Kung Fu Hustle

This was a tremendous film. It is absolutely nuts. Imagine mixing a cartoon with *Kill Bill *with *Seven Samurai*. It’s about a group of poor townspeople who fend off against gang terrorism, with the select few locals who are gifted and powerful. At the same time, a man is desperate to join the gang, in order to validate his masculinity that was taken from him as a child, due to bullying. There is a lot happening but it all comes together beautifully and ridiculously. The movie is so strange. It’s like a cartoon with exaggerated movements and superficial action. I want to say it has poorly done SFX, but it’s so bizarre that it works perfectly for what it is. It’s an absurd action/comedy/fantasy that really strikes a chord with my strange sense of humor and adoration for absurdism. Also, you’ll never see a movie like this again. It’s genre-busting, unique, and a tremendous piece of cinema.

This movie is strange in many ways. Funny, yes, but also so weird to the point that I felt alienated sometimes. This is something you can watch with your friends when you're drunk - something like Who Killed Captain Alex?, but besides the over-the-top fight-scenes, it doesn't have much else to offer in my opinion.

How did I miss this one? I went in thinking I was getting a straight up kung fu movie, but I ended up being entertained by the hilarity of it all. Still, I felt like the film lost itself in certain comedic moments, and it ended up not being for me.

What did I just witnessed?I was thrilled by 'Shaolin Soccer', also produced and directed by Stephen Chow. But here it is nothing in **** pace is really bad, the story is just awful as events appear randomly, without any decent connection. The humour also is terrible : I must have smiled just twice in the entire film, as the rest is infinitely dumb and mindless. Acting is really poor, charcters almost have zero background or added value, in the notable exception of the hero. They all evolve in a world with no rule. And... I don't know, there is something in the world they are living in that makes it dirty, disgusting, as no character clearly embodies anything positive or particularly beautiful.Fortunately the kung fu scenes and moves and CGI are quite good. And it feels like it is the only great thing about 'Kung Fu Hustle'. The rest is a waste of time. I don't get why it got such reviews, as it got on Rotten Tomatoes too...

La comédie de kung fu est un genre qui fait recette et depuis longtemps déjà... Jackie Chan en est l'un de ses plus actifs représentants évidemment mais d'autres acteurs chinois s'y sont illustrés. Stephen Chow exploite le filon à la fois comme acteur et réalisateur : il sait bien présenter les choses, utiliser les effets spéciaux et les câbles... mais son "humour" est des plus douteux et son film se repose beaucoup trop sur le prétexte du "délire" et du n'importe quoi pour espérer faire rire ou même faire simplement sourire son audience. Ainsi, Crazy Kung-Fu se gaufre dans les affres de la super débilité et réussit de surcroît à nous ennuyer énormément : à la fois bête et ramolli, le film ne décolle jamais et se permet en plus quelques passages bien niais. Voilà donc un ratage complet qu'on ne saurait trop recommander... d'éviter.