'Kung Fu Hustle' - A Cult Movie To Be.

Last night I saw the long awaited Stephen Chow's 'Kung Fu Hustle'. It is fairly safe to predict that 'KFH' will soon be a cult movie of its own.

Sure it has some of the features of previous popular Chinese action movies that you can find notably in "Crouching Tiger", "Hidden Dragon", "Hero", or "House of Flying Daggers" such as with swooping choregraphy and thrilling combat but it is more than anything else a hilarious comedy with crazy Looney-Tune like ideas at an incredible speed. There are also tons of references to pop culture and movies (from Sergio Leone's westerns to Stanley Kubrick's 'The shining' or the 1982 martial-art movie 'Buddha's Palm', and many others). It does not take itself seriously which is probably why Chow has been able to push the limits of creativity to a new level.
So if you want good entertainment, go see it, you'll have a good laugh and will not believe your eyes. And next time you see a frog, well.... watch out.

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