Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 08/20/07 Home Video 12/17/08 MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 for crude and sex-related humor, and for language Running Time 1 hour 30 minutes Genre Comedy Director Robert Ben Garant Writer Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant Cast Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez, Maggie Q, Thomas Lennon, Robert Patrick Studio Rogue Pictures |
BALLS OF FURY
SYNOPSIS
In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged
world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is
brutal and the stakes are deadly. Now, this
outrageous new comedy serves up this secret
world for the first time on-screen. Down-and-out
former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy
Daytona (Tony Award winner 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
(Robert Patrick) killer – one of the FBI’s Most
Wanted, arch-fiend Feng (Academy Award winner
Christopher Walken). 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
wildly sexy 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). Can Randy keep
his eye on the ball? Will he achieve the redemption
he craves while wielding a paddle? Is his backhand
strong enough to triumph over rampant
wickedness?
--© Rogue Pictures
In the unsanctioned, underground, and unhinged
world of extreme Ping-Pong, the competition is
brutal and the stakes are deadly. Now, this
outrageous new comedy serves up this secret
world for the first time on-screen. Down-and-out
former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy
Daytona (Tony Award winner 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
(Robert Patrick) killer – one of the FBI’s Most
Wanted, arch-fiend Feng (Academy Award winner
Christopher Walken). 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
wildly sexy 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). Can Randy keep
his eye on the ball? Will he achieve the redemption
he craves while wielding a paddle? Is his backhand
strong enough to triumph over rampant
wickedness?
--© Rogue Pictures
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