Kung Fu Hustle
So many gangsters… so little time.
So many gangsters… so little time.
Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
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2004
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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:
Cast:
,
Stephen Chow
,
Yuen Wah
,
Xing Yu
,
Bruce Leung Siu-Lung
,
Huang Shengyi
,
Yuen Qiu
,
Lam Tze-Chung
,
Dung Chi-Wa
,
Danny Chan
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Details
Runtime:
99 min
Release date:
10 Feb 2004
Country:
CN, HK
Languages:
cn
Budget:
$20,000,000
Revenue:
$102,034,104
Awards:
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award25 wins & 47 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
So disarmingly eager to please that only a stone-faced kung fu purist could object.
– David Ansen,
Newsweek,
1 Nov 2007
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,
12 May 2006
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,
26 Sep 2005
fresh:
Kung Fu Hustle snaps and crackles like nuclear popcorn on a scorching griddle.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
20 May 2005
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,
22 Apr 2005