Starts fun but ends tiring

Rating: 6/10 (28 August 2007)

Admittedly, I have a bizarre connection to the sport of table tennis through family, and in such might have found some of the scenes disproportionately funny, but I do mean to stress only some scenes. Balls of Fury works as the cheesy ping-pong death match parody before it even enters it's clumsy showcase third act.
In the meantime, obvious physical humor coupled with some well timed delivery, guided by an occasionally biting script (only in one-liners of course, as the overall script itself adds up to little more then that) from our friends of Reno 911 fame ensures a few well placed zings for multi-demographics. Low expectations may be key, but the movie should carry enough laughs to garner relatively successful reviews for the modest gig it is.