NOW ON DVD

BALLS OF FURY
Rated PG-13
Dan Fogler, Christopher Walken, George Lopez, Maggie Q

Brian’s Rating       

It doesn’t take a genius to know that you shouldn’t expect much from a movie entitled Balls of Fury.

But you don’t have to be a complete dummy to find something to like about it, either. It’s a funny film. All you have to do is play along.

Imagine for a moment that there is indeed a dark, secret, underground world of sudden-death ping pong where the world’s greatest players compete under the watchful eye of a sexually ambiguous crime lord.

Imagine that this crime lord is the target of government agents who recruit one of the ping-pong world’s fallen stars to infiltrate his secret hideaway.

Now imagine that this fallen star, a former teen champion, is now a pudgy adult, trained by a hard-bodied Asian hottie, who of course falls in love with him.

Add a touch of Blades of Glory and Beerfest and you have Balls of Fury, now on DVD, a coarse bit of comedy that only guys are gonna like.

Frankly, it was surprising to see veteran actors James Hong and Christopher Walken in this bit of fluff, but hey, they’ve got to eat too.