Release Date: 9/23/2008 Original Release: 2008 Format: DVD Length: 82 minutes Rating:R (MPAA) Rating Reason: for strong language and some sexual content UPC: 097363511045 Studio: Paramount Home Entertainment
The literal translation of "Tae Kwan Do," THE FOOT FIST WAY is a hilarious look at a suburban North Carolina strip mall martial arts school run by a bullying egotist (Danny McBride). Shot on the cheap (in just 19 days), the film uses its shortcomings to its advantage, keeping the action low, the kicks flying, the wood splintering, and getting all the minutiae of after-school karate class just right. Co-screenwriter/star McBride brings realistic gym coach qualities galore to his character, Mr. Simmons; the deadpan documentary tone is spot-on and there's a sense these students are actually learning this art as the movie goes on. McBride's writing partners play other Tae Kwan Do professionals: Ben Best is fun as the debauched action movie star rival, Chuck the Trucki; co-writer/director Jody Hill shows up in a hilarious bit as Simmons's mystical fifth-level blackbelt compadre. Mary-Jane Bostic is frighteningly vivid as the spandex-clad, habitually unfaithful Mrs. Simmons. Stylistically, this comedy has a lot in common with deadpan fly-on-the-wall mockumentaries like THE OFFICE and BORAT. Thematically, there are in-depth looks into issues of male maturity and bonding, so beloved of the Will Ferrell genre (Ferrell's company snatched it up after it rocked the house at Sundance). Be warned: though the movie is full of little kids, it earns its R-rating with disrespectful language and drugs/sex/violence-filled situations. The very cool prog rock score is by Pyramid.
DVD Features
Region 1 Keep Case Special Edition Full Frame - 1.33 Audio: Dolby Digital - English Additional Release Material: Alternate Ending: Alternate Ending Bloopers: Bloopers Audio Commentary: 1. Commentary with Danny McBride and Jody Hill Deleted Scenes: 1. Ninja next door 2. Fred gives a Speech about the power inside 3. Racist dinner scene 4. Fred and Carlos get into an argument at dinner 5. Suzie talks shit at dinner 6. Black Belt takes a shit 7. Stevie Fisher scene 8. Mike kills a man then talks to Fred 9. Rick yells at Henry 10. Backyard BBQ 11. Suzie leaves Fred 12. Roy Powers calls Fred, but he doesn't talk to him 13. Fred and Mike on patio 14. Fred and Mike plot murder 15. Fred bids farewell to Mike 16. Fred sells car 17. Fred talks to kid who pees himself 18. Julio molests the punching dummy 19. Drunken angst 20. Sitting in the driveway talking to neighbor 21. Alternate Ending: Fred Murders Suzie
I've come to like Danny McBride quite a bit through his roles in this summer's TROPIC THUNDER and PINEAPPLE EXPRESS. This movie was actually made a couple of years ago and is what brought him to the... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on June 1, 2008
Reviewed by: Jarrod
'The Foot Fist Way' is a crude, hilarious, low-budget comedy; it caught the eye of Will Ferrell and he helped to produce it. It is, at heart, a martial arts spoof, akin to something Ferrell might... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
Posted on September 27, 2008
Posted on June 1, 2008
