Endorsements have always been a way to get people to try or buy something they normally wouldn’t. Why buy any car, when you can buy the one your favorite celebrity likes?

In the case of “The Foot Fist Way,” the endorsement comes from Will Ferrell and doesn’t carry as much weight as one would expect.

“Way” tells the tale of Fred Simmons, a local tae kwon do instructor played by Danny R. McBride who has an unhealthy obsession with his idol, martial arts star Chuck “The Truck” Wallace. When Simmons discovers his wife has been sleeping around, he loses his self-control and decides to regain it on a trip to a convention where Wallace is headlining.

One would think a comedy would be a perfect movie to make on a low budget, but that isn’t the case here. While the acting is pretty good throughout – except for the adulterous wife – the film doesn’t deliver very many laughs. A fair number of scenes are far too long to be amusing and nearly every funny line Simmons had was in the trailers.

At the end of the 85-minute blitzkrieg, the viewer is left unfulfilled – like some parts could have been buffed and others shortened. They will also know why Will Ferrell recommended this movie, as it is pretty much a low-budget, more vulgar version of his own movie, with Simmons acting very similar to Ferrell’s own characters.

In the end, the people behind this movie should feel like Bruce Lee if he failed to karate chop through a twinkie: depressed and looking for a place to hide.

*1.5 (out of 5)