- Film Review
- Reviewed By Jamie Russell
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2 out of 5
Table tennis became an official Olympic event in Seoul in 1988 but it still hasn't shrugged off its family-friendly alter ego, Ping-Pong. This lame comedy will only add to the woes of those still battling to get the sport taken seriously. Comedian Dan Fogler (Good Luck Chuck) plays Randy Daytona, a former child "Ping-Pong phenom" who lost out at the Seoul Olympics. Nineteen years on, he's hired by the FBI to infiltrate a table tennis tournament run by evil Triad leader Feng (Christopher Walken), who killed Randy's gambling father. Stealing its plot from Enter the Dragon and its bullet-time effects from little-seen Japanese movie Ping Pong, this lackadaisical spoof takes a hit-and-miss approach. Walken is amusingly camp in his flamboyant role, but the table tennis tomfoolery generates precious few laughs.
Plot Summary
Sports comedy set in the cut-throat world of extreme Ping-Pong, starring Dan Fogler and Christopher Walken. Down on his luck former Ping-Pong player Randy Daytona is recruited by the FBI to track down the ruthless Triad leader who killed his father.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Randy Daytona
- Dan Fogler
- Feng
- Christopher Walken
- Agent Ernie Rodriguez
- George Lopez
- Maggie Wong
- Maggie Q
- Master Wong
- James Hong
- Freddy
- Terry Crews
- Sgt Pete Daytona
- Robert Patrick
- Mahogany
- Aisha Tylor
- Karl Wolfschtagg
- Thomas Lennon
- Mysterious Asian man
- Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
- Siu-Foo
- Jason Scott Lee
- Mob boss
- David Proval
- Jeff
- Masi Oka
Crew
- Director
- Robert Ben Garant
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