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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Stephen Chow |
| Stars: |
Stephen Chow |
| Genre: |
Action/Adventure |
| Subgenre: |
1940s · Chinese · Comedy |
| MPAA Rating: |
R (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS: English Dub |
| UPC: |
043396108875 |
| Release Date: |
2005 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 39min |
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Languages
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| Release Language: |
English (Subtitled) |
| Original Language: |
Cantonese |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Full Frame, 1hr 39min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (August 09, 2005)
UPC: 043396120945 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: English Dub, 1hr 39min
Release Company: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (August 09, 2005)
UPC: 043396108875 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Chan Man Keung |
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Professional Reviews
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(04/22/2005, p.4E, Claudia Puig): "HUSTLE's approach to a simple good-vs.-evil plot is eccentrically exuberant." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
Stephen Chow's follow-up to SHAOLIN SOCCER ups the over-the-top action quotient by about three zillion percent. The story is set in 1930s Hong Kong, with Chow as a shaggy-haired, would-be bad guy named Sing, who gets caught up in the middle of a war between the top-hat-wearing Axe gang and the hard scrabble inhabitants of Pig Sty Alley. Chow--who wrote, produced, and directed--doesn't step in as the star here for quite a while, letting the comic duties fly in a myriad of directions: a landlady in curlers (Yuen Qiu) has a yell that can flatten buildings; people get kicked across courtyards and through walls; musician assassins whip ghost sabers from lyre strings, and a mental patient in pink flip-flops named "the Beast" (Leung Siu Lung) catches bullets in his fingers. Buoyed by SOCCER's box office success, HUSTLE uses bigger production values and a dizzying amount of CGI-enhanced martial arts (imagine Bruce Lee vs. Bugs Bunny in THE MATRIX). It's full of references to other films and filmmakers, revering ... |
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