Thursday, April 14, 2005
Kung Fu Hustle
"Kung Fu Hustle" is not just another spectacular Chinese martial arts film released a year earlier, subtitled, and imported to the U.S. It's "Hero" meets "The Matrix" meets "The Godfather" meets "Road Runner and Wiley Coyote" meets "The Three Stooges". It is hilarious and visually simulating. Set in 1940's China, two scheming imbeciles wander into a run-down ghetto called Pig Sty Alley and get in trouble impersonating members of the notorious "Axe Gang". The battles between the kung fu masters are outrageous and beyond one's imagination. Understanding Cantonese is a plus.
Alien gives it 3 ½ "kung fu fighting-looney tunes" stars out of 4.
"Kung Fu Hustle" is not just another spectacular Chinese martial arts film released a year earlier, subtitled, and imported to the U.S. It's "Hero" meets "The Matrix" meets "The Godfather" meets "Road Runner and Wiley Coyote" meets "The Three Stooges". It is hilarious and visually simulating. Set in 1940's China, two scheming imbeciles wander into a run-down ghetto called Pig Sty Alley and get in trouble impersonating members of the notorious "Axe Gang". The battles between the kung fu masters are outrageous and beyond one's imagination. Understanding Cantonese is a plus.
Alien gives it 3 ½ "kung fu fighting-looney tunes" stars out of 4.
That's all folks.
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