Balls of Fury is a 2007 American sports comedy film directed by Robert Ben Garant and written by Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant. It stars Dan Fogler, George Lopez, Christopher Walken, Maggie Q and James Hong. The film was released on August 29, 2007.
Plot[]
Down-and-out former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona (Dan Fogler) is sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez (George Lopez) recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and recapture his former glory, and to smoke out his father's killer, one of the FBI's Most Wanted, arch-fiend Feng. But, after two decades out of the game, Randy can't turn his life around and avenge his father's murder without a team of his own. He calls upon the spiritual guidance of blind Ping-Pong sage and restaurateur Wong (James Hong), and the training expertise of Master Wong's niece Maggie (Maggie Q), both of whom also have a dark history with Feng. All roads lead to Feng's mysterious jungle compound and the most unique Ping-Pong tournaments ever staged. There, Randy faces such formidable players as his long-ago Olympics opponent, the still-vicious Karl Wolfschtagg (Thomas Lennon).
Cast[]
- Dan Fogler as Randy Daytona
- Christopher Walken as Feng
- George Lopez as Agent Ernie Rodriguez
- Maggie Q as Maggie Wong
- James Hong as Master Wong
- Robert Patrick as Sgt. Pete Daytona
- Aisha Tyler as Mahogany
- Thomas Lennon as Karl Wolfschtagg
- Diedrich Bader as Gary
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa as Mysterious Asian Man
- Jason Scott Lee as Eddie
- Terry Crews as Freddy Fingers Wilson
- Patton Oswalt as "The Hammer"
- David Koechner as Rick the Birdmaster
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Critical response[]
The film has a score of 38 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 26 reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, 23% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 127 reviews (29 "fresh", 98 "rotten").