Synopsis
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
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Cast
- Stephen ChowSing
- Yuen WahLandlord
- Yuen QiuLandlady
- Lam Tze-chungSing's Sidekick
- Bruce LeungThe Beast
- Huang ShengyiFong
- Danny Chan Kwok-kwanBrother Sum
- Chi Ling ChiuTailor
- Xing YuCoolie
- Lam SuetAxe Gang Vice General
Recommendations
- 100
Film Threat
Kung Fu Hustle is something you rarely encounter in theaters: a genuinely original comedy. - 100
The Hollywood Reporter
With 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. - 100
L.A. Weekly
The 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. - 91
Entertainment Weekly
All of Kung Fu Hustle is like that: You don't just watch it, you ride with it, laughing all the way. - 80
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Half-amazing, half-ridiculous, thoroughly exhilarating. - 80
The A.V. Club
Its crowd-pleasing, action-packed brand of frenetic parody promises to spread Chow's mythos even further. - 80
Village Voice
Chow manages to have his cake and eat it too: Kung Fu Hustle is a kung fu parody that's also a terrific kung fu movie. - 75
ReelViews
Viewers will discover that the film has something to offer nearly everyone, whether they are a novice or a black belt in kung fu cinema.
