I am a huge admirer of the comic genius Stephen Chow. The three movies that were released in America, "Shaolin Soccer", "Kung Fu Hustle" and "CJ7" were strange but hilarious in its own way. ("CJ7" and "Shaolin Soccer" were more family-oriented than "Kung Fu Hustle") With "Kung Fu Hustle", Chow became an overnight success that made American audiences knew who this guy was, if they didn't know his earlier films. Beware though, "Kung Fu Hustle" is rated R for "sequences of strong stylized action and violence", but this is a PG-13-rated film for sure. (It's better suited for 13 & up, if they get the wacky style of violence and its humor) The movie is set in 1930's China, where the most popular gangs (i.e: the Axe Gang) rule and took what was theirs (money, women, cars) and a rundown slum called "Pig Sty Alley" had nothing but limited water access, food services and paying for rent. All that changes when a wannabe punk named Sing (Stephen Chow) and his sidekick Bone (Lam Tze Chung) enters the slum. Sing desperately wants to be a part of the Axe Gang, but he is rather dim-witted and a bit crazy. Of course, like any other slum, "Pig Sty Alley" has its secrets, like the Landlady (Yuen Qiu) and Landlord (Yuen Wah) used to be the Kung Fu masters of the "Lion's Roar" and the "Bendable Twisting Snake", until they had a son who died and they ran the slum to remain in peace forever. Like any other character trying to be bad, but turns out to be good, Sing is saved by a deaf-mute girl Fong (Shengyi Huang) who was rescued by him years ago and now runs a vendor for ice cream. When Sing does become a part of the Axe Gang, his first mission: to free a legendary killer known as the Beast (Siu-Lung Leung) in order to defeat the Landlady and Landlord. I won't say anything else here, because there are a lot of surprises to found in this movie. The fight choreography done by the legendary Yuen Wo-Ping (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Kill Bill: Volumes 1 & 2) is awesome, hilarious and highly inventive. It's designed to be more like cartoons like "Looney Tunes" with the combination of Jackie Chan and Quentin Tarantino. Stephen Chow as a writer, director and actor accomplishes what was impossible but made it possible breaking the laws of gravity in every way. The term for a movie like "Kung Fu Hustle" is weird, but trust me you'll crack up that funny bone of yours soon enough. This is one of my favorite movies of all time. Don't believe me? Check out my list of the best movies ever made.