Carrying a Big Log or an Axel Martial Arts Comedy

2004 Hong Kong action one-act motion-picture show by Stephen Grub

Kung Fu Hustle
Mainland China release poster
Chinese	功夫
Standard mandarin	Gōng Fū
Cantonese	Gung1 Fu1
Directed past	Stephen Grub
Screenplay by	Stephen Chow Huo Xin Chan Man-keung Tsang Kan-cheung
Story by	Stephen Grub
Produced by	Stephen Chow Po-Chu Chui Jeffrey Lau
Starring	Stephen Grub Danny Chan Yuen Wah Yuen Qiu Eva Huang Leung Siu-lung
Cinematography	Poon Hang-sang
Edited past	Angie Lam
Music by	Raymond Wong
Production companies	Columbia Pictures Motion-picture show Product Asia Star Overseas Beijing Motion-picture show Studio Taihe Picture show Investment Red china Moving-picture show Grouping Huayi Brothers
Distributed by	Huayi Brothers (China)[1] Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (International)[two] [three]
Release dates	14 September 2004 (2004-09-xiv) (TIFF) 23 December 2004 (2004-12-23) (Hong Kong)
Running time	98 minutes[4]
Countries	Hong Kong[3] China[3]
Languages	Cantonese[four] Mandarin
Budget	$xx million[5]
Box office	$104.ix meg[6]

Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese: 功夫; lit. 'Kung Fu') is a 2004 activeness-comedy picture directed, produced, co-written by, and starring Stephen Grub. The picture show tells the story of a murderous neighbourhood gang, a poor hamlet with unlikely heroes, and an aspiring gangster'due south violent journey to find his true self. Eva Huang, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Danny Chan Kwok-kwan and Leung Siu-lung co-starred in prominent roles. The martial arts choreography is supervised by Yuen Woo-ping.

Kung Fu Hustle was a co-production betwixt Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese companies, filmed in Shanghai. After the commercial success of Shaolin Soccer, its production visitor, Star Overseas, began to develop the films with Columbia Pictures Asia in 2002. It features a number of retired actors famous for 1970s Hong Kong activity movie house and has been compared to gimmicky and influential wuxia films such every bit Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. The cartoon special effects in the motion picture accompanied past traditional Chinese music, is often cited every bit its nigh striking feature.

The film was released on 23 December 2004 in Cathay and on 25 January 2005 in the U.s.a.. The moving-picture show received positive reviews and grossed US$17 million in North America and Us$84 million in other regions. It was tenth on the list of highest-grossing foreign-language films in the Usa as well as the highest-grossing strange-language film in the country in 2005. Kung Fu Hustle won numerous awards, including six Hong Kong Flick Awards and v Golden Horse Awards. The picture show was re-released in 3D in October 2022 across Asia and America, marking the tenth anniversary of the flick.

Plot [edit]

In 1940s Shanghai, footling crooks Sing and Bone aspire to join the notorious Axe Gang under the leadership of the common cold-blooded killer Brother Sum. The pair visit a rundown slum known as Pigsty Aisle to extort the residents by pretending to exist Axe Gang members. Sing throws a firecracker that he claims will signal the balance of the Axe Gang, but his barefaced backfires when the firecracker explodes side by side to a real Axe Gang underboss. Sing blames the residents for throwing the firecracker and the dominate attacks them, but he is struck and killed past an unseen assailant. Gang reinforcements arrive but they are all chop-chop dealt with by three of the slum's tenants: Coolie, Tailor, and Donut, who reveal they are actually kung fu masters. Nevertheless, fearing the Axe Gang's retaliation, the slum's Landlady evicts the trio.

Brother Sum captures Sing and Bone, intending to kill them for posing as gang members. Nevertheless, Sing uses his infrequent lock-picking skills to free himself and Os before they are killed by thrown axes. The impressed Brother Sum allows them to join the gang on the condition that they kill someone. Sing laments beingness a failure in life. He recalls his childhood to Bone when he was tricked by a vagrant into buying a martial arts pamphlet with his meager saving because he was duped into thinking he was a natural-born kung fu main. Afterward practising the pamphlet'south Buddhist Palm technique many times, Sing attempted to save a mute girl named Fong from bullies but was instead beaten and humiliated. Sing becomes adamant that heroes never win and resolves to be a villain.

Sing and Bone render to Pigsty Alley to kill the Landlady. All the same, their plan backfires equally Sing is repeatedly stabbed past his and Os'southward missed knife throws. He retreats to a traffic pulpit where his body chop-chop heals from his deadly injuries. The pain causes him to strike the sides of the metallic pulpit, roofing the surface with hand-shaped impressions. Meanwhile Brother Sum hires two Harpists that use a magical guzheng to kill their victims with audio. The assassins arrive at Pigsty Alley just equally the trio of kung fu masters are leaving. The Harpists kill Coolie and defeat Donut and Tailor with their magical instrument; nevertheless, they are defeated afterwards by the Landlady and her husband the Landlord, who are revealed to be kung fu masters as well. The Landlady then warns Blood brother Sum, who watched the fight with his adviser, to stay abroad from Hole Alley.

A frustrated Sing attempts to rob an ice cream vendor but discovers that she is actually Fong. When she recognises him and offers him a lollipop, he smashes it and leaves in shame; he also rebuffs Bone. Brother Sum offers Sing firsthand gang membership if he uses his lock-picking skills to costless the Fauna, a legendary kung fu assassin from a Shanghai mental asylum. Sing brings the Brute back to the Axe Gang's headquarters.

Brother Sum is skeptical of the Creature's skills due to his flippant mental attitude and sloppy advent. Yet, the Beast proves his kung fu prowess by stopping a bullet midair with his fingers. When the Beast detects the kung fu presence of the Landlady and LandLord, he destroys the casino side by side door to face up the couple. A fight breaks out between the three and culminates in all of them being immobilised in an inter-joint lock. Brother Sum orders Sing to assault the Landlady and Landlord to help the Beast, merely Sing has a change of heart and attacks the Beast instead. Infuriated, the Fauna smashes Sing's head into the ground, merely he is saved by the Landlady and Landlord. The trio flee and Brother Sum berates the Beast for letting them escape; the Beast kills Brother Sum in response.

Back at Pigsty Alley, the Landlady and Landlord care for Sing and are surprised by his quick recovery from his fatal injuries. Sing and so treats the couple's wounds in return before against the Axe Gang. The Landlady deduces that the Beast's beating of Sing has realigned Sing'south qi, metamorphosing him into a natural kung fu chief. The new Sing effortlessly dispatches the Axe Gang earlier fighting the Creature, who initially appears to have the upper hand due to his "toad style". However, when Sing is sent flying into the sky by the Beast, he has a vision of Buddha in the clouds and completes his transformation. Sing uses the Buddhist Palm technique to defeat the Beast. Nonplussed past Sing's power and prowess, the Creature tearfully bows to Sing and concedes defeat.

Sing and Bone open a processed store with Fong's lollipop as their logo. Fong visits Sing at his store, and the pair embrace. Meanwhile the same mysterious vagrant who sold Sing the martial arts pamphlet speaks to another child simply outside the store, simply this time he is selling multiple pamphlets teaching several different styles.

Bandage [edit]

• Stephen Grub equally Sing, a loser in life who aspires to join the Axe Gang. He specialises in the Fut Gar Buddhist Palm technique. After the Beast beats Sing to the brink of decease, Sing "resets his qi period", releasing the natural-born kung fu master inside.
• Danny Chan Kwok-kwan as Brother Sum, the ruthless leader of the Axe Gang. Under his leadership, the Axe Gang wipes out all the other gangs of Mainland china.
• Yuen Qiu as the Landlady of Pigsty Aisle. She is a master of the Lama Pai King of beasts's Roar technique. She has a sonic scream that can pierce through anything.
• Yuen Wah as the Landlord of Pigsty Alley. He is a principal of kung fu and taijiquan. He is flexible and able to hover in midair.
• Leung Siu-lung as the Creature, an onetime but incredibly potent kung fu master. He is rumoured to be the most dangerous person live, though his skill is disguised by his unkempt appearance. He is a master of the Toad Style from the Kwan Lun School. He can deed like a toad and headbutt a person with immense forcefulness.
• Xing Yu every bit Coolie, a Kung Fu specialist of the Tan Tui Twelve Kicks technique from the Tam Schoolhouse. He has incredibly fast legs and tin sense when an opponent is approaching.
• Chiu Chi-ling equally the Tailor of Pigsty Alley. He specialises in the Hung Ga Iron Wire Fist technique and fights with iron rings on his artillery.
• Dong Zhihua as Donut, a baker in Pigsty Alley. He specialises in the Eight Trigram Staff. He control staffs in the management they go.
• Lam Chi-chung every bit Bone, Sing'due south obese sidekick who tends to follow Sing around.
• Eva Huang as Fong, Sing's mute dearest interest and babyhood associate. Sing saved her from bullies when she was immature.
• Tin can Kai-human being as Brother Sum's adviser. He takes over equally the head of the Axe Gang after Blood brother Sum is killed.
• Gar Hong-hay and Fung Hak-on equally the Harpists, two assassins hired by the Axe Gang who kill their victims with a magical guzheng, or "Chinese harp".
• Lam Suet and Liang Hsiao as loftier-ranking members of the Axe Gang.
• Yuen Cheung-yan as the Beggar, the man who sold Sing the Buddha's Palm transmission. He is a fraud who tricks kids to make coin for himself. Yuen is the brother of Yuen Woo-ping, the film's fight choreographer.
• Feng Xiaogang as the leader of the Crocodile Gang. He is killed past the Axe Gang at the start of the film. He was the final gang leader to exist killed by Brother Sum.

Background [edit]

The climate of the picture show manufacture and the expectation of a 21st-century action film were different throughout the history of Chinese cinema. However, the deviation provides one of the reasons why Kung Fu Hustle was so well received.

Kung Fu Hustle responded to and amplified a global demand for the reawakening of martial arts movie theater—and one which was fulfilled by a multitude of reiterations of the genre, all of which tin exist said, without a dubiousness, to fulfill the criteria for 21st-century activity cinema: high budget, stylish, and action-packed.^[vii]

Directors and their contemporaries inverse the martial arts movie theatre together to gain more universal appeal.^[7] The work has congenital martial arts as a viable mode of behaviour expression in the movie, besides displayed how the martial arts could exist transformed in the cinema industry to reflect both "contemporary local problems and the increasingly of import reality of globalization."^[vii] Unlike Ang Lee's gorgeous Wu Xia film, Crouching Tiger Subconscious Dragon. Zhou Xingchi chose to use the perspective of a bottom gangster to cut into Wuxia and Jianghu. Kung Fu does not succeed because it is then localized. Quite the reverse, Kung Fu Hustle embodies a complex transnationalism.^[eight]

Martial arts was a new wave in Chinese cinema, Chow and other directors were responsible for the creation of another subset of martial arts movie theatre, which including vampire genre. Chow has combined elements such as undead, Taoism, kung fu, equally well as comedy into his movies, which helped create a comedy-horror feel that was singled-out to Hong Kong.^[7] The beginning of the martial arts has paved the future for both local and international directors. They started to larn and adopt martial arts to fulfill and satisfy their ain demands, afterward the trend became a transnational market place.^[7]

Unlike with traditional Chinese wuxia movie theatre, Chow's new kung fu movies assist with reflecting the extent to force the globalisation inside the entertainment industry, which afterward influenced local construction of self-identity.^[7]

Production [edit]

Development [edit]

An early sketch of the Pigsty Alley

Kung Fu Hustle is a co-production of the Beijing Picture show Studio and Hong Kong'south Star Overseas.^[ix] After the success of his 2001 film, Shaolin Soccer, Chow was approached in 2002 past Columbia Pictures Flick Production Asia, offering to interact with him on a project. Chow accepted the offer, and the project eventually became Kung Fu Hustle.^[x] Kung Fu Hustle was produced with a budget of Us$20 million.^[11]

Chow was inspired to create the film by the martial arts films he watched as a kid and by his babyhood ambition to become a martial artist.^[12] A senior Hollywood executive said Chow was "forced to grind through four successive scripts" and "institute it very laborious".^[thirteen]

Chow's start priority was to design the master location of the moving-picture show, "Hole Alley". Later in an interview Chow remarked that he had created the location from his babyhood, basing the design on the crowded apartment complexes of Hong Kong where he had lived.^{[14] [15]} The 1973 Shaw Brothers Studio film, The Firm of 72 Tenants, was another inspiration for Pigsty Aisle.^[16] Designing the Alley began in January 2003 and took four months to complete. Many of the props and furniture in the apartments were antiques from all over Communist china.^[17]

Casting [edit]

Kung Fu Hustle features several prolific Hong Kong action cinema actors from the 1970s. Yuen Wah, a sometime pupil of the China Drama Academy Peking Opera School who appeared in over a hundred Hong Kong films and was a stunt double for Bruce Lee, played the Landlord of Pigsty Aisle. Wah considered starring in Kung Fu Hustle to be the peak of his career. In spite of the film's success, he worried that nowadays fewer people practise martial arts.^[xviii]

Auditions for the role of the Landlady began in March 2003. Yuen Qiu, who did not audition, was spotted during her friend's screen examination smoking a cigarette with a sarcastic expression on her face, which won her the function. Qiu, a educatee of Yu Jim-yuen, sifu of the Prc Drama Academy, had appeared in the 1974 James Bond film The Homo with the Golden Gun at the historic period of 18.^[20] After a number of other small roles, she retired from films in the 1980s. Kung Fu Hustle was her offset part in nineteen years. Qiu, in order to fulfill Grub's vision for the office, gained weight for the function by eating midnight snacks every day.^[20]

Bruce Leung, who played the Beast, was Stephen Chow'southward childhood martial arts hero.^[15] Leung Siu Lung was a famous action moving-picture show director and role player in the 1970s and 1980s, known as the "Third Dragon" after Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. After becoming unpopular in the Taiwanese moving picture market place in the late 1980s following a visit to Red china, he switched to a career in business organisation. Kung Fu Hustle was his return to the film manufacture later on a fifteen-year hiatus. He regarded Chow as a flexible director with high standards, and was peculiarly impressed by the first scene involving the Animal, which had to be reshot 28 times.^[21]

In add-on to famous martial artists, Kung Fu Hustle features legends of Chinese cinema. Two famous Chinese directors appear in the film: Zhang Yibai, who plays Inspector Chan at the beginning of the film, and Feng Xiaogang, who plays the boss of the Crocodile Gang.^[22]

In casting Sing'south love involvement Fong, Chow stated that he wanted an innocent looking daughter for the role. Telly actress Eva Huang, in her film debut, was chosen from over 8,000 women. When asked about his decision in casting her, Chow said that he "only had a feeling about her" and that he enjoyed working with new actors. She chose to have no dialogue in the movie and so that she could stand up out but with her body gestures.^[23]

Filming [edit]

CGI construction of the Buddhist Palm

Filming took identify in Shanghai from June 2003 to Nov 2003.^[24] Two-thirds of the fourth dimension was spent shooting the fight sequences.^[12] Those scenes were initially choreographed by Sammo Hung, who quit afterward ii months due to affliction, tough outdoor conditions, interest in some other projection and arguments with the production coiffure.^[25] Hung was replaced past Yuen Woo-ping, an activeness choreographer with feel ranging from 1960s Hong Kong activeness cinema to more than recent films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Matrix. Yuen promptly accepted the offer.^[ten] Yuen drew on seemingly outdated wuxia fighting styles like the Deadly Melody and Buddhist Palm.^[26] He remarked that despite the comedic nature of the moving picture, the shooting process was a serious affair due to the tight schedule.^[18]

Most of the special effects in the motion picture, created by Hong Kong reckoner graphics company Centro Digital Pictures Limited, which had previously worked on films such as Shaolin Soccer and Kill Bill, included a combination of computer-generated imagery and wire piece of work. Centro Digital performed extensive tests on CGI scenes before filming started, and treatment of the preliminary shots began immediately afterwards. The CGI crew edited out wire effects and applied special effects in high resolution. Legendary martial arts mentioned in wuxia novels were depicted and exaggerated through CGI, simply actual people were used for the concluding fight betwixt Chow's character and hundreds of axe-wielding gangsters.^[9] After a final scale of colour, data of the processed scenes was sent to the US for the production of the final version. A group of six people followed the production crew throughout the shooting.^[24]

Music [edit]

The majority of the moving-picture show's original score was equanimous by Raymond Wong and performed past the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra.^[27] The score imitates traditional Chinese music used in 1940s swordplay films.^[28] I of Wong's works, Cypher Ventured, Nothing Gained, provides a stark contrast between the villainous Axe Gang and the peaceful neighbourhood of Pigsty Aisle, depicted by a Chinese folk song, Fisherman's Song of the Due east China Sea.^[22] Forth with Wong's compositions and various traditional Chinese songs, classical compositions are featured in the score, including excerpts from Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate and Sabre Trip the light fantastic past Aram Khachaturian.^[29] The song, Zhiyao Weini Huo Yitian ( 只要為你活一天 ; Only Want to Live 1 Day for You), is sung in the background by Eva Huang at the cease of the moving picture. Written by Liu Chia-chang in the 1970s, information technology tells of a daughter's memories of a loved one, and her desire to alive for him again.^[30] Kung Fu Hustle was nominated for All-time Original Film Score at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards.^[31]

Asian and American versions of the soundtrack were released. The Asian version of the soundtrack was released on 17 December 2004 past Sony Music Amusement and has 33 tracks.^[32] The American version of the soundtrack was released on 29 March 2005 past Varèse Sarabande and has 19 tracks, with fourteen tracks missing compared to the Asian release.^[33]

The soundtrack for the trailer was mastered at Epiphany Music and Recording, Inc. in Santa Rosa, California.

References to other works [edit]

Kung Fu Hustle makes references to a wide range of films, animated cartoons, wuxia novels, anime and other sources. The housing arrangement of the Pigsty Alley is similar to that of a 1973 Hong Kong motion picture, The Firm of 72 Tenants. It is set in a Shanghai Shantytown taking Hong Kong viewers back to their days of hardship but also making the audience in mainland Cathay interested in, as Ho pointed out, "Grub appropriates Hong Kong's by to accost China's current anxieties over rapid modernization and secures the quondam colony'southward bail with its semi-reunited motherland-in both emotional and motion picture business terms".^[34] There are ii references to Chow's previous film, Shaolin Soccer: When Sing arrives at Hole Alley, he plays skillfully with a soccer ball, then says, "You're still playing football?". The second reference is the scene in which a clerk beats Sing up on a autobus. The clerk also appeared in Shaolin Soccer as the leader of an opposing team who used hidden weapons to beat up the Shaolin soccer squad. When Sing challenges a male child in the Pigsty Alley, Sing calls him "The Karate Kid", a reference to the 1984 film of the aforementioned proper name. During the altercation betwixt Sing and the hairdresser, the barber states, "Even if you lot impale me, there will be thousands more than of me!". This is a reference to a famous quote made by Lu Haodong, a Chinese revolutionary in the belatedly Qing dynasty.^[35] The scene in which Sing is chased by the Landlady as he flees from the Alley is a homage to Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, characters in the Looney Tunes cartoons, even including the pursuer's (the Landlady's) ill fate. During the opening scene in which the leader of the Crocodile Gang is killed by Blood brother Sum of the Axe Gang, in the background a affiche for the 1939 flick Le Jour Se Lève is visible. In the scene in which Sing robs the water ice cream vendor, a affiche for the 1935 moving picture Top Hat is in the groundwork. As Sing arrives at the door to the Beast's cell in the mental asylum, he hallucinates a large wave of blood rushing from the cell door, similar to a scene in The Shining.^[36] The Landlady says at one point, "Tomorrow is another twenty-four hour period", which is a line from the 1936 novel Gone with the Wind and its 1939 moving picture adaptation.

A major element of the plot is based on the wuxia film serial Palm of Ru Lai ( 如來神掌 ), released in 1964.^[37] Sing studied the fighting style used in Palm of Ru Lai ("Buddhist Palm style"), from a young historic period and used it at the end of Kung Fu Hustle. In reality, the Buddhist Palm fighting style does non leave palm-shaped craters and holes on impact. Instead, the user delivers powerful punches using his palm. The Animate being's name in Chinese, Huoyun Xieshen ( 火雲邪神 ; Evil Deity of the Fiery Cloud), and the fight with the Landlady and her husband are also references to the Palm of Ru Lai, in which a mortally wounded primary strikes the patterns of his art'southward final techniques into a bell so that his apprentice can larn from it.^[38] Kung Fu Hustle also contains direct references to characters from Louis Cha's wuxia novels. For example, the landlord and landlady refer to themselves as Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü, the names of characters in Cha'due south The Render of the Condor Heroes, when they met the Brute.^[39]

References to gangster films are also present. Many fight scenes and superhuman power displayed by Kung Fu Masters in the pic are reminiscent of Dragon Ball Z and like anime. The boss of the Axe Gang, Blood brother Sum ( 琛哥 ) is named subsequently Hon Sam / Hon Sum ( 韓琛 ), the triad boss played by Eric Tsang in Infernal Affairs.^[40] The Harpists imitate The Blues Brothers, wearing similar hats and sunglasses at all times.^[41] When they are flattered by the Axe Gang advisor, ane of them answers, "Strictly speaking we're simply musicians", like to a line by Elwood Blues.^[42]

When Donut dies, he says, "In cracking power lies great responsibility", a reference to 2002'southward Spider-Man, said past Uncle Ben before his death.^[35] Additionally, in that scene, the Landlady says, "Like Donut said, everyone has his reasons", a reference to Jean Renoir's 1939 film The Rules of the Game.^[43] Afterwards, with his dying jiff, Donut gets upward, grabs the Landlord by the shirt and utters in English language, "What are y'all prepared to do?", a nod to Sean Connery's grapheme Jim Malone in Brian De Palma'south 1987 film The Untouchables. ^{[44] [45]}

The dialogue that the Animate being says while negotiating with the Axe Gang for killing the Landlady and Landlord—"...then young friend, I volition brand an offering yous cannot refuse", is a reference of the dialogue from the movie The Godfather.^[44] Also, the Landlady's comment to Brother Sum—"We brought a gift y'all cannot pass up" is an obvious parody of the same, to which Sum replies (in the dubbed version of the picture), "Ha! With the Beast on our side, we shall see for whom the bell tolls", a reference to the 1943 moving-picture show.^[46]

The last fight between Sing (who has been reborn into "the i", which pays homage to Bruce Lee past wearing his costume in Enter the Dragon and using his fighting mode) and the hundreds of gangsters imitates the fight between Neo and hundreds of Agent Smiths in The Matrix Reloaded.^{[9] [35]} The scene in which the Beast prompts an axe member to dial him harder is reminiscent of a similar scene in Raging Balderdash, with Robert De Niro's character prompting Joe Pesci's character.^[44]

The last scene, in which the beggar tries to sell martial arts manuals, refers directly to the greatest skills in Louis Cha's Condor Trilogy (Nine Yang Manual, "Yiyang Finger", and "Eighteen Dragon Subduing Palms"), "K Hand Divine Fist", and The Smiling, Proud Wanderer ("9 Swords of Dugu"). The scene in which the landlady confronts Brother Sum in the back of his car is a homage to Bruce Lee in Way of the Dragon, where she cracks her knuckles and gives a quick upper nod to the mafia boss, telling him to back off.^[47]

Releases [edit]

Kung Fu Hustle premiered at the 2004 Toronto International Motion-picture show Festival.^[48] It was subsequently released across Due east Asia including Mainland china, Hong Kong and Malaysia in December 2004.^[49] The picture show was beginning shown in the US at the Sundance Flick Festival in January 2005,^[l] and then opened in a general release on 22 April 2005 after beingness shown in Los Angeles and New York for 2 weeks.^[51]

The North American DVD release was on viii August 2005.^[52] A Blu-ray version of the DVD was released on 12 Dec 2006 by Sony Pictures. A UMD version of the film was released for the PlayStation Portable.^[53] The U.s. DVD releases were censored, cutting a number of scenes that featured lots of claret or human excrement. A later release, called "The Kick-Axe Edition", restored these scenes.^{[54] [55]}

In the United Kingdom the standard DVD was released 24 October 2005, the same day a special edition was released with collector's items, which included playing cards, a keyring, a sweat band, and an inflatable axe.^{[56] [57]} On 8 April 2007, Sony Pictures Home Amusement released a Blu-ray version.^[58]

The Portuguese title of the moving-picture show is Kungfusão, which sounds like Kung Fu and Confusão (defoliation).^[59] In the same way as Kungfusão, the Italian and Castilian titles were Kung-fusion and Kung-fusión, puns of "confusion".^{[60] [61]} In France, the film is known equally Crazy Kung Fu, and the Hungarian title is A Pofonok Földje, meaning The Land of Punches.^{[62] [63]}

In Korea a Limited Collector's Edition DVD was released which included a leather wallet, Stephen Chow's Palm Figure with his signature, a photo anthology and Special Kung Fu's Booklet with a certificate of authenticity.^[64]

Reception [edit]

On Rotten Tomatoes, the motion picture received a xc% blessing rating based on 182 reviews and an average rating of 7.vii/10. The site'south critical consensus reads: "Kung Fu Hustle blends special effects, martial arts, and the Looney Toons to hilarious outcome."^[52] On Metacritic, the film received a score of 78 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews."^[65]

Hong Kong director and moving-picture show critic Gabriel Wong praised the film for its black comedy, special effects and nostalgia, citing the return of many retired kung fu actors from the 1970s.^[66] Film critic Roger Ebert's description of the movie ("similar Jackie Chan and Buster Keaton meet Quentin Tarantino and Bugs Bunny") was printed on the promotion posters for the film in the The states.^{[67] [68]} Other critics described it as a comedic version of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.^[69] Positive reviews generally gave credit to the elements of mo lei tau comedy nowadays in the film.^[70] A number of reviewers viewed it as a figurer-enhanced Looney Tunes punch-up.^{[52] [71]} In a 2010 interview, thespian Beak Murray called Kung Fu Hustle "the supreme accomplishment of the modernistic age in terms of comedy".^[72] In 2021, American filmmaker James Gunn called information technology "the greatest movie ever made".^[73]

The combination of the necessary pessimism and sentential nostalgia which makes the audience express joy implies that a world of human complexity is below the interesting deceptive surface.^[34]

Much of the criticism for the film was directed at its lack of character development and a coherent plot. Las Vegas Weekly, for example, criticised the moving-picture show for not having plenty of a primal protagonist and character depth.^[74] Criticism was also directed towards the movie's cartoonish and childish humour.^[75] However, it was considered reasonable, as the Kung Fu Hustle production squad chose to brand the film's characters largely one-dimensional. In the picture, the directors "endeavour(ed) to appeal to a transnational audience, affirms distinctly Western notions of Chinese that many earlier Kung Fu films set out to subvert."^[7] The Kung Fu Hustle squad attempt to appeal to a more progressive generation throughout the history of Chinese movie house. Earlier in the kung fu film industry, information technology usually involved circuitous characters, and likewise tried to explore and betrayal constructs ranging from gender to race equally well as to nation.^[7] One-dimension is the central feature of Kung Fu Hustle, as it is rooted in a filmic genre that connected with Hong Kong identity, but as well represented the Western imagination of China'southward past and Kung Fu heroism.^[seven]

Box function [edit]

Kung Fu Hustle opened in Hong Kong on 23 December 2004, and earned HK$4,990,000 on its opening day. It stayed at the elevation of the box office for the rest of 2004 and for much of early 2005, eventually grossing HK$61.27 million. Its box office tally fabricated it the highest-grossing pic in Hong Kong history,^[76] until information technology was beaten by You Are the Apple of My Eye in 2011.^[76] The astounding box office this piece of work generated equally well as the commonage pleasure its local audience experienced potentially saved the Hong Kong film manufacture during a politically unstable time in the territory.^[34]

Sony Pictures Classics opened Kung Fu Hustle in express theatrical release in New York City and Los Angeles on 8 April 2005 before being widely released across North America on 22 Apr. In its outset week of limited release in seven cinemas, it grossed United states of america$269,225 (U.s.$38,461 per screen).^[77] When it was expanded to a wide release in 2,503 cinemas, the largest number of cinemas ever for a foreign language film, it made a modest Usa$6,749,572 (US$2,696 per screen), eventually grossing a total of United states of america$17,108,591 in 129 days. In full, Kung Fu Hustle had a worldwide gross of U.s.a.$101,104,669.^[78] While not a blockbuster, Kung Fu Hustle managed to become the highest-grossing foreign-language film in North America in 2005^[79] and went on to generate more than United states$30,000,000 in the United States abode video market place.^[80]

Awards and nominations [edit]

The film was nominated for xvi Hong Kong Film Awards, out of which winning Best Movie, Best Action Choreography, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Supporting Actor and Best Visual Effects.^[81] 5 more than awards were later picked upwards at the Aureate Horse Awards including an award for Best Director for Stephen Chow.^[82] In the United states Kung Fu Hustle was well received past various moving-picture show critic associations winning awards for Best Foreign Linguistic communication Film from Boston-, Chicago-, Las Vegas- and Phoenix-based critics.^[83] it was afterward nominated for six Satellite Awards^[84] and one MTV Movie Award for best fight scene.^[85] In the United Kingdom at 59th British Academy Film Awards the film was nominated for a BAFTA.^[86]

In 2011, the Taipei Golden Horse Motion-picture show Festival listed Kung Fu Hustle at number 48 in their list of "100 Greatest Chinese-Linguistic communication Films".^[87] The majority of the voters originated from Taiwan, and included moving picture scholars, festival programmers, film directors, actors and producers.^[87] In 2014, Time Out polled several film critics, directors, actors and stunt actors to list their top action films.^[88] Kung Fu Hustle was listed at 50th identify on this list.^[89]

Laurels / Film Festival	Category	Recipient(due south)	Result
Amsterdam Fantastic Motion-picture show Festival[90]		Stephen Chow	Won
BAFTA Awards[86]	All-time Film non in the English Linguistic communication	Stephen Chow Bo-Chu Chui Jeffrey Lau	Nominated
Boston Order of Film Critics Awards[91]	Best Strange Linguistic communication Movie		Won
Circulate Picture show Critics Association Awards[83]	All-time Strange-Linguistic communication Film		Won
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards[83]	Best Strange Language Picture show		Nominated
Florida Film Critics Circle Awards[92]	Best Foreign Film		Won
Gilt Globe Award (U.s.)[93]	Best Foreign Linguistic communication Film		Nominated
Aureate Horse Awards[82]	Best Director	Stephen Grub	Won
	Best Movie		Won
	Best Make Up & Costume Blueprint	Shirley Chan	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Qiu Yuen	Won
	Best Visual Consequence	Frankie Chung Don Ma Tam Kai Kwan Hung Franco	Won
	Best Action Choreography	Woo-ping Yuen	Nominated
	All-time Fine art Direction	Oliver Wong	Nominated
	All-time Editing	Angie Lam	Nominated
	Best Sound Furnishings	Steve Burgess Steven Ticknor Robert Mackenzie Paul Pirola	Nominated
	Best Supporting Histrion	Wah Yuen	Nominated
Golden Trailer Awards[94]	Best Foreign	(Winston Davis & Assembly).	Nominated
Hong Kong Film Awards[81]	All-time Action Choreography	Woo-ping Yuen	Won
	Best Film Editing	Angie Lam	Won
	Best Moving-picture show		Won
	Best Sound Effects	Steven Ticknor Steve Burgess Robert Mackenzie Paul Pirola	Won
	Best Supporting Actor	Wah Yuen	Won
	Best Visual Effects	Frankie Chung Ma Fly-On Tam Kai-Kwun Hung Lau-Leung	Won
	Best Actor	Stephen Grub	Nominated
	All-time Actress	Qiu Yuen	Nominated
	Best Fine art Management	Oliver Wong	Nominated
	Best Cinematography	Hang-Sang Poon	Nominated
	Best Costume Design and Make Upward	Shirley Chan	Nominated
	Best Managing director	Stephen Chow	Nominated
	All-time New Artist	Shengyi Huang	Nominated
	Best Original Film Score	Ying-Wah Wong	Nominated
	Best Screenplay	Stephen Chow Kan-Cheung Tsang KXin Huo KMan Keung Chan	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Kwok-Kwan Chan	Nominated
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards[95]	Motion picture of Merit		Won
Hundred Flowers Awards[96]	All-time Supporting Actress	Qiu Yuen	Won
	All-time Actor	Stephen Grub	Nominated
	All-time Director	Stephen Chow	Nominated
	Best Film		Nominated
	Best Newcomer	Shengyi Huang	Nominated
	Best Supporting Actor	Wah Yuen	Nominated
Las Vegas Moving-picture show Critics Society Awards[83]	Best Foreign Motion-picture show		Won
MTV Motion-picture show Awards[85]	Best Fight		Nominated
Motion Picture Sound Editors (U.s.)[ citation needed ]	Best Sound Editing in Feature Film – Foreign	Steve Burgess (supervising audio editor) Chris Goodes (sound editor) Vic Kaspar (sound editor) Jo Mion (audio editor) Andrew Neil (sound editor) Paul Pirola (sound blueprint) Steven Ticknor (sound design) Mario Vaccaro (foley artist)	Nominated
Online Film Critics Society Awards[97]	All-time Foreign Linguistic communication Moving-picture show		Nominated
Phoenix Film Critics Order Awards[83]	All-time Foreign Language Film	Stephen Grub	Won
Satellite Awards[84]	Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role, Comedy or Musical	Qiu Yuen	Nominated
	Outstanding Cinematography	Hang-Sang Poon	Nominated
	Outstanding Motion-picture show Editing	Angie Lam	Nominated
	Outstanding Motion Motion picture, Comedy or Musical		Nominated
	Outstanding Sound (Mixing & Editing)	Paul Pirola	Nominated
	Outstanding Visual Effects	Frankie Chung	Nominated
Shanghai Moving-picture show Critics Awards[98]	Pinnacle 10 Films		Won
Southeastern Motion-picture show Critics Association Awards[99]	Best Foreign Linguistic communication Film China/Hong Kong.		Nominated (Runner-up)

Sequel [edit]

In 2005, Chow announced that there would be a sequel to Kung Fu Hustle, although he had non settled on a female lead. "There will exist a lot of new characters in the movie. Nosotros'll demand a lot of new actors. It's possible that nosotros'll look for people abroad too casting locals".^[100] In January 2013, during an interview, Chow admitted that plans for making Kung Fu Hustle 2 have been put on hold. "I was indeed in the midst of making the movie, but it is currently put on hold in view of other incoming projects".^[101] Production of Kung Fu Hustle 2 was delayed while Chow filmed the science fiction adventure film CJ7. As a result, Kung Fu Hustle 2 was slated for a 2022 release.^[102] By 2017, Grub had already completed The Mermaid and Journey to the W: The Demons Strike Dorsum. Due to his focus on backside-the-scenes production and the fact that he has not made an appearance since CJ7, it was suspected that he had stopped interim. However, Chow clarified that he yet wants to act, but has not plant a role suited for him. Kung Fu Hustle two remains incomplete.^[103] In Feb 2019, during a promo interview for The New King of Comedy, Stephen confirmed that the sequel is in the works. He will direct the movie and possibly cameo in the picture show, but the story will not be a direct sequel to the first ane. Chow explains the sequel will be a spiritual successor to the first one, only set in modern times.^[104]

Games [edit]

Online and mobile games [edit]

In 2004 a promotional wink game was released by Sony Pictures Entertainment on their Japanese website.^[105] The game was created by Japanese game developer Indicate Nix and plays as a point-and-click crush 'em up.^[106] A side-scrolling game designed for mobile phones was later released in 2006 by developer Tracebit.^[107]

MMO [edit]

In 2007 Sony Online Entertainment appear that a massively multiplayer online 2D side-scrolling fighter game based on the flick was under development for the Chinese market. Two years afterward a preview of the game was featured at E3 where information technology received mixed reviews from critics with many comparing information technology to like MMO games such as Guild Wars and Phantasy Star Online.^[108]

A North American release for PC and PS3 was planned for late 2009,^[108] but never came to fruition. The game was only bachelor in Asia for the PC.^[109]

Run across also [edit]

• Cinema of Hong Kong
• Movie theatre of Communist china
• Kung Fu Panda (film)—A 2008 Hollywood picture show inspired by Kung Fu Hustle.
• Chandni Chowk to China—A 2009 Bollywood film inspired by Kung Fu Hustle.^[110]
• List of films featuring the deafened and hard of hearing

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External links [edit]

• Official website
• Kung Fu Hustle at IMDb
• Kung Fu Hustle at LoveHKFilm.com
• Kung Fu Hustle at AllMovie
• The Half-dozen Degrees of Stephen Chow and Kung Fu Hustle

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