Two years later a preview of the game was featured at E3 where it received mixed reviews from critics with many comparing it to similar MMO games such as Guild Wars and Phantasy Star Online. Bale, an actor famous for drastically changing his weight for his performances, already earned his Oscar nod for this role just for this scene, where he wordlessly defines his character and the way he views himself. For example, the landlord and landlady refer to themselves as Yang Guo and Xiaolongnü, the names of characters in Cha's The Return of the Condor Heroes, when they met the Beast. Change ). She offers him a lollipop as she did in the past, but he swats it away, ashamed of how far he has fallen.
Sing stops the Beast's attack and converts the weapon into a flower, which he sends floating through the air to Fong. [71] Criticism was also directed towards the film's cartoonish and childish humour. [22] Hung was replaced by Yuen Woo-ping, an action choreographer with experience ranging from 1960s Hong Kong action cinema to more recent films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and The Matrix.
However, the difference provides one of the reasons why Kung Fu Hustle was so well received.
[78] Five more awards were later picked up at the Golden Horse Awards including an award for Best Director for Stephen Chow.
In an attempt to bluff them, Sing throws a firecracker, which blows up the hat of a minor Axe Gang boss passing by. Kung Fu Hustle responded to and amplified a global demand for the reawakening of martial arts cinema—and one which was fulfilled by a multitude of reiterations of the genre, all of which can be said, without a doubt, to fulfill the criteria for 21st-century action cinema: high budget, stylish, and action-packed.
The film was released on 23 December 2004 in China and on 25 January 2005 in the United States.
It is a female-centered remake of the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which is itself a remake of the 1964 film Bedtime Story.
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He carefully fusses with his hair, gluing down and placing his hair with single-minded focus. [35] Kung Fu Hustle also contains direct references to characters from Louis Cha's wuxia novels. The soundtrack for the trailer was mastered at Epiphany Music and Recording, Inc. in Santa Rosa, California. [101], In 2004 a promotional flash game was released by Sony Pictures Entertainment on their Japanese website. It’s a surprising, unglamorous opening shot, in startling contrast to the flashy clothes and snapping soundtrack the rest of this film includes. (Editor’s note: this is the first in an occasional series that will focus on the opening sequence of a variety of films).
[5], Directors and their contemporaries changed the martial arts cinema together, which containing much universal appeal.
[19], In casting Sing's love interest Fong, Chow stated that he wanted an innocent looking girl for the role.
It received a 90% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 78 out of 100 rating at Metacritic.
The Beast casually kills Brother Sum for berating him, and assumes control of the Axe Gang. [83], In 2011, the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival listed Kung Fu Hustle at number 48 in their list of "100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films". They started to learn and adopt martial arts to fulfill and satisfy their own demands, later the trend became a transnational market. As he combs and straightens his hair, he is also getting into character. [56] In the same way as Kungfusão, the Italian and Spanish titles were Kung-fusion and Kung-fusión, puns of "confusion".
"There will be a lot of new characters in the movie.
She chose to have no dialogue in the film so that she could stand out only with her body gestures.
( Log Out / Yuen Qiu, who did not audition, was spotted during her friend's screen test smoking a cigarette with a sarcastic expression on her face, which won her the part.
A UMD version of the film was released for the PlayStation Portable.
Or maybe he really thinks it looks good. [17] After a number of other small roles, she retired from films in the 1980s.
[59][60], In Korea a Limited Collector's Edition DVD was released which included a leather wallet, Stephen Chow's Palm Figure with his signature, a photo album and Special Kung Fu's Booklet with a certificate of authenticity. In the next shot, Irving is almost done with his daily hair-care routine.
[40] Afterwards, with his dying breath, Donut gets up, grabs the Landlord by the shirt and utters in English, "What are you prepared to do? "[49] On Metacritic, the film received a score of 78 out of 100 based on 38 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews. It then cuts to the next black screen, that informs us that following scene takes place on April 28, 1978 in the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
[103] A side-scrolling game designed for mobile phones was later released in 2006 by developer Tracebit. Kung Fu Hustle was her first role in nineteen years. [9] A senior Hollywood executive said Chow was "forced to grind through four successive scripts" and "found it very laborious". [21] Two-thirds of the time was spent shooting the fight sequences. The camera then cuts to Irving standing in front of the large mirror in his hotel suite, as he begins his elaborate comb-over ritual. [16] Qiu, a student of Yu Jim-yuen, sifu of the China Drama Academy, had appeared in the 1974 James Bond film The Man with the Golden Gun at the age of 18. In reality, the Buddhist Palm fighting style does not leave palm-shaped craters and holes on impact. Reminiscent of John Travolta styling his hair in Saturday Night Fever, Irving gives his hair one final, good, long spray.
In its first week of limited release in seven cinemas, it grossed US$269,225 (US$38,461 per screen). As a result, Kung Fu Hustle 2 was slated for a 2014 release. Steven Ticknor (sound design) [36], References to gangster films are also present. IF YOU HAVE NOT SEEN THE FILM AMERICAN HUSTLE, YOU MIGHT WANT TO WAIT TO READ THIS UNTIL THEN. Chow has combined elements such as undead, Taoism, kung fu, as well as comedy into his movies, which helped create a comedy-horror feel that was distinct to Hong Kong. [77], The film was nominated for sixteen Hong Kong Film Awards, out of which winning: Best Picture, Best Action Choreography, Best Film Editing, Best Sound Effects, Best Supporting Actor and Best Visual Effects. Sing comes into inner peace by envisioning Buddha in the clouds before arriving back down to incapacitate the Beast. The film grossed US$17 million in North America and US$84 million in other regions. Its box office tally made it the highest-grossing film in Hong Kong history,[73] until it was beaten by You Are the Apple of My Eye in 2011. [64][65][66] Other critics described it as a comedic version of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Maybe the obsessed over hair-do is a key for Irving to get into his con man persona.
Sing is successful, and the Beast is brought to the gang's headquarters.
The CGI crew edited out wire effects and applied special effects in high resolution. Yuen Wah, a former student of the China Drama Academy Peking Opera School who appeared in over a hundred Hong Kong films and was a stunt double for Bruce Lee, played the Landlord of Pig Sty Alley. Nonetheless, Irving is an expert at deception, and gives any the smallest con an high level of attention. The movie is about deception, and how appearance and presentation can create that deception and illusion. [51][52], In the United Kingdom the standard DVD was released 24 October 2005, the same day a special edition was released with collector's items, which included playing cards, a keyring, a sweat band, and an inflatable axe.
Two famous Chinese directors appear in the film: Zhang Yibai, who plays Inspector Chan at the beginning of the film, and Feng Xiaogang, who plays the boss of the Crocodile Gang. [67] Positive reviews generally gave credit to the elements of mo lei tau comedy present in the film. Sing narrowly frees themselves with his lock-picking skills, impressing Brother Sum, who allows them to join the gang once they commit manslaughter. [57][58] In France, the film is known as Crazy Kung Fu, and the Hungarian title is A Pofonok Földje, meaning The Land of Punches. [16][20], Filming took place in Shanghai from June 2003 to November 2003.
[19] Along with Wong's compositions and various traditional Chinese songs, classical compositions are featured in the score, including excerpts from Zigeunerweisen by Pablo de Sarasate and Sabre Dance by Aram Khachaturian. "[62], Hong Kong director and film critic Gabriel Wong praised the film for its black comedy, special effects and nostalgia, citing the return of many retired kung fu actors from the 1970s. With the Beast on our side, we shall see for whom the bell tolls", a reference to the 1943 film. [31], Much of the criticism for the film was directed at its lack of character development and a coherent plot. It’s only one minute and a half long, yet this opening sequence lays out all the major themes of the film. During the altercation between Sing and the hairdresser, the hairdresser states, "Even if you kill me, there will be thousands more of me!". [41] Also, the Landlady's comment to Brother Sum—"We brought a gift you cannot refuse" is an obvious parody of the same, to which Sum replies (in the dubbed version of the film), "Ha! [68] A number of reviewers viewed it as a computer-enhanced Looney Tunes punch-up.
The two return to Pigsty Alley to kill the Landlady, though their plan backfires and they barely escape.
[27] Kung Fu Hustle was nominated for Best Original Film Score at the 24th Hong Kong Film Awards.
[46] The film was first shown in the US at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2005,[47] and then opened in a general release on 22 April 2005 after being shown in Los Angeles and New York for two weeks.
The cartoon special effects in the film accompanied by traditional Chinese music, is often cited as its most striking feature. It’s a film where hair is as important as the clothes you wear, which most also be impeccable.
[38] When they are flattered by the Axe Gang advisor, one of them answers, "Strictly speaking we're just musicians", similar to a line by Elwood Blues. When Sing sees Fong outside, he happily invites her in to relive their childhood memories.
[12] Leung Siu Lung was a famous action film director and actor in the 1970s and 1980s, known as the "Third Dragon" after Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.
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