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Kung Fu Hustle
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Stephen Chow, Lam Tze Chung, Yuen
Qiu, Yuen Wah |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Sony Pictures Classics |
| Web Site: |
www.kungfuhustlemovie.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
I vote for you
leaving them at home even though the violence is kinda
slapstick. |
| Date Movie: |
If she loved
"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," maybe leave her with the
kids |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nah. |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Lots of it, and
it's pretty funny. |
| Action: |
Lots of it, and
it's pretty funny. |
| Laughs: |
Lots of it, and
well, it's funny. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
Pretty much any
scene with Landlady. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Nah. |
| Directed By: |
Stephen Chow |
| Produced By: |
Stephen Chow, Chui
Po Chu, Jeff Lau |
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Kung Fu Hustle
A Movie Review |
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"Kung Fu Hustle" is definitely not a movie for everyone.
First off, it’s spoken in Chinese with English subtitles, so
if you hate reading a movie, you might get a little put off.
Alright, come to think of, that’s the only off about the
movie because I really enjoyed it, although at times it
seemed a little slow. Here’s the basics of the story.
The Axe gang rules the city, controls the police, and
pretty much can do whatever they want, but they generally
don’t worry about certain sections of the city because,
well, those sections are people living in squalor, so why
bother? In the case of our movie, this section of town is
called Pig Sty Alley. We get introduced to life in Pig Sty
Alley, with a fraternizing Landlord (Yuen Wah) and his
overbearing wife, Landlady (Yuen Qiu), and the cast of kooky
townsfolk including Donut (Dong Zhi Hua), Tailor (Chiu Chi
Ling), and others. Enter Sing (Stephen Chow) and Sing’s
Sidekick (Lam Tze Chung). They come to Pig Sty Alley as
members of the Axe gang, demanding a haircut, then demanding
to be paid for their haircut. The problem is they are a
couple oafs, and then the real Axe gang shows up. A big old
fight ensues, only the Axe gang gets their collective butts
kicked by a group of kung fu masters who just happened to
live out their lives in Pig Sty Alley. Well, the Axe gang
isn’t very happy with this, let alone the fact that Sing and
his buddy were impersonating themselves as members of the
Axe gang, so know it is time for Sing and his buddy to make
it up to the Axe gang members.
Look, the story is kinda dorky, I think you get the
point, but the thing about "Kung Fu Hustle" is that it takes
that artsy Kung Fu story, you know, your "Crouching Tiger,
Hidden Dragon" type of movie, and makes fun of it. You get
flying, you get three dudes kicking the crap out of
hundreds, you get people being able to crash through ten
rooms and still come up standing, and you get a lot of
hilarity.
I enjoyed that fact that Chow (also the director), made a
funny look at how crazy some kung fu scenes can seem,
especially when we find out why there were frogs near the
cell of the "Master" brought in to kick the crap out of the
Landlord and Landlady. I didn’t even mind having to read the
movie as it went along. It’s 4 stars out of 5 for "Kung Fu
Hustle."
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
