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Genres:
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Action /
Comedy /
Crime /
Romance /
Sport
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Director:
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Robert Ben Garant
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Actors:
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Thomas Lennon,
Toby Huss,
Dan Fogler,
David Holmes,
Christopher Walken,
George Lopez,
Maggie Q,
James Hong,
Terry Crews,
Robert Patrick,
Diedrich Bader,
Aisha Tyler,
Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa,
Brett DelBuono,
Jason Scott Lee
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Duration:
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90 min.
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Rating:
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(5.1/10)128
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Plot Summary:
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In the unsanctioned, avant-garde, and unhinged everyone of unusually Ping-Pong, the contest is brutal and the stakes are deadly. Down-and-inoperative former professional Ping-Pong phenom Randy Daytona is sucked into this maelstrom when FBI Agent Rodriguez recruits him for a by stealth line of work. In heat is stubborn to bounce back and recapture his former radiance, and to smoke out his forebear's hatchet man - of the FBI's Most Wanted, arch-fiend Feng. But, after two decades out of the plan, Aroused can't sicken his existence roughly and avenge his father's sororicide without a party of hi... s own. He calls upon the non-material counselling of unmoved by Ping-Pong sage and restaurateur Wong, and the training expertness of Owner's Wong's wildly sexy niece Maggie, both of whom also have a base history with Feng. All roads lead to Feng's curious jungle coalesce and the most unique Ping-Pong tournaments ever staged. There, At stud faces such menacing players as his sustained-ago Olympics opponent, the still-vicious Karl Wolfschtagg. Can Rutting keep his view on the ball? Choose he achieve the redemption he craves while wielding a paddle? Is his backhand strong enough to rout over rampant wickedness?
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Serves up a few decent shots.
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