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![]() | August 28, 2007 - Rogue Pictures' new comedy Balls of Fury -- written by Reno 911! vets Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant, and directed by Garant -- is an expose of the underground (and fictitious) world of extreme Ping-Pong. Tony winner Dan Fogler stars as Randy Daytona, who was an Olympic table tennis contender as a youth but has been down-and-out ever since. He is still stuck in the 1980s, Def Leppard music and all. Randy gets another shot at competitive Ping-Pong when he's approached by FBI Agent Rodriguez (George Lopez), who wants to recruit him for a secret mission. The FBI is after the mysterious international criminal genius Feng (Christopher Walken), who also so happens to be the man responsible for the murder of Randy's dad (Robert Patrick). Randy seizes the chance to avenge his father's death and to regain his past glory; unfortunately, he's more than a bit rusty. Rodriguez arranges for Randy to be trained by the blind sage Wong (James Hong) and his hot niece Maggie (Maggie Q). Randy eventually finds himself participating in a secret tournament at Feng's jungle compound, a match where players face death should they lose. Randy will have to beat a number of wily opponents -- including his old Olympic rival Karl Wolfschtagg (Lennon) -- if he's to survive and bring down Feng. |
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