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The Foot Fist Way

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Release Date: May 30, 2008 (limited)
Studio: Paramount Vantage
Director: Jody Hill
Screenwriter: Ben Best, Jody Hill, Danny R. McBride
Starring: Danny R. McBride, Ben Best, Jody Hill
Genre: Comedy
MPAA Rating: R (for strong language and some sexual content)
Official Website: TheFootFistWay.com
Review: 6/10 rating
DVD Review: 7/10 rating
DVD: Not Available
Movie Poster: View here
Production Stills: View here

Plot Summary: "The Foot Fist Way," an uproarious, full-contact comedy featuring one of this year's least likely heroes, is the first project from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay's Gary Sanchez Productions. "The Foot Fist Way" became a sensation at the Sundance Film Festival in 2007, as audiences fell in love with the seriously self-deluded Tae Kwon Do instructor Fred Simmons, who talks a big, macho game, but falls to pieces when his wife betrays him.

Self-control, courtesy, perseverance, integrity and an indomitable spirit – those are the basic tenets preached by the proud but stern Master instructor Simmons at the Concord Tae Kwon Do Studio. There "the way of the foot and the fist," a.k.a. the definition of the featured Korean martial art, turns boys into black belts and suburbanites into great warriors.

That is, until Simmons' seemingly perfect life starts collapsing when he discovers his wife having an affair on him. Twice. A chance to resurrect his life by battling his hero - the 8-time undefeated champ and star of the "Seven Rings of Pain" trilogy, Chuck "The Truck" Wallace - gives Simmons' life purpose as he winds up on a wild, comic journey that will take him from egomaniacal bluster all the way to becoming the stand-up man of his delusional dreams.

"The Foot Fist Way" is the comedy that some of the funniest guys in America think is the funniest movie in America. The film was shot in just 19 days on a credit card-financed micro-budget with a cast of mostly newcomers. Featuring the debut of North Carolina native Jody Hill as writer, director and producer and two hilariously tough-yet-tender performances from co-writers Danny McBride as Fred and Ben Best as Chuck "The Truck," the film helped Hill, McBride and Best garner a place on Variety's "Ten Comics to Watch" list.

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COMMENTS (8)

Posted by:
josh
March 4, 2008
ha ha ha
Posted by:
Noah
March 4, 2008
cant freakin watch the damn trailers!!
LAME!
Posted by:
Darren
March 5, 2008
This movie looks pretty damn funny.
Posted by:
Hippo
March 5, 2008
This is lame. Can't watch the trailer. (Yes I am a grown up) Why post it if it doesn't work?
Posted by:
dave
March 7, 2008
isnt that the "litre of cola" guy from "super troopers" ??

it looks funny as hell
Posted by:
Cloudofsulfur
March 12, 2008
No, it's not the "litre of cola" guy. But this guy was in Hot Rod.

This looks hilarious!
Posted by:
troy
March 15, 2008
Jody Hill, Danny McBride, and Ben Best? Never heard of 'em. Story sounds funny, I know I wanna see it!
Posted by:
david
March 15, 2008
awesome!

this looks hilarious!

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