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Movie Review: Cartoonish Parody of Kung Fu
Summary: 4 Stars
"Kung Fu Hustle" (China/Hong Kong, 2004, 99 Min.)
A Review by Jonathan Fain
When you want to make an innovative film and don't have a clue where to begin, you can always have a mix. Kung Fu Hustle is huge mix of genres, leading to a tasty shake of comedy/parody/action/Kung-Fu movie. Added
with a little musical dance and a CGI cartoon like scenes and you got it - a mix - which luckily comes out very well, as the recipe is good and "bartender" is very talented.
Sing (Stephan Chow) wants to be a gang member of the "Axe Gang". The gang rules the city and the police is bribed to serve the gang. Sing tries to disguise as a gang member trying to rob an innocent looking neighborhood. However, they only appear innocent as they are all Kung Fu masters (Even the little child). Sing sets the gang on the neighborhood, but the bad guys appear to be losers, just like the coyote scheming plans to try and catch the Road Runner as they get hit over and over, just like the cartoon.
So we have some cartoon like scenes. Other scenes resemble The Matrix, with cable operated maneuvers and punches that smash porcelain, or 1000 people get kicked high in the air which looks like Matrix Reloaded.
Movie Highlights:
* Sing using the knife stabbed on him as rear-view mirror to see his chaser.
* The gay hairdresser - stereotypical.
* The sitting tall fighter and the masculine child - great joke.
* The kids pissing on young Sing - cruel and strong scene.
Maybe in English this movie would be appreciated and received better by the audience, as the Chinese is a hard to follow even if subtitled.
--- "Kung Fu Hustle" (China/Hong Kong, 2004, 99 Min.) AKA "Gong Fu"
Genre: Action, Comedy, Foreign
Rated R for sequences of strong stylized action and violence.
Director: Stephen Chow
Starring: Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen, Qiu Yuen, Siu Lung Leung, Dong Zhi Hua, Kwok Kuen Chan, Chiu Chi Ling, and Leung Siu Lung.
Rating: 8/10
Movie Review: * * * * 1/2 stars actually
Summary: 4 Stars
The latest movie from the very talented Stephen Chow is really funny, well made and most importantly inspired and unique.
A petty crook and his sidekick pretend to be from the notorious Axe Gang to extort money from a rural apartment building and accidently set into motion a stand off between the gang and the residents of the building. I really don't want to give away any more of the plot because not knowing what the movie is about makes the experience more enjoyable.
This movie has great CG and a highly stylish look. The acting from the landlady, landlord, Sing and his sidekick are very good with the landlady stealing almost all her scenes. The soundtrack is very good as well.
As an English and Cantonese speaker I can say with some confidence that the subtitles are the best that I've seen, capturing the right meaning and tone. I've been a fan of Stephen Chow ever since I was very young and he still has me rolling now at 21 because he knows what's funny. This movie gives you a little bit of everything action, laughs, drama and love. It's worth watching because you have never seen anything like this but most of all because it's good.
Movie Review: Kung Fu, LoliPoPs, Urination, it's got it all !!!
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a comedic Kung Fu movie with some flying / air fighting elements in it, as well as comic book style fighting. There is also what appears to be CG special effects.
Although I don't usually like movies with flying style moves (save The Iron Monkey), this movie is actually a decent mix of choreographed ground moves, air moves, and comic book style moves. They did a very good job in blending the moves together seemlessly.
As far as the plot goes, it is fairly well done. You don't really know for sure what's going on at first, although there are plent of hints, but eventually about half way through the plot you'll figure out what's going to happen at the end. As I stated earlier, this is a comedy, and the jokes are pretty funny, at least to my immature self.
End note: I viewed the chinese DVD of this movie -> only cantonese and manderin audio with english subtitles. I'm guessing the english version differs only in the audio track.
Movie Review: What a cool Flick.
Summary: 4 Stars
A nice mix of Kill Bill and Hotshots.
I have watched thousands of movies, reviewed hundreds on amazon or otherwise, and can honestly say that Kung fu Hustle made me laugh like no other.
Seriously, I could go into the plot, which is more or less an excuse for more awesome acrobatic achievements of excellence, but Kung fu hustle is about the prat-falls. It's Flat out hilarious. Never have I laughed for the duration of an entire film.
It seems that Bruce Lee and the Wachowski's have finally met the Anamaniacs. Support the cause, go see it, then tell your friends. Kung fu Hustle is a fantastically unique bit of coolness. ~saos~
Movie Review: I must not be into this kind of film.
Summary: 4 Stars
I watched more than a week of commercials for "Kung Fu Hustle" on such TV venues as TBS, and figured I'd go, since I can always use a good laugh and don't mind some action as well. But then I get there, find the whole thing is in Chinese, and with a story I couldn't follow. I suppose there was humor I could pick up on, but it was far from side-splitting. I suspect that this was a case of pearls before swine, for I'm guessing that a lot of fine martial arts film values were present but I couldn't appreciate them. My own experience would rate 3.7 stars. I'm sorry.