Kung Fu Hustle

Name: Kung Fu Hustle
Genre: Action, Fantasy, Comedy, Crime
Released: April 8, 2005
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Qiu Yuen, Shengyi Huang, Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen

2005

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Generally favorable reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: April 8, 2005 | R

Starring: Qiu Yuen, Shengyi Huang, Stephen Chow, Wah Yuen

Summary: Set amid the chaos of pre-revolutionary China, small time thief, Sing (Chow), aspires to be one of the sophisticated and ruthless Axe Gang whose underworld activities overshadow the city. (Sony)

Director: Stephen Chow

Genre(s): Action, Fantasy, Comedy, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Robert K. Elder

Chow's savagely funny cinematic love letter places Hong Kong legends Yuen Wah, Leung Siu Lung and former Bond girl Yuen Qiu in well-cast pivotal parts, establishing Kung Fu Hustle not only as an endearing homage to a genre's history, but an astonishing piece of cinema in its own right. Read full review

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Richard Corliss

Moviemaking doesn't get much smarter, funnier, handsomer, better than this. Read full review

Carina Chocano

Brilliantly choreographed and shot, Kung Fu Hustle is often grisly, visually spectacular and unabashedly silly, sometimes all at once. Read full review

Simon Crook

Kung Fu Hustle pummels "The Matrix" trilogy into a puddle. Read full review

Claudia Puig

Hustle's approach to a simple good-vs.-evil plot is eccentrically exuberant. Read full review

Ruthe Stein

Vivid and madcap but fails to connect on any emotional level. Read full review

Ann Hornaday

For all its stylishness, verve and moments of visual poetry, the relentlessly punishing slapstick and overall cruel tone left me cold. Read full review

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AK7

Jul 30, 2013

There aren't many good comedy movies, everybody knows that. Buy sometimes you find a gem, guess what this is a GEM. Kung Fu Hustle is such an unique comedy movie, you won't find this anywhere else. Form the beginning of the movie till the end of the movie I genuinely laughed my @ss off. AThere aren't many good comedy movies, everybody knows that. Buy sometimes you find a gem, guess what this is a GEM. Kung Fu Hustle is such an unique comedy movie, you won't find this anywhere else. Form the beginning of the movie till the end of the movie I genuinely laughed my @ss off. A comedy with good acting, really funny scenes, a ridiculous plot and martial arts? That is a 10/10 ALL DAY LONG!… Expand

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MarkA.

Apr 27, 2007

What a breath of fresh air! An amazing movie; very well done. Those who voted 2 or so must have a boring sense of humour. Good funny films are not easy to make (and I'm a filmmaker myself!). Chow manages to pull this one off with sheer brilliance. Those who moan want miracles from What a breath of fresh air! An amazing movie; very well done. Those who voted 2 or so must have a boring sense of humour. Good funny films are not easy to make (and I'm a filmmaker myself!). Chow manages to pull this one off with sheer brilliance. Those who moan want miracles from movies. There's nothing wrong with this one; it's perfect. I enjoyed this one much more than the Matrix trilogy. The cigar lighting scene/catching fire was the funniest movie moment ever. What a gem. Thanks Stephen!… Expand

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ImissMYdinosaur

Aug 7, 2018

Pure entertainment.
Beautifully filmed, with a story structure that doesn't skip a beat. Riveting action sequences are in abundance, plenty of humor and heart. Timeless classic and a rare film that's served better with English dubs

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AverageGuy

Sep 18, 2005

Really funny movie, If you did not like it than you did not understand it.

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Bias

Sep 10, 2016

This is simply an excellent comedy. Tons of wacky twists, great action and lots of other movie references for you to force trivia down your friends throats while they watch it with you. Almost as pure in hilarity 'God of Cookery'.

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Riren

Feb 2, 2007

Disjointed and bizarre, this sets itself apart even from kung fu cinema. If you're used to American or European action movies, this is something completely new. Kung Fu Hustle survives on a comical strand, drawing inspiration from martial arts humor as well as old Looney Toons. Its Disjointed and bizarre, this sets itself apart even from kung fu cinema. If you're used to American or European action movies, this is something completely new. Kung Fu Hustle survives on a comical strand, drawing inspiration from martial arts humor as well as old Looney Toons. Its insistence on empowering the weak, often making superhuman characters out of stereotypes like housewives or browbeaten husbands, is probably its best strength. Its sense of style, of constantly mingling cool (magical guitars, dropkicking mafia badguys through walls, classical or compelling music, etc.) with the deliberately uncool (old lady in hair curlers, assassin in his underwear, etc.) is something to behold. It's at least a half an hour too long, but it's such an over-the-top and oddball film that if you can let yourself go, this is a great way to kill an evening.… Expand

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RyanM.

Sep 6, 2005

Worst movie ever!! I was excited to finally see it after so much hype. I couldn't even get half way through it. Completely cliche and over the top. The writing is also horrible. I'd feel differently if it was at least clever abd humorous. But I feel the director tried to use too Worst movie ever!! I was excited to finally see it after so much hype. I couldn't even get half way through it. Completely cliche and over the top. The writing is also horrible. I'd feel differently if it was at least clever abd humorous. But I feel the director tried to use too many stylish scenes with redundant special effects. This movie made me ill. I couldn't believe it was this bad. The director needs to stop watching American cartoons. What's funny and absurd to him may have been funny back in the 40's or 50's. Audiences are smarter than this. Hopefully.… Expand

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