
Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.... (Full plot summary below)
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Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.
Leave your thoughts about Kung Fu Hustle.
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovIt's a short, sharp, shock to the cinematic system that's virtually impossible to dislike, and if you don't leave the theatre grinning your face off, then buddy, movies just aren't for you. |
| eFilmCritic.comUri Lessing...it's so refreshing to see a movie willing to be spontaneous and uninhibited. |
| Film ThreatPhil HallKung Fu Hustle is something you rarely encounter in theaters: a genuinely original comedy. |
| jackiekcooper.comJackie K. CooperAn enjoyable but lightweight kung fu movie. |
| ViewLondonMatthew TurnerA deliriously enjoyable roller-coaster ride of a movie, from which you're liable to emerge punch-drunk, grinning from ear to ear and demanding to go round again |
| Chicago TribuneRobert K. ElderChow's savagely funny cinematic love letter places Hong Kong legends Yuen Wah, Leung Siu Lung and former Bond girl Yuen Qiu in well-cast pivotal parts, establishing Kung Fu Hustle not only as an endearing homage to a genre's history, but an astonishing piece of cinema in its own right. |
| The Hollywood ReporterAndrew SunWith a delirious mix of the sublime and the silly, Hong Kong comedy king Stephen Chow Sing-chi has taken the kung fu comedy genre to new heights of chop-socky hilarity. |
| L.A. WeeklyDavid ChuteThe movie refers glancingly to dozens of Hollywood classics, from "West Side Story" to "City Lights," but at heart it is a debt of honor richly paid by Stephen Chow to his martial-arts forebears and to the traditions that shaped his sensibility. His gong fu is the best. |
| TimeRichard CorlissMoviemaking doesn't get much smarter, funnier, handsomer, better than this. |
| Reno Gazette-JournalForrest HartmanAn entertaining theatrical outing that is always amusing and visually attractive. |