Balls of Fury review

Goodness, gracious, great balls of mire

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What indeed. We're not acquainted with many of the actors starring in Balls of Fury but we're pretty sure it wasn't cast from the Troll Actors Guild. Look at their digitized avatars, however, and the absence of necks and the faces sinking into their heads can only suggest such a deal went down. It's like the guy who was given the job of crafting the characters had to do it from blurry photos and only using the World of Warcraft character creation system.

Then there's the repetitive sound bites (limited cheaply but mercifully to just one per character) - crackly non-funnies that never seem to stop. If there's anything more irritating than this humourless noise we'd like to see it. Wait! We have a winner. The ping-pong itself, that's more irritating. You don't move; you just swing at the right moment. And that's it.

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GenreSports
DescriptionLive the medicore movie in a game that's even worse! A playable Christopher Walken couldn't save this glorious failure of ping pong from smelling like a concealed watch in Vietnam POW camp.
Platform"Wii","DS"
US censor rating"Everyone 10+","Everyone 10+"
UK censor rating"",""
Release date1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK)
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