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Kung Fu Hustle

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Kung Fu Hustle (2005)

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Reviews Counted:170

Fresh:152

Rotten:18

Average Rating:7.6/10

Consensus: Kung Fu Hustle blends special effects, martial arts, and the Looney Toons to hilarious effect.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Theatrical Release:Apr 8, 2005 Limited

Box Office: $17,025,579

Synopsis: Stephen Chow's follow-up to SHAOLIN SOCCER ups the over-the-top action quotient by about three zillion percent. The story is set in 1930s Hong Kong, with Chow as a shaggy-haired, would-be bad guy... Stephen Chow's follow-up to SHAOLIN SOCCER ups the over-the-top action quotient by about three zillion percent. The story is set in 1930s Hong Kong, with Chow as a shaggy-haired, would-be bad guy named Sing, who gets caught up in the middle of a war between the top-hat-wearing Axe gang and the hard scrabble inhabitants of Pig Sty Alley. Chow--who wrote, produced, and directed--doesn't step in as the star here for quite a while, letting the comic duties fly in a myriad of directions: a landlady in curlers (Yuen Qiu) has a yell that can flatten buildings; people get kicked across courtyards and through walls; musician assassins whip ghost sabers from lyre strings, and a mental patient in pink flip-flops named "the Beast" (Leung Siu Lung) catches bullets in his fingers. Buoyed by SOCCER's box office success, HUSTLE uses bigger production values and a dizzying amount of CGI-enhanced martial arts (imagine Bruce Lee vs. Bugs Bunny in THE MATRIX). It's full of references to other films and filmmakers, revering spaghetti westerns and '70s Shaw brothers movies a la Tarantino's KILL BILL (fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping worked on both films). It also pays sly homage to the works of Wong Kar Wai, D.W. Griffith, Sam Raimi, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, and Akira Kurosawa. Raymond Wong's inspired score matches each cinematic reference with the appropriate cue as the camera circles and swoops around the sprawling sets. This is a real treat, more than a great action film or comedy, it's a great film period, and one that set box office records in the East. [More]

Starring: Qiu Yuen, Wah Yuen, Stephen Chow

Starring: Qiu Yuen, Wah Yuen, Stephen Chow

Director: Stephen Chow

Director: Stephen Chow
Screenwriter: Tseng Kan Cheong, Chan Man Keung, Lola Huo
Producer: Jeff Lau
Composer: Raymond Wong
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics

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04/29/09
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

The ever-shifting genre of martial arts films takes on yet another variation with writer/director/actor Stephen Chow's CGI spectacle infused comic Kung Fu adventure.

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08/16/07
Trevor Johnston
Trevor Johnston
Time Out New York

The laws of physics no longer apply, if they ever did; characters leap, run at neck-breaking speed, bash each other through several walls with one blow.

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08/04/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
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While those who can't stand long fight scenes might find it a bit tiresome, everyone else is going to consider this a sweet, light-hearted martial arts treat.

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07/25/07
Brian Webster
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10/30/06
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

A strange, fun flick that loves its source material dearly, Kung Fu Hustle is destined to become a cult classic.

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09/25/06
Russ Breimeier
Russ Breimeier
Christianity Today

Simultaneously and paradoxically irreverent and loving. A terrific piece of cinematic entertainment

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07/04/06
Dan Jardine
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Ken Tucker
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Kung Fu Hustle flies by on bursts of dizzying slapstick invention. There's rarely a dull moment, but the wise-guy tone and the non-stop frenzy wear you down.

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09/26/05
AV Club

Few directors in world cinema are working so competently and consistently in any mode as Chow is in this one.

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July 24, 2007: Seth Rogen Wants Stephen Chow as His Green Hornet Sidekick
If the idea of Seth Rogen as a superhero sounds a little crazy, well, it is. But at least the guy has good taste in co-stars. He'd like to get Stephen Chow to play 'sidekick' Kato. More...

April 26, 2006: Get Your Goofy MTV Movie Awards Noms Right Here
You thought the awards season ended with the Oscars? Please. MTV's just gearing up for their movie awards, which will be broadcast worldwide on June 8th -- but we have all the... More...

April 18, 2006: Chow Puts His Second "Hustle" on Hold
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January 10, 2006: Broadcast Film Critics Dole Out Their Awards on National TV
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