Kung Pow! Enter the Fist (2002)
2002 film by Steve Oedekerk
- Released
- 2002
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Martial arts film
- Director
- Steve Oedekerk
- Screenplay
- Steve Oedekerk
- Producer
- Paul Marshall
- Music
- Robert Folk
- Starring
- Steve Oedekerk, Jimmy Wang Yu, Jennifer Tung
- Running time
- 78 minutes
- Production company
- O Entertainment
- Distributor
- 20th Century Studios, Netflix
- Box office
- $17 million
- Budget
- $10 million
- Set in
- Hong Kong
Kung Pow! Enter the Fist is a 2002 American martial arts comedy film that parodies Hong Kong action cinema. Written by, directed by and starring Steve Oedekerk, it uses footage from the 1976 Hong Kong martial arts film Tiger & Crane Fists (also called The Savage Killers) starring and directed by Jimmy Wang Yu, along with new footage shot by Oedekerk, who is also digitally inserted over Wang in many scenes, to create an original, unrelated plot.
Despite a negative critical reception, the film was a moderate box office success, grossing $17 million worldwide against a $10 million budget. It has since been considered a cult classic for its off-the-wall humor and parodying of various dubbing tropes.
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Facts from Wikidata Q770850 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.