Kung Fu Hustle
‘Like Jackie Chan and Buster Keaton meet Quentin Tarantino and Bugs Bunny.' You see how worked up you can get, watching a movie like this.
Kung Fu Hustle
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The work of international superstar Stephen Chow, Kung Fu Hustle is a funny, special-effects-laden, action-packed martial arts epic set in 1940s China. A bumbling thief named Sing (Chow) wants to be the toughest member of the dreaded gangster hit squad known as the Axe Gang, but to join the gang he has to commit murder. When he tries to rob a crowded, run-down apartment complex known as Pig Sty Alley, the locals defend themselves with some high-flying kung fu skills, and a minor war erupts between the local masters and the axe-wielding gang. After the gang frees the ancient kung fu king known as The Beast (Leung Siu Lung) from jail, tensions reach a boiling point as Pig Sty Alley's landlady (Yuen Qiu) leads an all-out attack against the gang and Sing discovers his true heroic fate. The film, which set box-office records across Asia during its initial release, also stars Yuen Wah and Xing Yu, and features fight choreography by legendary masters of martial arts cinema Yuen Woo Ping and Sammo Hung.
The work of international superstar Stephen Chow, Kung Fu Hustle is a funny, special-effects-laden, action-packed martial arts epic set in 1940s China. A bumbling thief named Sing (Chow) wants to be the toughest member of the dreaded gangster hit squad known as the Axe Gang, but to join the gang he has to commit murder. When he tries to rob a crowded, run-down apartment complex known as Pig Sty Alley, the locals defend themselves with some high-flying kung fu skills, and a minor war erupts between the local masters and the axe-wielding gang. After the gang frees the ancient kung fu king known as The Beast (Leung Siu Lung) from jail, tensions reach a boiling point as Pig Sty Alley's landlady (Yuen Qiu) leads an all-out attack against the gang and Sing discovers his true heroic fate. The film, which set box-office records across Asia during its initial release, also stars Yuen Wah and Xing Yu, and features fight choreography by legendary masters of martial arts cinema Yuen Woo Ping and Sammo Hung.
Genre
Action,
Comedy,
Crime,
Kung Fu
Web Site
Runtime
95
Language
Cantonese
Director
Stephen Chow
Cast
Stephen Chow,
Yuen Wah,
Xing Yu,
Yuen Qiu
Played at
Town Center 5 4.22.05 - 5.05.05
Monica Film Center 4.22.05 - 5.12.05
Royal 5.13.05 - 5.31.05
NoHo 7 2.18.16 - 2.18.16
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