Kung Pow! Enter The Fist is a silly silly movie and could be considered an acquired taste. You either LOVE it or you HATE it. If you hate the film, there’s very little for you here. But if you liked it, read on.

The DVD release of Kung Pow! Enter The Fist presents you with a considerable amount of goodies to sweeten up the already hilarious experience brought to you by Steve Oedekerk. Besides the usual theatrical trailers and promo spots that you would find in almost any home release, there are a few generous additions to this home video experience.

You have a handful of audio experiences to go with the film. Oedekerk gives his own entertaining commentary which could be enough on it’s own. Now, add to that the option of listening to the original Tiger and Crane Fists audio track. Basically, this track is what the movie would sound like had Oedekerk not completely overdubbed all of the voices. Including his own. The random lines that Steve Oedekerk came up with to dub over later are almost funnier than the dialogue in the final version. The other special audio track is the Long Lost Book-on-Tape version. This track is good for about thirty minutes. A clever idea but it gets old fast. Basically, the audio track is a man reading the dialogue and action like it’s an audio book presentation. Like I said…a clever idea, but it gets a bit old.

There is a modest collection of bonus footage included in this DVD presentation. With six alternate takes and fourteen deleted scenes, you’ll have enough extra stuff to keep you involved in the adventure of The Chosen One and his zany compadres. A few of these alternate takes and scenes are pretty much different variations of each other. The variety is lacking a bit but that doesn’t mean that it’s not good. There’s a never released torture scene that had me in stitches while I was watching it.

Crouching Hamster

With a film that’s basically a digitally altered re-release of another movie, I was surprised that there were even THIS many deleted scenes and alternate takes. They did a good job presenting the viewer with this extra footage.

With a movie like this, you would expect to see some kind of before and after features. You don’t just take a previously existing film, alter it completely and not expect people to be curious as to what it was like beforehand. The DVD features some really cool comparisons that show the original film footage and then footage of Steve Oedekerk performing in front of a green screen and then we see the final product as the two are melded together. The other visual companion is the Cow Animatic. This feature is nothing different from what you might see on the Jurassic Park DVDs where we see dinosaurs being brought to life through computer generated animation. The same is done with the infamous cow from Kung Pow!

The final bonus to this DVD package is the “Making of” featurette. Basically, a collection of more before-and-after comparisons and a few silly interviews with cast and crew. A little less creativity and maybe a little more information would have been nice for this feature. It was also disappointingly short. I may be expecting too much from a film that calls it’s main villain “Betty” but there ya go.

Kung Pow Cow!

For the kind of movie we’re talking about, I was pleasantly surprised with the amount of bonuses that were added on but still disappointed with the lack of depth as far as the “making of” goes. If you enjoyed the film in the theater, get the DVD. It’s worth it alone for the movie. But the bonuses are worth a fan’s money.

Grade: B