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Hustle
Film
FilmR2004
Kung Fu Hustle
Directed by Stephen Chow
It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang. From TMDB
212 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 4, 2026 · last updated Nov 4, 2026 · How this works
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| Bluesky * | 94 | 2 | 88 |
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| Lemmy * | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| TMDB reviews * | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Kung Fu Hustle is a 2004 action comedy crime film, directed by Stephen Chow, starring Stephen Chow, Yuen Qiu and Yuen Wah.
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60 of 212 · most liked firstMovie recommendation for tonight, Kung Fu Hustle I'm always adamant that the best parodies have a love of what they're parodying, and nowhere is this more evident than Stephen Chow's glorious and manic send up of Kung Fu movies. It's impossible to not have fun watching this.
positive · AI labelView post →//becoming a top fighter takes time //unless you're a natural-born kung-fu genius #art #furryart #OC #axegang Among the things I am is martial arts nerd, and I recently remembered that the best MA movie of all time is Kung Fu Hustle V: Or Jet Li's THE ONE.
neutral · AI labelView post →We watched Kung Fu Hustle at the wolf rescue and goddamn do I love that movie. It’s so stupid but hits me right in the funny tits every time
positive · AI labelView post →low key think Kung Fu Hustle is the best movie ever
positive · AI labelView post →Everyone knows about Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle being absolutely full of references to classic Eastern and Western cinema. But no one really talks about Stephen Chow directly referencing the game Asura's Wrath in his later movie Journey To The West, so I edited this together.
neutral · AI labelView post →Kung Fu Hustle |2004 www.imdb.com/title/tt0373074 #NowWatching #filmsky ·in Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gangster aspires to join the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a housing complex exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf·
neutral · AI labelView post →and i would be remiss if i did not mention the spectacular martial arts action comedy film: Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
positive · AI labelView post →The Miracle Fighters (1982), an absolute trip directed by Yuen Woo-Ping who would go on to become the fight choreographer of the Matrix, Kung Fu Hustle, and Crouching Tiger.
neutral · AI labelView post →More fan art with Turkey's Yusuf Dikec. (That film reference meme is the Kung Fu Hustle landlady, such a great film)
neutral · AI labelView post →I might just be an idiot, but I find the whole dramatic climax and conclusion of Kung Fu Hustle genuinely moving. Like, the movie is definitely a bunch of goofy comedy adventure shit, but I sincerely believe it's also profound.
positive · AI labelView post →you know how directors have trouble with endings, they roll through the first three reels in fine form but then the landing is a little wobbly? Not Tarkovsky a film can be wobbling along in a discursive way, then the ending hits u like Stephen Chow landing the Buddha Palm in 'Kung Fu Hustle' 📽️
neutral · AI labelView post →Picking a random film from my collection to show off for no real reason! Year 2, Day #34 "Kung Fu Hustle" (Stephen Chow/2004) A perfectly madcap film and one I love to death! A Looney Tunes kung fu extravaganza! I'm sure most of you have seen this one, so watch it again!
positive · AI labelView post →Kung Fu Hustle (2004 480p?). Kung Fu Hustle (Chinese: 功夫; lit. 'Kung Fu') is a 2004 martial arts action comedy film directed, produced and co-written by Stephen Chow, who also stars in the leading role, alongside Huang Shengyi, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Danny Chan Kwok-kwan and Leung Siu-lung in prominent roles. 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.…
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight’s movie: Kung Fu Hustle! I haven’t seen this in ages.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don’t know if I’ve smiled this much watching a movie since Kung Fu Hustle
positive · AI labelView post →Was gonna drop a few others, but they were already posted (Hero, the Street Fighter animated movie, Kung Fu Hustle, Jackie Chan stuff) So instead, please enjoy this banger Cynthia Rothrock & Michelle Yeoh tag-team fight from 1985's classic "Yes, Madam"
neutral · AI labelView post →2K Replay: Celebrate #Junesploitation Free Space day with @riskeadam.bsky.social looking back at the martial arts comedy classic KUNG FU HUSTLE: www.fthismovie.net/2025/06/2k-r...
neutral · AI labelView post →I've said it before and I'll say it again. Kung Fu Hustle is a damn good movie and if you haven't seen it, you need to get right with yourself.
positive · AI labelView post →This list sucks so badly that it’s almost not worth commenting on at all, but I’m just going to say that as a rule any global “best comedy movies of all time” that doesn’t include Kung Fu Hustle, a single Jackie Chan movie or *any other film from Asia* is obvious bullshit variety.com/lists/best-c...
neutral · AI labelView post →The guy in the scene is Stephen Chow, who wrote, directed, and starred in both this film (*From Beijing With Love*) and *Kung-Fu Hustle*.
neutral · AI labelView post →There are few things as life-sustaining as the Axe Gang's murder-death-kill dance party at the beginning of Kung Fu Hustle. GAAAAAAAAAAAAAWD, that movie is freaking amazing.
positive · AI labelView post →This is a fun action film on its own, but if ya versed in martial artist films, and more specifically Hong Kong action films, you're in for even more of a treat. Will never not recommend Kung Fu Hustle.
positive · AI labelView post →#Aprilfilmchallenge Apr. 28 - Most Visually Beautiful Film I’ve Ever Seen Kung Fu Hustle This movie has beautiful scenes and that what makes it even better thanks to Stephen Chow.
positive · AI labelView post →Share a movie or TV character holding a lollipop. My choice: Fong from Kung Fu Hustle 🍭
neutral · AI labelView post →#mayfilmchallenge May 29: Favorite Foreign Language Film Kung Fu Hustle Do I even need to explain this again?
positive · AI labelView post →Kung Fu Hustle is one of my favorite movies of all time. And the Landlady has a *look* in the movie that is downright terrifying, and is one of my favorite "looks" I've ever seen in a movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Hey I don't know if you know this but Kung Fu Hustle is a kickass movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Kung Fu Hustle is such a fantastic movie
positive · AI labelView post →Kung Fu Hustle Possibly my new favorite movie. An awesome blend of intense martial arts action and slapstick humor. The fight choreography was insanely good, too. It's like a live-action Looney Toons episode, and it's every bit as fun as that sounds. Def recommend
positive · AI labelView post →#mayfilmchallenge May 8: A Film I Associate with a Happy Memory Kung Fu Hustle I remember watching this movie with my family and we couldn’t stop laughing and talking about this movie to this day. Such good times.
positive · AI labelView post →Hold the fuck up, The Landlady from KUNG FU HUSTLE was in a James Bond movie?? Wild. I love her.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Modern Transposition of Wuxia in John Woo’s The Killer (喋血雙雄, 1989). > Over the last few decades, numerous works have engaged with wuxia in a modern diegetic space, such as David Lai, Jeffrey Lau and Corey Yuen’s Saviour of the Soul, which retells Jin Yong’s novel The Return of the Condor Heroes as an artistic future fantasy; Johnnie To’s The Heroic Trio, known for its gimmicky martial arts presentation; Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle, which parodies the tradition. One of the few directors…
neutral · AI labelView post →MOVIE #4 - SECOND LIFE (2024), it's STOP! OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT, meets KUNG FU HUSTLE, meets BLIND FURY—blisteringly creative comedic action with a surprisingly sweet center.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just had movie night, watched Princess Bride and Kung Fu Hustle, 2 of my favs 😻
positive · AI labelView post →White: The LOTR original trilogy Black: Coming to America, They Cloned Tyrone, Get Out (gave 3 movies since the trilogy is technically 3 movies) Bonus Asian: Kung Fu Hustle, Old Boy (very dark thriller warning), Spirited Away Hispanic: Instructions Not Included, Coco, Pan's Labyrinth
neutral · AI labelView post →My birthday present from @majima.club celebrating one of the greatest characters in movie history, The Landlady from Kung Fu Hustle.
neutral · AI labelView post →Today's movie is Kung Fu Hustle. I absolutely adore this movie, it brings me great comfort and joy to watch it. #WatchingNow #Filmsky #Films #Movies #Comedy #Action
positive · AI labelView post →What's one of your favorite movie dance scenes? The Ax Gang in Kung Fu Hustle.
neutral · AI labelView post →Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 — Rolling Hot by David Drake One movie 🎥 — Kung Fu Hustle One album 💿 — 2 Unlimited - No Limits One TV show 📺 — Columbo
neutral · AI labelView post →26. KUNG FU HUSTLE This movie is why I love movies, basically. Everything in it, expressly designed to give myself and other unwell individuals like me Pure Joy. It's so good at its job, y'all.
positive · AI labelView post →Had a really great movie night over in my community discord: did a double feature of Yes, Madam! and Kung Fu Hustle. Super fun, had a great time, might make this a biweekly sort of thing
positive · AI labelView post →Does it have to be strictly a Kung Fu film? Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is right there with Kung Fu Hustle. But Black Belt Jones and Enter The Dragon are sublime. However my favorite film to WATCH every time is Raw Force, which can also be a zombie movie, and a Cameron Mitchell movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →very disappointed no one on Jeopardy tonight knew "Kung Fu Hustle" absolute stone cold classic film, if you like martial arts movies or Looney Tunes cartoons, you should watch it If you like both, oh baby, you should watch it ten times
positive · AI labelView post →44/365 movies I love Kung Fu Hustle (2004). This is a weird and wonderful film. The comedy reaches Looney Tunes proportions, it’s sometimes grotesque, at times romantic, but somehow it all works.
positive · AI labelView post →50. Kung Fu Hustle (2004) Awesome fucking movie, less funny than shaolin soccer but makes up for it by just being way cooler, the action scenes are definitely a highlight for me.
positive · AI labelView post →My thought process for this was asking myself what movie I'd recommend to people who have little to no experience or interest in specific genres. Tried to pick a wide range of movies **Comedies (my favorite genre)** - Kung Fu Hustle (probably favorite movie of all time): fun comedy action movie involving gangsters and a poor neighborhood. Think classic Hong Kong kung fu meets super hero movie. Haven't met anyone who didn't like the film - Airplane: insanely funny movie with nonstop jokes.…
positive · AI labelView post →10 non-horror movies to get to know me: O Brother, Where Art Thou? Clue Kung Fu Hustle The Court Jester Everything Everywhere All at Once Spirited Away Lord of the Rings (counts as one movie) Hairspray Airplane! Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail
neutral · AI labelView post →Kung Fu Hustle should be in the Criterion collection. 11/10 movie.
positive · AI labelView post →Tonight's discord movie is Kung Fu Hustle (2004) 😆 Both a great kung fu movie and great kung fu parody movie
neutral · AI labelView post →Share a COMEDY movie title that begins with the letter "K" Kung Fu Hustle (2004)
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m rewatching Kung Fu Hustle for the first time in at least over 10 years and Jesus Christ what a film this is
positive · AI labelView post →Kung Pow and Kung Fu Hustle I haven't seen the former in years (out of fear it hasn't aged well), but it bore my love of martial arts comedy movies. The latter is just a really, really good movie.
positive · AI labelView post →TRIVIA: ‘Shaolin Soccer’ was referenced in Stephen Chow's next film ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in 2004. During his first appearance in that film, Chow encounters a few boys playing a game of soccer. He stomps on a soccer ball after doing a few tricks, deflating it, and yells, "No more soccer!" (IMDB) 🖤
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolutely! I can't remember where, but I once heard someone say that a good parody is still a good example of the thing it pokes fun at, like how Kung-Fu Hustle is both a good martial arts film and a good parody OF a martial arts film. Scary Movie doesn't like nor understand horror, and it shows
neutral · AI labelView post →I just saw a post comparing the new Street Fighter movie to Kung Fu Hustle and honestly, "disappointed" isn't the right word for that person
neutral · AI labelView post →Kung Fu Hustle Soon as the dancing started I knew I was in for peak Actual Looney Tunes movie
positive · AI labelView post →I concur. Kung Fu Hustle is a good turn off your brain movie
positive · AI labelView post →This movie came out before mo lei tau was fully a thing, but the basic elements are here, like they are in Fantasy Mission Force, which I showed years ago. Steven Chow's film Kung Fu Hustle is full of mo lei tau and also features the star of this movie: Siu-Lung "Bruce" Leung. #riffotronic
neutral · AI labelView post →Kung Fu Hustle is such a friggin great film. The choreography, the humour, the music, it all just works together so well. I don't know much kung fu, and I'm long out of practice, but I at least know the feeling of entering horse stance, making the bridge with your hands, and doing the forms.
positive · AI labelView post →You’ve inherited a movie theater, what’s your first double feature? Shaolin Soccer (2001) & Kung Fu Hustle (2004).
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