First off, I HATE dubbed foreign films. I'd much rather be reading several lines at the bottom of the screen than watching the lips of an actor move out of sync with what's being said. I just find it annoying and pretty off-putting. I tried to get past it though.

The trailer makes it look like pretty much any other martial arts movie. In that sense it's wildly misleading. Kung Fu Hustle doesn't really have a strong story, but the story it does have doesn't particularly matter too much. It's all about the visuals and the hilarity.

It's pretty brilliant though. It manages to be quite violent and stupidly hilarious at the same time. The film's opening manages to include crime, gangs, amputation and dancing, all within the first two minutes.

It doesn't really take itself too seriously and the landlady is a brilliant piece of casting, she's may be the funniest thing in this movie. The chase sequence between her and Sing is both hilarious and amazing. The CGI is pretty great too, although some of it is done awfully for comedic effect, like Sing's swollen lips.

It even manages to spoof Spiderman by quoting "with great power comes great responsibility". I love the scene with the string instrument. It's so ridiculously stupid and yet extremely clever and entertaining that they use sonic waves as a weapon. One of the best scenes.

I was extremely tired when I watched Kung Fu Hustle but it managed to keep me entertained all the way to the end, despite the fact that the dubbing was a real problem for me.

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