2004 · action · comedy · fantasy
Kung Fu Hustle
Directed by Stephen Chow1h 39m2004
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.
Our read: Kung Fu Hustle (2004) reads as a cosy, breathless, inventive action · comedy · fantasy entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Cosy, breathless, measured action / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- intense
- inventive
- redemptive
- funny
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