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Kung Fu Hustle

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7.5/10 • 2.9K

2004-02-101h 39m

ActionComedyCrimeFantasy

So many gangsters… so little time.

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

Directors
Stephen Chow
Editors
Angie Lam On-Yee

Top Billed Cast

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  1. Stephen Chow

    Stephen Chow

    Sing

  2. Yuen Qiu

    Yuen Qiu

    Landlady

  3. Yuen Wah

    Yuen Wah

    Landlord

  4. Lam Tze-Chung

    Lam Tze-Chung

    Sing's Sidekick

  5. Bruce Leung Siu-Lung

    Bruce Leung Siu-Lung

    The Beast

  6. Huang Shengyi

    Huang Shengyi

    Fong

  7. Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan

    Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan

    Brother Sum

  8. Chiu Chi-Ling

    Chiu Chi-Ling

    Tailor

  9. Xing Yu

    Xing Yu

    Coolie

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John Chard

Sep 18, 2014

9/10

Quite an experience, and in a great way as well! Went into this one totally blind as to its contents, truth is, is that I was mooching round the shops yesterday and came across an Asian triple pack DVD at a bargain price, since one of the films was Jet Li starrer Unleashed, i thought it was worth the cheap price on offer. Got home and the write up on the back of the case didn't give much away as regards plot for Kung Fu Hustle, an Axe Gang, some guy named Sing wants to be in the gang, and that some creaky old residents in a place called Pig Sty Ally are tougher than they look. What I got was what I can only describe as a live cartoon full of class and style, the sort of flip side to the more arty Asian films that have (rightly) become massively popular in the subsequent decadse. Written, directed, produced and starring Stephen Chow (Sing), Kung Fu Hustle is a remarkably breathless piece of work, the plot is threadbare for sure, but it really matters not, because Chow has fused the grand old genre staple punch up with balletic comedy, it's quite something to behold. It's as loud as a face off between Motorhead & Iron Maiden, yet it's just so flipping tender at the same time! Incredible sequences will dazzle you one moment and then have you laughing the next, I'm quite annoyed that I didn't catch on to this film back in 2004, but even now some years later this film is still a breath of fresh air on the home format release. See it and roll with it, enjoy. 9/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
cn
Budget
$20,000,000.00
Revenue
$102,034,104.00
Keywords
martial artschinamagicgangstermafiadefensepolicemanwuxia1940sanarchic comedypretending to be gaycanton