Kung Phooey

Kung Phooey

87 mins | Comedy, Action | March 11, 2003

The plot follows Art Chew's (a pun of the sound one makes when sneezing) quest to retrieve the ancient peach. The movie starts with Art Chew traveling to America, as well as showing Art's training at the Shur-li temple (a play on words with the child actor Shirley Temple), showing many kung-fu clichés such as grabbing the pebble from the masters hand (which Art succeeds without effort), fighting on trees in this case small potted palms and "listing" for elements (Earth, Wind and Fire play a funky tune). After the montage is shown Art meets up with his cousin Wayman (A parody on the way Chinese pronounce r as w) a Chinese adult who tries to act American so he isn't embarrassed by stereotypes and foster cousin Roy Lee, an African American who sincerely believes he is a reincarnation of Bruce Lee.

Kung Phooey

87 mins | Comedy, Action | March 11, 2003

Kung Phooey
The plot follows Art Chew's (a pun of the sound one makes when sneezing) quest to retrieve the ancient peach. The movie starts with Art Chew traveling to America, as well as showing Art's training at the Shur-li temple (a play on words with the child actor Shirley Temple), showing many kung-fu clichés such as grabbing the pebble from the masters hand (which Art succeeds without effort), fighting on trees in this case small potted palms and "listing" for elements (Earth, Wind and Fire play a funky tune). After the montage is shown Art meets up with his cousin Wayman (A parody on the way Chinese pronounce r as w) a Chinese adult who tries to act American so he isn't embarrassed by stereotypes and foster cousin Roy Lee, an African American who sincerely believes he is a reincarnation of Bruce Lee.
IMDb rating 5.1
Producers
Original title Kung Phooey
Directors Darryl Fong
Writers Darryl Fong

Cast

Michael Chow Man-Kin

as Art Chew

Joyce Brew

as Helen Hu (as Joyce Thi Brew)

Colman Domingo

as Roy Lee

Darryl Fong

as Waymon

Karena Davis

as Sue Shee

Wallace Choy

as Uncle Wong

Fred Salvallon

as One Ton