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Kung Fu Hustle

By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com

Hung Fu Hustle

Starring:

Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Leung Siu-lung, Dong Zhihua.

Directed by:

Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer).

Screenwriter:

Stephen Chow, Chui Po Chu, Jeff Lau.

Distributor:

Sony Picture Classics.

MPAA rating:

R.

Release date:

March 18th, 2005 (limited).

Language:

Cantonese with English subtitles.

Action/Adventure, 99 min:

n Shanghai in the '30s, times are dangerous and gangs rule the streets. The most notorious of these, the Axes, strike fear into the hearts of honest citizens and inspire admiration in one young wannabe. One day, in a slum on the outskirts of town, he wreaks havoc when he recklessly poses as an Axe member and causes a veritable riot between the real gang members and the denizens of a housing project who just so happen to be strangely well versed in the art of kung fu.

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