Overview
A comedic martial arts adventure where the underdog rises to greatness against a backdrop of gang warfare.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- anarchic
- irreverent
- cartoonish
- high energy movie night
- martial arts double feature
Movie Details
- Director
- Stephen Chow
- Release Date
- 2004-02-10
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Rating
- 7.5 / 10 (3351)
Cast
- Stephen Chow
- Yuen Qiu
- Yuen Wah
- Lam Tze-Chung
- Bruce Leung Siu-Lung
- Huang Shengyi
- Danny Chan
- Chiu Chi-Ling
- Xing Yu
- Zhihua Dong
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Kung Fu Hustle about?
- A wannabe gangster collides with disguised kung-fu masters in a wildly inventive Hong Kong martial-arts comedy where gangland brutality becomes cartoon spectacle.
- What is Kung Fu Hustle like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Kung Fu Hustle as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Kung Fu Hustle violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Kung Fu Hustle as graphic.
- What did critics think of Kung Fu Hustle?
- Critics broadly praised the film's inventive martial-arts choreography, black comedy, special effects, nostalgia, and energetic mo lei tau style, while finding its characters and plot deliberately thin.
- Which films are like Kung Fu Hustle?
- Films with a similar feel include Shaolin Soccer, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, The Good, the Bad, the Weird, and Police Story.
- How long is Kung Fu Hustle?
- Kung Fu Hustle runs 99 minutes.
- Where can I watch Kung Fu Hustle?
- In United States, Kung Fu Hustle streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.
