Kung Fu Hustle

Pros: Stephen Chow, Qiu Yuen, many amusing moments
Cons: Some moments don't belong in a comedy

The residents of Shanghai's Pig Sty Alley prided themselves on living their lives in peace some seventy years ago. They might have disagreements among each other, but they kept those disagreements within the community. They may not have been an affluent ...

Pros: It wasn't too long, some good action
Cons: plot was a little thin, too cheesy in parts, annoying characters, stereotypes replace story development

This makes no sense! The above line was the one thing during Kung Fu Hustle that really made me laugh out loud, because it summed up what I was feeling, and how I felt the characters must have thought during filming. Taking place in ...

Pros: Some cool action scenes
Cons: Story shifts focus too much, silly at times

Kung Fu Hustle is a slapstick martial arts movie. I've never seen anything like it before. It is from Stephen Chow, who also gave us Shaolin Soccer a couple of years ago. The plot is unfortunately not all that original for this movie. It is set in ...

Pros: zany, lighthearted, physical comedy done with breathtaking precision
Cons: too silly to take seriously, until the weight of watching induces narcosis

Kung Fu Hustle is a campy parody of campy kung fu flicks, which always require some jacked-up underworld intrigue in order to explain the need to kill a thousand guys in ninja outfits while walking back from the mailbox. Writer-director, Stephen Chow, ...

Pros: well choreographed fight scenes; fun story; hilarious moments
Cons: some campy moments too

The latest film from Stephen Chow, Gong Fu, has now become the largest grossing film in Hong Kong and was released this weekend in America as Kung Fu Hustle. Deciding to escape the seven inches of snow in my driveway (5 days ago, it was 80 ...

Pros: Stephen Chow is an appealing performer.
Cons: The supporting characters are repetitive and annoying.

A mixture of comedy and action is always an interesting venture for filmmakers. Some of the most successful films that attempt this either tone down the violence or present the humor with an ironic detachment. This prevents the two aspects from colliding ...

Pros: A somewhat more refined Sin City.
Cons: Not for those with an aversion to martial arts or subtitles.

Upon getting back from seeing Kung Fu Hustle, I found myself reflecting that it might not be long before the puritan screamers start calling for a war against China. In South Park Bigger Longer and Uncut fashion of course. For Kung Fu Hustle is full ...

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After subjecting myself to Sin City not long ago, I have to admit that I was surprised by the praise that City received by my fellow epinionators. Sure it had its moments, but it was a perfect example of a movie weak on creativity ...

Pros: Not art. It's entertainment
Cons: Not art. It's entertainment

I'm not a huge Chinese film industry follower. If one were to point out Stephen Chow, Andy Lau, Jiang Ziyi (who I think is very unremarkable looking at any rate) or an assortment of other "famous in the Chinese language speaking world" actors I'd ...

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I remember hearing about this movie a while ago; it looked like a mix of comedy and martial arts. I wasn’t really sure what the story was, but I wanted to see it. Even after seeing it, I’m not really sure how to explain it. The basic plot ...

Pros: The direction and writing.
Cons: Doesn't open too interestingly.

I can’t say I’ve always been the biggest fan of Asian film, as you may have often heard me say. Films like “Hero” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” all rank as good movies on my list, but they lack that special “oomph” that other people seem to claim ...

Pros: great fight scenes, funny
Cons: nada

It was with great trepidation that I walked into the old, ornate movie theater that seated at least 1000 people. I knew nothing about this movie that my husband's friend had dragged us to. We had arrived a little early, and got to sit in prime seats. The ...

Pros: Superb action set pieces; very funny and violently delightful; Landlady and the Beast
Cons: Slapstick may be too grating; too violent for some?

Sing (Stephen Chow) is a vagabond, criminal impostor with aspirations to join the brutally intimidating, Shanghai based Axe Gang ("Go put a down payment on your funeral!"). Holding court with his tubby, equally inept sidekick (Lan Tze Chung) on a ...

Pros: Purely entertaining.
Cons: Some cheesiness.

Should I have been going out to see a movie tonight? No. Should I be spending more time writing a review right now? Definitely not. I have two weeks of finals starting next week and I need to be studying. But when my friends invited me to watch ...

Pros: laugh-out-loud hilarious
Cons: juvenile sight gags

Stephen Chow is a household name in South-East Asia. For the past 15 years or so, he has been associated with big-screen screwball comedies. Chow cut his teeth and paid his dues on children’s TV, and if he had the occasional laugh at the little ...