I must say, I put this movie on with no idea what I was getting myself into.

This movie is HILARIOUS. There were so many exaggerated and over the top scenes that made the movie a pleasure to watch. I really loved was how each person had such a different and unique quaily while also playing the stereotypical role they were cast as. Any scene with the landlady just made me burst out laughing. Since this movie came out in 2004, you can expect to see some bad low-end CGI effects (think the live-action Scooby-Doo movies), but you really don't mind since the comedy of the scenes aged relatively well. To be honest, most of the humor was just stupid and immature, but I didn't mind it. I will say that this does lean on the mature end of the movie spectrum, it is rated R, so expect profanity, gore, etc.

In the beginning, there seemed to be so many different plots and storylines, that to be honest, I was really confused as to how they would fit them all together. Yet, to my surprise, the storyline converged into one complete and coherent movie relatively easily. I will warn you that the main character is not revealed until after the first quarter of the movie

Aside from the comedy, this movie has some sick fighting sequences. I say that totally unironically. I mean, yes, they can be TOTALLY over the top and nonrealistic AT ALL, but they sure are entertaining. The creativity put into these fighting sequences is actually quite impressive. The team was really imaginative. The fighting scenes are also vital for the character development of the protagonist Sing (Stephen Chow), so pay attention!

I had to watch this movie with subtitles, and let me say that it did not take away from the overall experience at all. After about 10 minutes in, I completely forgot I was even reading them.

My one complaint would be that some of the story lines were underdeveloped. I really feel like Sing's romance plot was an afterthought. It kinda just feels like it was unnecessary and didn't add to the overall plot that much. I also feel like the "axe gang" was completely undermined. Like after that epic dance scene at the beginning, I had high expectations for them but I was let down by the result.

It is obvious that this movie was supposed to be crazy. Most of the humor was based on ironic scenarios, and as cheesy as those can be, I still totally enjoyed it. If you have the time, definitely sit down to watch it. Super conveniently "Kung Fu Hustle" is on Nextflix, so it is pretty easy to find. I've seen this movie multiple times, some by myself, some with friends, and some with family, and yet, it continues to be funny each time I watched. There are jokes I still laugh about with my friends today.

I definitely recommend this movie, especially to comedy and bad movie connoisseurs! Enjoy!