The Foot Fist Way

For a low budget, independent comedy made in 19 days, "The Foot Fist Way" is a clever and surprisingly satisfying effort from first-time director and co-writer Jody Hill. Fred Simmons (played by comedian Danny McBride) runs a Tae Kwon Do dojo in a strip mall when he isn’t driving his sports car to all-you-can-eat restaurants with his adulterous bimbo wife, Suzie (played by Mary Jane Bostic). Fred (the self-proclaimed "king of the demo") attracts students by putting on board breaking demonstrations in parking lots, and isn’t above physically abusing students in class regardless of their age. Fred preaches martial arts tenets of self-control, courtesy, perseverance, integrity and an indomitable spirit even as he repeatedly hits on a female student he wants to bed. The movie hits high gear when Fred takes some students to meet his B-movie action hero Chuck "The Truck" Wallace, and invite the 8-time undefeated champ to give a demonstration at his studio.

Rated R, 87 mins. (B-)