The Foot Fist Way

Okay, I know this kinda sounds like a porno, but unfortunately, it's not. I'll be reviewing those next week.

THE FOOT FIST WAY is this movie that I heard about through the Indie movie underground that I often travel through on my way to Cannes. Yeah, I got my ear to the cinemas.

Actually, it's this Indie low-budget karate movie that was highly vouched for by one Will Ferrell. I figure if Will likes it and I like Will's movies, it's gotta be pretty funny. I was half right.

The movie is about this delusional haole tae kwan do instructor whose life mission is to teach tae kwan do to anybody crazy enough to take it from him and to become THE "demo" man. "Demos" are those ridiculous demonstrations you see where a clan of karate guys tour around your local area breaking wooden boards that don't hit back in an effort to recruit people to sign up for their lame-a$$ classes.

Funny thing is, when I was younger, my neighbor must've "trained" at one of these dojos 'cause he was always showing us that he could break boards, but we were always kicking the $hit out of his dumb a$$.

The instructor dude in the movie has a stripper-looking wife who humpty dumptys everyone she comes in contact with. Because of this, he gets even more absorbed in his demo work hitting on a female student, badly role modeling for some of his younger male students, and pretty much doing all kinds of funny, but awkward $hit. The guy's a complete loser, but he thinks he's God's gift to tae kwan do. The guy's so arrogant and irritating that it's hilarious to watch.

It reminded me of BORAT when you'd watch him do some crazy $hit to people and be so appalled by his audacity to do anything to pull off the joke that you'd laugh, but feel awkward and embarrassed for him (and his victims) at the same time. That's how I felt watching this movie.

I think most people wouldn't like this movie, but if you're looking for something totally different in the comedy realm to explore, by all means, take a shot and watch it. Critics liked it and Will Ferrell liked it, so there's your endorsement. OH, WAIT!! I figured it out! The guy in the movie acts like our very own Loveboat! Seriously!! You know how Loveboat swaggers around like he's the $hit, but everybody's just thinking he's a joke. Kinda like that, but even worse.

You get to watch the instructor teach classes, do demos, and travel to some tae kwan do conference to meet his action-star idol. It's almost like a documentary gone bad. And therein lies the humor.

I give this movie two dozen donuts in the morning sent to the office searching for friends at the other end...coming up empty...like the Jamba Juice/Starbucks cups that he desperately buys for those who continue to take advantage of him...