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A Balasaur Score of 42 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 13%, Metacritic 14/100. Audiences rate it 48 points higher than critics do. Most of the 2,452 2000s comedy movies in this catalog score higher. It runs a compact 1h 21m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes13%
Metacritic14/100
Audiences rate it 48 points higher than critics do.
818 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert FolkOriginal Music Composer
- Steve OedekerkDirector
- Steve OedekerkWriter
Cast
- Steve OedekerkThe Chosen One
- Lung FeiMaster Pain (Betty) (archive footage)
- Leo LeeYoung Master Pain
- Hsieh Ling-lingLing (archive footage)
- Lau Kar-WingWimp Lo (archive footage)
- Lin YanDying Ling
- Chen Hui-LouMaster Tang (archive footage)
- Jennifer TungWhoa
- Ming LoFather
- Peggy LuMother
- Tad HorinoChew Fat Lip
- Tori TranPeasant Woman
