Kung Fu Hustle

2005 • 98 minutes

About this movie

Hong Kong film auteur Stephen Chiau (aka Stephen Chow) returns with his newest action-comedy after the groundbreaking, and box office record breaking film Shaolin Soccer. Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves around a hapless wannabe gangster, Sing, who aspires to become a member of the notorious "Axe Gang." The Axe Gang, meanwhile, want to reign supreme by occupying the most coveted territory, which is a sacred street protected by an unlikely cast of characters, many of whom are highly skilled kung fu masters disguised as ordinary people. After several encounters with thugs and a fearsome adversary known as The Beast, Sing overcomes his inadequacy and realizes he is the greatest kung fu master of them all, destined to protect the sacred street. (Original Title - Kung Fu Hustle) © 2004 Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Ratings and reviews

Silly, brilliant over-the-top action. This has burned-in English subtitles, for those wondering. Infinitely better to any dubbed version, unless you're somehow averse to reading. Non-burned-in captions would've been infinitely better though--these ones are yellow and blurry. Bleugh.

Without doubt one of the best martial arts film I have ever seen. I've watched this movie at least 5 times, and it's still as good as when I first saw it.

Fun to watch. Period. There are english subtitles. Did I say, it's fun to watch? Because it's fun to watch. This movie deserves cult status. Oh, and let me tell you something. It's... yeah, you guessed it. It's freaking fun to watch.