Kung Fu Hustle

(2004)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 3,318 votes

Genres: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

Year: 2004

Runtime: 99 мин

Country: China, Hong Kong

Director: Стивен Чоу

Cast: Стивен Чоу, Цю Юен, Юэнь Ва, 林子聰, 梁小龍, 黄圣依, 陳國坤, Цзю Цзи Лин, Син Юй, Zhihua Dong

Plot

It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.

Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves in a town ruled by the Axe Gang, Sing who desperately wants to become a member. He stumbles into a slum ruled by eccentric landlords who turns out to be the greatest kung-fu masters in disguise. Sing's actions eventually cause the Axe Gang and the slumlords to engage in an explosive kung-fu battle. Only one side will win and only one hero will emerge as the greatest kung-fu master of all.