I thought this film was absolutely immense! It is quite possibly the best overall martial arts film I've seen. I sat there for minutes after the end just dribbling.....metaphorically! ;-) When I was younger, I was a big Bruce Lee fan (still am, of course). His films were my yardstick for measuring good martial arts action. Jackie Chan raised the bar in terms of taking the art forward in the medium of film and I am still hugely impressed by the fact he does his own crazy stunts.

With the major advances in special effects in the last few years, there has been an explosion of Kung Fu related films, a lot of them in the Crouching Tiger ilk, which goes back to the old school of fantasy fighting, flying through the woods etc. I love these kind of films but they were missing something that I longed for from the Bruce Lee films.

Kung Fu hustle combines all the things I like about martial arts films. Great special effects, superb fighting skills, a little bit of a love interest thrown in, the revenge aspect, the 'always a bigger fish' idea, comedy and a good mix of cartoon and brutal violence.

Anybody who likes martial arts is gonna love this film, of that I have no doubts. I cant wait for the sequel.