Hi all, I'm also on Dooyoo under the same name. will try to return rates always x
Hi all, I'm also on Dooyoo under the same name. will try to return rates always x
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I brought balls of fury after seeing an amusing trailer and it being £3 in a sale!
The Story -------------
Randy Daytona is a childhood genius when it come to the art of ping pong, Although making it to the 1988 olympics, a 12 year old Randy falls apart with nerves, after learning his father has placed a large bet on his winning, and looses. Randy's father was killed when he could not pay the money he owed to Su Feng, the man he placed the bet with. Randy vowes to never play ping pong again.
Fast forward 18 years, and Randy, now working for a very cheesy circus show doing ping pong tricks is approached by the FBI who are onto a lead to catch Su Feng. At a mysterious ping pong tournament. Randy has the skills to get into the competition and get the FBI close to Su Feng.
Meeting ping pong masters and a rather attractive daughter along the way. The journey begins.
The Characters ---------------------
Randy Daytona is played by Dan Fogler (Good Luck Chuck) a good comedy actor whose performance, although not overly memorable, is perfectly suited to the character.
Su Feng is played by Christopher Walken, Who I must say is one of my all time favourite actors and possibly the most redeeming feature of the film. His character being an evil oriental mastermind, being great comedic value played by the soft spoken, and very camp Walken.
Rating ---------
I would recommend this film to people who are looking for an extremely far fetch no brainer of a film. Its easy to follow, Not too much action, But a few good ping pong battles! If there is nothing on TV and you see this as a bargin somewhere, It will waste a bit of time.
As I said previously, the humour is very much ont he same level as good luck chuck, very slap stick, but unfortunetly, most are in the trailer. So that gives you an idea of how often the really funny bits happen..few and far between.
Overall 5/10
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Comedy - Director: Tony Dow - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: John Challis, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst, Tessa Peake-Jones, Gwyneth Strong
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Comedy - Original Language: English - Classification: 12 years and over - Starring: Tessa Peake-Jones, Buster Merryfield, David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst
You haven't mentioned the extras on the DVD but have said you are reviewing the DVD if you don't want to do the extra mark it as film only. Leave me a message if you update.
Jun 27th, 2008
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