Kung Fu Hustle (2004) update feed
" 2004 My Rating : 3.0=Magnificent - My Pleasure Meter : 4.5/5.0 Stars "
" my rating 3.0=Magnificent my imbd pleasure meter 4.5 Stars "
" At the height of his career, Bruce Lee was an action star who tried to bring some legitimacy to the genre of martial arts movies in order to allow it to gain a wider audience. However, after he passed away, filmmakers from that part of the world from which he was born began taking the path of least resistance when creating these kinds of “kung fu flix”. Known commonly as “chopsocky”, these fight films reached a the point that they were being released very quickly en m"
" Chop Socky is a subgenre of the martial arts films from Asia which is a spawn of the comedic style combat that Jackie Chan brought to the forefront a decade earlier. Once the New Millenium began, the door was kicked wide open for other wacky wunderkind warriors like Stephen Chow, who directed and starred in both this, Kung Fu Hustle, and an earlier hit, Shaolin Soccer, two films that have since become staples in the burgeoning genre. After taking the absurdity of both the humor and the high"
" Back in the 90's, Jackie Chan’s popularity in the Asian film industry made the martial arts farce a force to be reckoned with in the field of Chop Socky. In the following decade, the door was kicked wide open for other similar wunderkind warriors such as Stephen Chow, star and director of two of the most famous of these "krazy karate komedies, Shaolin Soccer and of this movie. Taking the absurdity of both the humor and the high kicks and cranking 'em both up a notch, movies like this o"
"When: May 26th First-Time Viewing: Yes. How: DVD from the library. What'd I Think?: Clever, insanely outrageous, and surprisingly weighty, this is a very funny and original spoof. My Rating: 9/10 Other Notes: NA."