73. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)- Steve Oedekerk

Kung Pow: Enter the Fist Trailer

So after weeks of my friend Kevin walking around our dorm saying "birdie, birdie, birdie...I am a great magician...your shirt is red," he finally convinced me to watch this absurd spoof on the Martial Arts Kung Fu genre. It is complete with some hamster nun chucks, ninja cows, a woman with a "uniboob" and a character only known as "The Chosen One" (even in the credits...seriously). It was purposely badly overdubbed to the point that it felt like the producers took a film, watched it without any sound, imagined the most ridiculous things that the characters might be saying- then used that as the dialogue. It plays on the stereotype that Asian women are submissive and hyper sexual, but in a non-offensive way. That's the thing about this movie, the only reason that anyone would be offended, is if they are a film student (like myself) and are bothered by the lack of story and idiotic slapstick comedy scenes that last just far too long. But, about midway through I realized that the film is actually a version of a found footage film, taking a famous kung fu movie from the 70s and green screening the main character into it, while still making it look seamless. It is actually pure genius, and even though the humor is stupid, really, really REALLY stupid...for some reason it works. I mean who doesn't love a "good" overdubbed, retro 70s kung fu Hollywood movie with a cow that defends itself by shooting milk out of its udders, a man with a face on his tongue, and a woman with a uniboob....it just doesn't get much better than the uniboob.