Kung Fu Hustle
Not that I’m a huge fan of the genre but I’d say I can enjoy some hong kong acion movies, or what some people might call kung fu or martial arts. One of the most successfull movies to come out of hong kong is undoubtfully Shaoling Soccer. Now from the same people comes a new movie who’s title roughly translates as “kung fu hustle”.
Plotline for the movie is, as with most of hong kong movies in this genre, something of simplicity… A gang of criminals wants to take control of some extra streets and areas and the next one on their list happens to be inhabited by some old shaoling masters who have gone into retirement. Somehow uou can guess thatthese inhabitants are not too happy with these plans and in their book resistance is not futile. Add some wafer thin love story and sudden change of a badguy going good guy and thats it…
But all in all this does not matter…
The setting is very nicely done when it comes to the surrounding in the movie, the fighting scenes are excellently done and the bad guys all have remarkable skills and techniques that will surprise you. Acting I cant really comment upon as I have to rely on the subtitles to understand what the hell people are yelling/saying during the movie :^).
What did annoy me a wee bit is that the version released here in europe is cut. Some scenes have been cut out for some bloodspots flying around and others have been cut completely… I’ll probably have to wait for some kind of hong kong dvd in order to see the complete version.
If you are able to check this movie out, its recommended.. Even if you’re not into the genre this is light and playfull enough to use as a nice introduction into the genre. Recommended.
August 4, 2005 1:00 am 
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