Fresh
So disarmingly eager to please that only a stone-faced kung fu purist could object.
David Ansen, Newsweek
Kung Fu Hustle
So many gangsters… so little time.
2004 · 1h 39m · R
Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Directed by
Stephen Chow
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Kung Fu Hustle
Overview
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.
Director and cast
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90%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Chow's movie may seem nutty on the surface, but its slyness, its dreamy unfolding of so many moods and genres, becomes intoxicating.
Ken Tucker, New York Magazine/Vulture
Fresh
A film where special effects erase physics and the constraints of the human body, there's absolutely no telling what will come next.
Tasha Robinson, AV Club
Fresh
Kung Fu Hustle snaps and crackles like nuclear popcorn on a scorching griddle.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
But for all its stylishness, verve and moments of visual poetry, the relentlessly punishing slapstick and overall cruel tone left me cold.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
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