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Balls of Fury (2007)
Legacy Fun
If you enjoyed "The Kentucky Fried Movie", "Top Secret!", "Under the Rainbow", or "Hot Shots", you'll dig this flick. An unashamed campy piece that doesn't pretend to be anything else. The cast is perfect for the film's aim: Slapstick parody. If you're expecting something different, then you've probably wasted your ducats and your time. Enjoy it for what it is, rather than expecting cinematic sophistication. Feng is the new Doctor Klahn, Portrayed by Walken I suppose to avoid PC backlash against racial stereotyping (something The Kentucky Fried Movie dodged by casting a Korean as a Chinese criminal mastermind, not that it was such a big deal back in the late '70s).
Sharpe: Sharpe's Challenge (2006)
A very watchable amalgamation
Reminiscent of the film "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World", this feature takes aspects of several of the earlier Sharpe novels and combines them to create a new plot/storyline. Fine acting by both the main and supporting casts (Toby Stephens is perfect as Dodd), with sets and effects that show a more lavish budget than previously-issued Sharpe installments, this movie may puzzle and maybe irritate devoted readers of the Sharpe novels. At the same time, it addresses the earlier (chronologically in the series, if not in order of publishing) exploits of Private/Sergeant/Lieutenant Sharpe during the Indian campaigns.