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Kung Fu Hustle
2005
In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf. Read more
| Starring | Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen |
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| Director | Stephen Chow |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
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Kung Fu Hustle
In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
| Starring | Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen |
|---|---|
| Director | Stephen Chow |
| Studio | SONY PICTURES HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 35 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 35 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Audio Descriptive, Comedy |
| Language | DVD: Cantonese, English Audio Description Blu-ray: Cantonese |
| Dubbed | English, Spanish |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Dutch, English, Greek, Portuguese, Spanish Blu-ray: English |
| Released | DVD: 24 Oct 2005 Blu-ray: 19 Mar 2007 Production year: 2005 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (3)
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High energy, visually witty comedy that is close in style to Looney Tunes cartoons. Its approach is a mix of tongue in cheek and fist in the stomach, as it both parodies martial arts movies and stages some spectacular battles of its own.
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...invigorating, bombastic, out-there and very funny, Kung Fu Hustle pummels The Matrix trilogy into a puddle.
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34 out of 42 people found this review helpful
Brilliant way to spend an hour and a half
Having been rather disappointed by Stephen Chow's 'Shaolin Soccer' my expectations for KFH were not that high, but this is a vastly superior film.
The merging of comedy and action is nothing new but few films manage to combine the two so successfully. The film is full of stunning set pieces, great slapstick and numerous homages to many different films. What cinema was made for. -
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Now this is a first!
Imagine the funniest Looney Tunes cartoon you've ever seen (mine is probably the Duck Season-Rabbit season), combine that with ass-kicking moves and the backdrop of China on the verge of westernisation and you'll know what you'll get when you rent this film.
Chow, a star in his own right who multi-tasks in this gem of a movie, is hilarious and comes out of the shadows of Jet Li and Jackie Chan as the rising star for the martial arts fans outside of Asia.
Plus, it is so great when a film is both impressive in its martial arts sequences and funny enough without trying too hard.
Fantastic. -
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