Randy has been recruited by the FBI to infiltrate a Triad gang whose leader, played by Christopher Walken in an unbelievably garish succession of outfits, holds a Mortal Kombat-style ping pong tournament. The first scene, which had David Koechner singing with a parrot and wearing an incredible wig, was funny. The second scene was hilarious. It was Randy’s first match in the tournament, where he’s up against Terry Crews (giving this film a weird connection to David Lynch’s Inland Empire). Before showing the clips, Thomas Lennon had described the movie as a Jean Claude Van Damme movie with ping pong instead of fighting (and no Jean Claude)
Every other film that thinks they have a chance at any Oscars at all in 2007 should just give up now. Balls Of Fury will break Return of the King’s record of 11 Oscars in one year easily… it’ll even win best animated film. Come to think of it… they should create a new Oscar category for “Best Movie Title”. Balls of Fury would win that one too.
