Kung Fu Rascals

this movie is goofy and dumb, but is worth checking out for one reason: it stars Les Claypool, bass player extraordinare for the great band PRIMUS. he stars as an evil sheriff and actually does quite a good job.

I did like the fact how the movie tried to skewer all kung fu film cliches in 90 minutes but overall it just doesn't hang together that well, but it does succeed on a so stupid it's cool level.

Kung Fu Rascals was the brainchild of a young Steve Wang, who scripted, directed, and created far-better-than-budgeted special effects to create a slapstick tribute to martial arts, Ray Harryhausen, Kaiju, and the Three Stooges, all wrapped up in a film that really should have been a mainstream hit.

Assembling friends from the film industry, Wang, who at a very young age, had co-created the Predator designs for Stan Winston Studios, and later the Gillman from The Monster Squad, before directing his own films, Guyver, Guyver II: Dark Hero, and Drive, starring Mark Dacascos and Brittany Murphy and Kadeem Hardison.

The story revolves around "three fools from the orient," Reepo, Chen Chow Mein, and Lao Ze, and their adventures.

Exceptional visual effects. Fun story. Brilliant sight-gags. Overall a lot of fun.

I'm sure people will try to pass this off as a brilliant piece of camp perfection, but let's not kid ourselves. This movie was painful to watch, despite the bizarre satisfaction of seeing Les Claypool attempt to act. I got the impression that the initial filming was silent, and that the dialogue and sound effects were poorly dubbed on later. Seriously, unless your tolerance for utterly atrocious physical 'comedy' and dialogue that a dyslexic 6-year old could have spat out is ridiculously high, then you have no reason to watch this horror of a production. The sole high point would be the 'POWER MOST BIG' line, but they manage to repeat it enough to make it lose any comedic power.

Back in the early - mid 90's, my friends and I came across this little flick that soon became all the rave for our little cult of viewing pleasure. This movie is without a doubt a must see for any person who is into the old Hong Kong Kung Fu movies that I had grown up on watching late at night on the local mandarin channel (Midnight Kung Fu Theatre, baby!).

This movie is all about laughs, do not take it seriously as a "Kung Fu" flick... it's more of a spoof of asian films. I would say this movie is made up of three mixes. It's part Jacky Chan, part Godzilla and part American Westerns. This movie is incredibly funny for those who have are in the mood for childish humor, and have an understanding of asian cinema.

I knew I was in for trouble when one of the trailers for this film was the sequel to Hell Comes To Frogtown (as if the first one wasn't absolutely horrible). When I watch movies like this, all I can do is try to figure out the key demo that it was targeted to, as I can only assume there are people out there who find this garbage entertaining. Nerds who like the Sci-Fi Channel? A ten-year-old with developmental issues? If you liked this thing, I'm not trying to rag on you here, but this film doesn't work for me on any level. It's not funny, the action sucks, and the shtick where it tries to mimic low-budget martial arts films is a total fail, especially when you can watch the real thing in abundance. Ever heard of a guy named Godfrey Ho? No? You should.