Undemanding fun

Rating: 6/10 (11 January 2010)

A cross between Enter The Dragon, the Karate Kid movies, and the Bruce Lee story, only with ping pong as the central martial art.
The main character is Dan Fogler - not someone I was familiar and, as a dumpy fellow with a humorous but unattractive haircut, not the likeliest of protagonists - and he plays a loser with hidden strengths very well. The supporting cast is fabulous, starting with Christopher Walken having an absolute ball, and carrying on with James Hong, Maggie Q, George Lopez, Jason Scott Lee and Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa.
The movie is completely daft, amusing throughout (though not particularly hilarious) and passes an amiable hour and a half. It is never going to win any prizes, but I enjoyed it and didn't feel I had wasted my time.