When the dastardly Axe Gang take on the impoverished residents of Pig Sty Alley, they are making a mistake they will never forget. And nor will we, for while we're all used to the exaggerated violence of the martial arts movie, this takes a new level in 'Kung Fu Hustle', a film that owes more to 'Tom and Jerry' than it does to any attempt to depict realism in fighting or emotions. Nor is this necessarily a bad thing; the film has an original streak of humour running through it, and in an an age when a succession of directors have competed with each other to find the inner darkness in Batman, it's maybe not so bad to watch something unashamedly comic-book in nature, with no attempt made to hint at hidden depths. Personally, I liked it, although after the first few minutes the film's essential premise is already completely revealed; it's daft, but fun.