Truly Dreadful Film

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

"Kung Phooey!" is a great comedy spoof, and you will find it particularly enjoyable if you liked movies such as "The Naked Gun" and "Airplane", and of course, also if you like Kung Fu movies.The story in "Kung Phooey!" was entertaining and had lots of nice touches to it, as there was references all over the place. And just like "Airplane" and "The Naked Gun" they were making fun of just about everything and even themselves.The jokes are funny and just as stupid as in other spoof movies of the same type, and that is just what makes the movie so much fun. Nothing is holy here, they make fun of all and everything.As for the action, yes there is action in the movie, it is a Kung Fu spoof after all, then I will say that it was actually quite good. Sure there was poking fun of this as well, but there was some good enough martial arts in the movie as well.The people they had cast for the roles were doing good jobs, and the names of the characters was just hilarious. I loved that touch.I was thoroughly entertained by "Kung Phooey!", but of course I do enjoy Kung Fu and comedies. If you like neither of these, I wouldn't recommend you watching "Kung Phooey!" because you will find it pointless.Let the quest for the ancient peach begin!

This is an amusing film, and I have seen it twice and am willing to see it again; but I can't recommend it.The film is an attempt to develop a type of absurdist, parodic comedy made famous by the Zucker-Abrams-Proft team ("Airplane!") within the context of the martial arts genre. There are indeed funny bits throughout the film - but unfortunately they're just not funny enough.The obvious on-screen reason for this is pacing - it's not a slow or boring film; but if some reviewers express that opinion, it's because there's a flaw here that is even worse, for comedy - the timing of the gags is frequently way off. In the title sequence, for instance, we see the protagonist walking across a sand-dune ala Kane in "Kung Fu"; gags intervene twice, once with a toy dune-buggy zipping by from out of nowhere, the second time a woman in a bikini dives for a volleyball save. The dune-buggy shows up too late by about two comic beats (it should nearly clip the heel of the protagonist, who in the actual film has almost already walked off screen). The volleyball babe shows up about a beat too early - SHE nearly clips the protagonist's heel (when she should be behind him by at least two steps).The primary behind-camera reason for such mistakes is money; this is a really low budget film, and it's clear that they could only afford one take for most scenes. That's actually very hard to do right, and requires either actors who have their lines and staging down pat, or a really inventive director who can waltz the camera around the actors to gloss over any of their defects, and who can work wonders in an editing room. This film has neither of those counter-balancing accessories. So when a scene goes flat, we're stuck with it.So, while a lot of this movie brings a smile to my face, I can't say I actually laughed out-loud, and it's clear director Fong wants me to. Hopefully, when Fong gets the budget he needs, he can make the film this ought to have been.

By accident I stumbled upon this piece of trash. Thank God I didn't spend any money on it. I really tried to laugh, because that's what I expect from a comedy, but it just wasn't possible throughout the entire movie. The "jokes" were rip-offs and executed in a very terrible and predictable way. Worst of all, the name of the main character, Art Chew; Gesundheit ha ha ha. It wasn't funny the first time and they repeated that joke for another 5 times or so. The camera was very unstable making it a tiresome experience to watch and the acting was quite abominable. Don't even try comparing this to Kung Pow. Kung Pow had me laughing the whole 90 minutes. This crapheap almost messed up my mood for the weekend.

A nice try, but you've got to be able to sustain farce for it to work. Any letdowns and the mood and interest come grinding to a halt. That's the case here -- a friend and I saw it at the SF International Asian American Film Festival, and there just wasn't the great comedic writing, consistent sight gags or consistent atmosphere to keep it going. It was somewhat similar to "Kung Pow" from a year or so earlier; I guess "Kung Phooey" worked harder at the farcical mood, and could have been a better film than "Kung Pow" had it had more of a budget for writing and filmmaking. Hope to see more from Darryl Fong in the future, however.