I must admit I'm a fan of Stephen Chow. Liked many (but not all) of his shows. I can almost say that I grew up watching his movies. At one stage of his acting career, I thought his shows were going downhill. Then came Shaolin Soccer - I thought that was the best. Now, the bar was up with Kung Fu Hustle. There was still a good amount of slapstick comedy in the show that was his trademark. Other than that, the Kung Fu was FANTASTIC! The story - very well done. Right amount of romance to gel the hard core action. So retro and so enjoyable to watch. One has to sit back and just take in the silliness and at the same time, be amazed by the fighting scenes.