However, fearing the Axe Gang's retaliation, the slum's Landlady evicts the trio.īrother Sum captures Sing and Bone, intending to kill them for posing as gang members. Gang reinforcements arrive but they are all quickly dealt with by three of the slum's tenants: Coolie, Tailor, and Donut, who are actually kung fu masters. Sing's actions eventually attract attention of the real gang, who confront the villagers. The pair visit a rundown slum known as Pigsty Alley to extort the residents by pretending to be Axe members. In 1940s Shanghai, petty crooks Sing and Bone aspire to join the notorious Axe Gang, led by the cold-blooded killer, Brother Sum. The film was re-released in 3D in October 2014 across Asia and America, marking the tenth anniversary of the film. Kung Fu Hustle won numerous awards, including six Hong Kong Film Awards and five Golden Horse Awards. It was tenth on the list of highest-grossing foreign-language films in the United States as well as the highest-grossing foreign-language film in the country in 2005.

The film received positive reviews and grossed US$17 million in North America and US$84 million in other regions. Kung Fu Hustle was released on 23 December 2004 in China and on 25 January 2005 in the United States. The cartoon special effects in the film, accompanied by traditional Chinese music, are often cited as its most striking feature. It features a number of retired actors famous for 1970s Hong Kong action cinema and has been compared to contemporary and influential wuxia films such as Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Hero. After the commercial success of Shaolin Soccer, its production company, Star Overseas, began to develop the films with Columbia Pictures Asia in 2002.

The film was a co-production between Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese companies, filmed in Shanghai. The martial arts choreography is supervised by Yuen Woo-ping. The story revolves around a murderous neighbourhood gang, a poor village with unlikely heroes and an aspiring gangster's fierce journey to find his true self. 'Kung Fu') is a 2004 Cantonese-language action comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the lead role, alongside Eva Huang, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Danny Chan Kwok-kwan and Leung Siu-lung in prominent roles.

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