Kung
Fu Hustle 9/10
Yesterday
I watched Kung Fu Hustle. I have watched this before, like, years ago
but saw that it was on Netflix and started watching it again. This
movie is fucking good. Even though the effects are shaky as hell at
times it doesn't matter because it fits the way the rest of the movie
looks and is styled. After watching this I may have to add this to my
list of favorite movies. The fact that someone can direct, co-write,
and star in a movie but not be all over the screen at all times and
be able to flesh out a lot of other characters is really cool. Yeah,
there are a few fight scenes that were directed by other people, but
shut up. This is one of those movies where if someone said that they
hated fight movies, comedies, or movies with subtitles I would show
them this and if they said that it was not good I wouldn't be able to
talk to them anymore. As Bill Murray said he described the movie calling it
“the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy”
and “There should have been a day of mourning for American comedy
the day that movie came out.”
This
takes place is the 1930's in Shanghai. These guys Sing and Bone want
to be tough guys but are not scary at all. They head to this place
called Pigsty Alley and try to get a free haircut saying they belong
to the Axe Gang. The Axe Gang are a group of guys that use axes,
dance, and all wear black suits. Seriously, if I could I'd be a
member. After tossing a firecracker (which is like the Batsignal the
gang uses to ask for help) Sing blows up one of the leaders hats and
says one of the townspeople did it. Just as a woman and child are
about to be lit on fire this guy Coolie starts whipping eleven kinds
of ass! They gang up on him until the extremely effeminate tailor
known as, uh, Tailor, wraps his wrists in rings and starts fighting.
Then the baker known as Donut shows up. The Landlady is pissed off
and wants them all to pack up and leave for bringing trouble.
The
leader of the Axe Gang, Sum, is pissed off and embarrassed at how
they got their asses handed to them. They capture Bone and Sing for
getting them involved but are impressed at Sing's lock-picking skills
and tell them to go kill someone and then they can join the gang.
They steal from an ice cream lady that Sing knew when he was little
and wanted to be a hero. He even bought a small booklet on how to
fight from a guy. After literally being pissed on he said fuck all
that and devoted his life to crime. Sing and Bone try to kill the
Landlady but she has surprising speed. Also, Sing gets three knives
in his arms and manages to heal quickly. The bad guys hire these two
brothers that play a harp and have the ability to turn the music into
blades. They kill Coolie, Tailor, and even Donut. I straight up
forgot that they died! Finally the Landlady and her man-whore of a
husband the Landlord get involved. Turns out that they are world
class fighters and decided never to fight again after their son was
killed.
The
rest of the movie is insane ass fights, the introduction of The
Beast. I love shit like that. When there is a character that is so
dangerous that even dangerous people are afraid of them and when you
see them they are either really small or don't look threatening at
all. Beast is not scared of shit. He shoots at himself in the head
and catches the shit between his fingers. He fights the Landlady and
Landlord all by himself and kicks their asses. I love how insane the
fights get and by the time someone is shooting themselves across the
town like a cannonball frog and is stopped by a giant hand slapped
down from the sky after someone bounces off the head of an eagle I
was completely on board. Seriously, if you have not seen this movie
you should. It is fucking insane in all the best ways.
Stephen
Chow as Sing
Danny
Chan Kwok-kwan as Brother Sum
Yuen
Wah as the Landlord of Pig Sty Alley
Yuen
Qiu as the Landlady of Pig Sty Alley
Bruce
Leung Siu-lung as the Beast
Xing
Yu as the Coolie
Chiu
Chi-ling as Tailor
Dong
Zhihua as Donut
Lam
Chi-chung as Bone
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