@@omkarkulkarni3943 sadly, Stephen Chow almost had the chance, but he was only the producer, meaning he had no say in the movie. Yeah, he was the Producer for DB Evolution. But, he wanted to make the movie proper, like the actual source material, but as he was just the producer...
Make sure to watch the original with English subtitles, not the Miramax americanISED re-edit. Fun Fact: Stephen Chow grew up in a 2 room apartment in a family of 7 but still found a way to hang a bag and train like Bruce Lee.
This movie is my favorite childhood movie, I am not even kidding though, I have literally watched it over 100 times and I can recall every single line in the movie at any given scene.
I saw this movie in theaters when I was like 12 and became a total evangelist for it. I went to a boarding school and I fucking threw the DVD at everyone there. Barber saying "Baau zou po!" is fucking iconic.
We used to watch this us kids every Chinese New Year with the cousins. Even when I grew older it got even more beautiful. Especially when I got an English degree
the landlady was actually in a james bond movie back in the 70's. she is an accomplished movie star and martial arts master. The 3 martial arts masters, and gang boss are actual kung fu masters in real life
Bill Murray said this movie is what every movie should try to be. This set the bar. Very old movie but can't believe it's gaining it's popularity back. We Asians love this movie and all Stephen Chow's movies.
Really? Of all of Stephen Chow's movies this is the one that set the bar? I mean I like it, but I kinda prefer Shaolin Soccer over it, and even some of his older films as well.
In this film there is also a Southeast Asian culture where mothers will issue a lion's scream if they want to slam their husbands or children or threaten people who can't pay their debts
even us born in the early 2000's grew up watching stephen chows movies and a lot of other chinese movies like mr vampire 4. Maybe it's because back then classic movies appears more on tv.
6:18 - I think probably the bit with the soccer ball at the beginning was a nod to his previous film Shaolin Soccer. And when he says, "No more soccer!" he's saying we're done with that movie and this is a new movie.
Yes because Shaolin Soccer was such a success that investors and many people kept asking Stephen Chow to make a sequel. That scene was his respond to that
Can you believe that the actress for The Landlady didn't even audition for it? She went with her friend (who was actually auditioning) but the casting director saw her with scowl of disdain and disinterest and thought she would be perfect for the role. Not bad for someone who had last been in a movie in 1985 😁
She is sammo hung and jackie chan's big sister when they were little. She can directly call jackie chan by his nickname "big nose" and jackie wouldn't be mad about it. That is how highly regarded she is.
Forget the "parody" part, I'd say it's one of the best kung fu movies hands down. The only martial arts movie I liked more is Ip Man, and only just slightly.
Honestly,that Fight scene starting with the Guy grabbing the lighter,to the Tailor,to the Staff Master,combined with the music brings tears to my eyes everytime I see it.
Is no one talking about the lollipop scene? Out of all the laughers, i didn't expect that such a hilarious, funny comedy making me a crybaby. Hited me like a Bruce Lee kick. It's so beautiful and making me cry, cause this is something, the whole world can relate to. I mean, we mourn about different things, which others wouldn't. But we were all children and as a child, we would all cry, if someone would take away our lolli. I would say; universal drama
Chi Ling Chiu, who played the tailor was 60 when they made this. He's in his late 70s now and as of a couple of years ago was still preforming in actions movies.
This movie is Stephen Chow’s homage to Eastern and Western culture and cinema. The movie starred many actual master level martial artists. Even Stephen Chow has been considered a real martial art master in real life. The dying words of Donut (the staff martial artist) is the same dying words Sean Connery spoke in the movie Untouchable. The landlady’s hand gesture in the car scene is inspired by a scene from Bruce Lee’s movie. Then there’s the obvious Loony Tune effects.
31:15 That is one of the things that’s so good about Stephen Chow’s films, even side characters in his movies are just so iconic and memorable to us who grew up watching his movies
When the Beast meets the Landlord and Landlady, they identified themselves (jokingly) as the legendary lovers Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu, a reference to the novel "Return of the Condor Heroes" by famous writer Jin Yong. That is a hilarious reference even Vietnamese audience can appreciate because Jin Yong's novels and their TV adaptations were very popular.
Fun fact: In 'Return of the Condor Hero', the one with Toad skill (aka Beast in KFH) was the adopted father of Yang Guo. Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu are the 'Fated lovers'. To bring more depth to the story, Return of the Condor Hero was the second part of the trilogy, the first part is 'Legend of the condor heroes' and Yang Guo's father was the bad guy. He wanted to be Beast's disciple but Beast would only have one and Yang Kang (Yang Guo's father) killed that son of Beast. When Beast realized the truth, he did not help Yang Kang to purge out his poison. Yang Kang tried to silence Huang Rong from revealing the truth and hit her on the back. But Huang Rong wore soft armor but the armor was already poisoned previously by others who was poisoned and had hit her from the back. Hence the poisoned was passed to Yang Kang. Beast was known as *West Venom* who specialized in poisons and also highly skilled (one of the 5 greats in martial arts in LOTCH).
Wtf I remember this movie as a kid when I was changing channels and I randomly decided to watch it. Best decision of my childhood, I was dying laughing lol
And there’s also the fact that they show the impacts, so you know and feel how it hits, when in a lot of western action movies nowadays, it’s either off screen, or they cut around the hit, and you never end up seeing the contact, aside from a few shots, which just diminishes how you perceive the action.
@@Ytinasniiable Funnily enough, the action choreographer/action advisor on Kung Fu Hustle is the same as for The Matrix, and just a great choreographer for the Hong Kongese cinema
No matter if it's the late 80's movies or the recent ones; you'll always have a good laugh watching Stephen Chow's works with his consistent style of comedy...!
About the action, the fights were mostly choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping (The Matrix, Kill Bill, Crouching Tiger, Ip Man 3 and 4). I say mostly because the original fight choreographer was Sammo Hung, who quit for a variety of reasons, including creative differences.
And the interesting part of it all, Yuen also makes an appearance in the movie - he's the "beggar" who sold the redeemed protagonist the scroll of Buddhist Palm.
the part where the three masters fought the axe gangster foot soldiers was choreographed by sammo hung. the rest of the show was from yuen. so can you spot the differences between sammo's style and yuen's style? stephen and sammo had a fallout over the style they each want, which resulted in the termination of sammo hung by stephen. he was replaced by yuen, who's style met his demand.
@@jamesgabriel7132 it's wild learning that! I just realized the one choreographied by Sammo Hung was the most realistic (in comparison at least) and the best fight scene, while the rest had more CGI/cartooney tropes. very cool
@@eisenartworks9421 Realistic because those 3 were/are real fighters (with real martial arts skills). The coolie was a Shaolin monastery martial monk and trained in Shaolin temple for more than 10 years (though in this movie, Kungfu hustle, that was his first acting/movie). When he was recommended for the audition, 200 people had already auditioned for the role before him and he got it. During the shoot, one of his kicks landed on the axe-gang member and the poor chap blacked out instantly and was rushed to hospital. That unfortunate man did come to till 3 days later.
I think my favorite part is when they use the shining reference as more than just a reference as it also symbolizes that the main character can subconsciously sense the guys aura, down to the toads and all, the wave of blood showing how much this guy had killed
actually at 2:49 were "while you were beating those cops, all your men went learn to speak Cantonese". Because they are actually 2 kind of Chinese, the cowboy hat old man speak, Mandarin. Coolie a kind of worker, but their price were really cheap
I never noticed that they didn't really explicitly show who the main character was. Most of us watched the film for Stephen Chow, so we expected for him to be the main character
Fun fact: The three heroes (coolie, tailor, and baker) are all real martial artists. The tailor's actor even has been playing in movies since the 70s. And each of their fighting styles is based on real-life kung fu.
As someone from Southeast Asia who grew up with Hong Kong cinema, I can tell you that Kung-Fu Hustle was a high-point for action comedies and made Stephen Chow the biggest movie star in Asia at the time. Here are some viewing suggestions if you would like to watch more HK movies but don't know where to start: Project A (1983)- A period kungfu movie with Jackie Chan playing a HK colonial marine fighting pirates. Has all the trademark Jackie Chan slapstick and some of his best stunts. Shaolin Soccer (2001)- Made 3 years before, it's the proto Kungfu Hustle. Has all the hallmarks of a Stephen Chow action comedy but rougher around the edges. Still really good though. Fist of Legend (1994)- My favourite Jet Li movie. IMO, Jet Li at his most badass and not to be missed. Hard Boiled (1992)- A John Woo film starring Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung. Although A Better Tomrrow is the more famous film, and The Killer more dramatically intriguing, for sheer gunplay brilliance, there is no topping Hard Boiled. Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung are magnetic in their roles and one of HK cinema's most unforgettable villans; Mad Dog.
Coolie = People who work by relying on their physical strength, such as to unload ships or transport goods from stations, by moving goods from one place to another.
The Actors who portrayed the Landlord and the Landlady are from the same Peking Opera School as Jackie Chan and many other well know Hong Kong action stars (in a way you can think of it like how classic SNL was known for having many of their alumni turn into genre defining comedy stars, but in this case is more weaving in choreography with storytelling rather than just straight comedy). The Landlord's actor also started his film career as Bruce Lee's stunt double.
Some of my best scenes from Kungfu Hustle 2004. 1. Trying to fight one on one with those villagers. 2. Knives throwing scene. 3.) Old lady chasing scene. 4.) Stephen Chow fights back when that fat guy was trying to offer him drinks but he eventually misunderstood assuming he was following after him. 5. Catching bullet scene. 6. Shoes stepping scene. Overall this movie has a lot of fun with some emotional content attached to it. Watch more than 50 times since childhood.
Fun fact: the beggar who sold Chow the "Buddhist Palm Manual" is played by Yuen Woo-ping. He is the action choreographer for this film, as well as the Matrix series. He studied under the legendary Yu Jim-yuen as a kid.
It's nice to see you guys enjoy this !!! This film is an homage to the Kung Fu and Bruce Lee as well. Stephen Chow was inspired to venture into the film industry because of Bruce Lee and had always wanted to make a 'Kung Fu focused' film. As I grew up watching his movies (and so does many of us in Asia), this is the peak of his career for me and I am so happy to see his name at the end of the credits! Looking forward to your Shaolin Soccer review :)
I'm Most Certainly Happy You Both Liked It. Definitely One Of The Best Movies I've Seen, I Hope This Is Start Of The Blow Up For You! All I Can Say Is I'm Glad We Met Bro
I'd also recommend the Fight back to School series, Saint of Gambler, A Chinese Odyssey duology, Royal Tramp duology, Hail the Judge, the Forbidden City Cop, Justice My Foot and King of Comedy, just a few of my fav Stephen Chow's works as an actor.
23:46 the reason why he pretends to be confused because the mafia boss said two sentence that have the same meaning as “hit him”. Cantonese tend to append the phrase “your mom” to the end of the sentence to indicate swearing or for comedic effect. So when the boss tell stephen chow to “hit him” and followed it up with “hit his mom” , stephen chow found that entry point to be confused and proceed to hit the mafia boss, asking him “which one do you want me to hit? Him or his mother?” It is a lot trying to explain the joke behind so I can understand why the subtitle just kind of brushed off the joke
Bill Murray said : " kung fu hustle is the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy ..... it just blew everything off the old map , I just thought this movie is so much better, this is the new standard , it got to have this level of commitment and writing and intelligence to compete. That movie set a new bar " If you know more about the cultural background of kung fu, it reflected the whole history of Chinese kung fu movie. If you know cantonese, it would even be more funny. Thats why someone would think you underscored it .
man this is truly such a gem, the blend of looney toons style gags with classic chinese wire-work/fighting makes this genuinely a one of a kind masterpiece
This is a cinema masterpiece that has so many things in one, comedy, action, actual martial artists, great story line that link everything from start to end, redemption, hope, tension, humour amongst seriousness, music, sounds effects that you immediately recognize, symbolisms, paying homage to other western movies and cartoons. Directed, produced, written, acted by Stephen Chow. Absolute Legend. Only Stephen Chow can combined so many elements and make them work well together. Comedy itself is hard to achieve. its not pure slapstick, but creativity and style as well. the special effects must also work well. If this is your first chinese martial art movie, you can't set this as the bar for other movies style. perhaps only for comedy+martial art genre, which Stephen Chow specializes in. else you may be disappointed.
I see this film when i was a kid. I was into the kung fu films and it literally had kung fu in the title. When it started i was like "wtf is this" and nearly turned it off when they started dancing. But as soon as i see the landlords i was hooked. It was like a rollercoaster of emotions. The ending was kind of emotional and i never expected to hold back tears in this film
Thanks for keeping the story line intact with great editing. I hate reaction videos where the indiscriminately chop the movie up. You took tour time and made a great reaction video.
One of the best HK action comedy. I love Kung Fu Hustle because I feel that Stephen Chow inspired a lot a Edgar Wright's comedy style. Two director who does action comedy right
This movie is an absolute riot! Good choice guys. The landlord in this was the body double for Bruce Lee back in the day. The landlady was an ass kicking schoolgirl in the Bond movie The Man With The Golden Gun. A mad Japanese one with gangsters and martial arts is Yakuza Apocalypse.
Stephen Chow is a living legend. For ones who speak Chinese, the script has so many more meaningful layers. Love the whole series of "Journey to the West" where he plays the monkey king
This is a comedy masterpiece a genius parody but if u want to see some amazing Chinese cinematography you'll be blown away by crouching tiger hidden dragon and hero, absolutely stunning movies just flawless. And for action martial arts comedy I'd check out classic Jackie chan movies like drunken master
Great suggestions. Another one That I like that I do not hear much about is called 'Curse Of The Golden Flower', the fight scenes and the color in this film are beautiful.
CTHD and Hero are incredible. This genre is deep. So many great films. They are the spaghetti westerns of the East. Grew up watching Kung Fu Theater every Saturday.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is definitely THE martial arts movie of the early 2000's. It was also one of the biggest international Kung-Fu movies ever.
@@kingscorpion7346 I would say, it is the "same taste". S. Chow has some very funny movies made with lower budget. The God of cookery looks like is made with a liitlebit more money. It is beautiful and very funny.
@@jotarokujo4571 Different peoples, different opinions. My opinion is not universal. "One of the funniest". I think that KFH is the best, but TGOC is also very-very funny.
One of my favourites movies of all times, I'm from Brazil and here everyone knows about this movie... At least everyone from the 90,s and early 2000 and the Br dub is awesome too
The pervert landlord was Bruce Lee’s stunt double in Enter The Dragon. Every scene with a flip, it was him. Also the part in the car where she cracks her knuckles was right out of a Bruce Lee movie
The scene with the landlady intimidating the gang boss in the car is a reference to a scene from Bruce Lee's movie Way of the Dragon, where he wordlessly does the same threatening gestures.
Shaolin Soccer was before this. It is just as crazy as this and Stephen Chow playing football at the start of this film and deflating the ball saying "no more soccer" was a reference to Shaolin Soccer. That one is a must watch too.
There is a Roger Moore Bond film wherein two young Asian girls exercise their mastery of karate and save Bond in one scene. One of those two girls plays the Landlady in Kung Fu Hustle.
So many references to classic Chinese cinema in this. Look up the films of Sammo Hung.. Jackie Chan's "big brother"... if you like the action in this.. you'll dig his films.
This movie is a legend! It has numberless references to Hollywood and Hong Kong cinema. Landlord and landlady are famous stunt doubles, from Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan times, final antagonist is a Bruce Lee's challenger and director plays iron palm protagonist.
I've lost count of how many times they showed this on Philippine tv. This is my introduction to Chinese/Hongkong films. The humour is so good i'll never get tired of rewatching this. Nice reaction btw.
Great reaction guys. I would definetely recommend Saviour of the soul, an old Hong Kong martial arts movie from 1991. It has a lot of the same humor as Kung Fu Hustle, and insane scenography. Also check out John Woo's Hardboiled (from 1992). One of the most insane action movies I've ever seen.
coolie is essentially a person who performs labour for very low pay or no pay. literally translates to "hard/suffering" and "power". common during colonial era.
Actually the instrument playing scene, it's like using sound waves to cut (like supersonic blades or water blades) that the frequency or tones are high and sharp that can cut, not actually "shooting blades or weapons"
EPIC_FRODO a coolie is an old basically derogatory term for manual laborer, like the dude you saw with the bags of, what I assume is rice? People who basically get paid very little to do physically intense work. Also I think the asylum blood scene was a reference to the trope I guess that martial arts masters often sense the bloodlust coming from someone wanting to kill them, and since the beast is the #1 killer he would have a ton of killing intent/aura around him.
Blood scene was also a direct reference/shot from the shining. Stephen chow loves referencing movies. The shot of the asylum with the clouds circling above was a ghost busters reference too.
Reportedly Kung Fu Hustle 2 is in the works but Chow has been working on other movie projects. Chow said that Hustle 2 will not be a direct sequel and will take place in a more contemporary setting. No timetable was given it could be the next 2 to 5 years before the sequel shows up.
@@samuraijosh1595 Bro Just because you're aware of it doesn't mean everyone is. There are some people who never heard of or seen this movie. Regardless sequels to movies can show up 20 years later just like Independence Day 1996 - Independence Day Resurgence 2016. Keep Hope alive LOL!
This movie is how a live action anime adaptation should be.
thats what i was reminded of whilst watching it
For years, I said if anyone was going to do a proper live action version of Ranma 1/2, it could be NO ONE but Stephen Chow. :)
@@ericjanssen394 Dragonball as well..the landlord was quite like Master Roshi
@@omkarkulkarni3943 sadly, Stephen Chow almost had the chance, but he was only the producer, meaning he had no say in the movie. Yeah, he was the Producer for DB Evolution. But, he wanted to make the movie proper, like the actual source material, but as he was just the producer...
@@Sassaparilla oh that sucks. That movie would have been great if he was the director.
Should we do Shaolin Soccer next????? Edit: Shaolin Soccer out now! th-cam.com/video/qmzrXL3p7ZQ/w-d-xo.html
Duh.
Make sure to watch the original with English subtitles, not the Miramax americanISED re-edit.
Fun Fact: Stephen Chow grew up in a 2 room apartment in a family of 7 but still found a way to hang a bag and train like Bruce Lee.
Be sure to check out one of his best films, God of Cookery as well. It’s also a masterpiece with great story and comedy!
@@fabulovelyrics1339 my fav is either the Lawyer one or the Acting Teacher one.
+Epic_Frodo Yes, but you can skip Journey to the West. 😏
This movie is my favorite childhood movie, I am not even kidding though, I have literally watched it over 100 times and I can recall every single line in the movie at any given scene.
me to this and spirited away were staples of my childhood and for your memory and a laugh "GRRRRR RUFF"
I saw this movie in theaters when I was like 12 and became a total evangelist for it. I went to a boarding school and I fucking threw the DVD at everyone there. Barber saying "Baau zou po!" is fucking iconic.
It is the best movie.2021.
We used to watch this us kids every Chinese New Year with the cousins. Even when I grew older it got even more beautiful. Especially when I got an English degree
It's my favorite too 😍😍😍
the landlady was actually in a james bond movie back in the 70's. she is an accomplished movie star and martial arts master. The 3 martial arts masters, and gang boss are actual kung fu masters in real life
the landlady went to the same martial arts and Peking opera school with Jackie chan and Sammo hong
The actor of gang boss played in a Chinese TV series in 2008, the legend of Bruce Lee.
@@haoyangzhou1369 he also played the goal keeper in Kung Fu soccer
Roger Moore was James Bond in that movie, wasn't he?
@@Cornbased1 and also the landlord
Bill Murray said this movie is what every movie should try to be. This set the bar. Very old movie but can't believe it's gaining it's popularity back. We Asians love this movie and all Stephen Chow's movies.
Really? Of all of Stephen Chow's movies this is the one that set the bar? I mean I like it, but I kinda prefer Shaolin Soccer over it, and even some of his older films as well.
It's not really old haha.
Wow he said that? Good taste.
In this film there is also a Southeast Asian culture where mothers will issue a lion's scream if they want to slam their husbands or children or threaten people who can't pay their debts
Very old movie?? It's from 2004. I don't know how old you are??
Almost everyone age around 25 and above right now in South East and East Asia grew up with Stephen Chow's movies 😁
even us born in the early 2000's grew up watching stephen chows movies and a lot of other chinese movies like mr vampire 4. Maybe it's because back then classic movies appears more on tv.
true, i had a dvd of this movie and watched it almost 30 times, my best childhood memories
True
Even in Bangladesh. It's a masterpiece that made my childhood. Still incomparable.
Can vouch as a malaysian 😌 love most of stephen chow's movie ❤
6:18 - I think probably the bit with the soccer ball at the beginning was a nod to his previous film Shaolin Soccer. And when he says, "No more soccer!" he's saying we're done with that movie and this is a new movie.
Yes because Shaolin Soccer was such a success that investors and many people kept asking Stephen Chow to make a sequel. That scene was his respond to that
u should check out both mad monk and justice my foot if u enjoyed this one and shaolin soccer
I didn’t even realize that and I saw the movies back when I was a child lmao.
This movie was a wonderful surprise. It's one of those movies where, while you are watching it, you want to watch it again to savour the details.
totally agree
that is how it is with the movie justice my foot also anther great movie from stephen chow
Can you believe that the actress for The Landlady didn't even audition for it? She went with her friend (who was actually auditioning) but the casting director saw her with scowl of disdain and disinterest and thought she would be perfect for the role. Not bad for someone who had last been in a movie in 1985 😁
She's hilarious! My favorite character in the movie!
Today I learned something!
pretty sure she's been in alot of hk tv shows, she's well known
She is sammo hung and jackie chan's big sister when they were little. She can directly call jackie chan by his nickname "big nose" and jackie wouldn't be mad about it. That is how highly regarded she is.
@@VTuber_Clipp3r the person said SHE DIDNT AUDITION FOR IT. Read it again
Notice how the name of the protagonist is not mentioned even once throughout the whole movie just to show anyone can be a hero
What? I just realise that after 15 years holy shit
I think Kung Fu Hustle among the best kung fu parody movie ever made in Hong Kong cinema...it's CGI & comedy drama blend so well...
Forget the "parody" part, I'd say it's one of the best kung fu movies hands down. The only martial arts movie I liked more is Ip Man, and only just slightly.
@@MnemonicHack Have you seen shaolin soccer?
@@exodore2000 that was awesome too
In China, we have a popular saying that one best actor in a year, Stephen Chow in a century.
Plz do a petition for him to do a 2nd part!!!🙏
Hong Kong is not ChiNa, That's Hong Kong movie.
@Peanut SB😁
@@TheHellJudgerOh cry baby😄
@@TheHellJudger hehe, enjoy your own world.
Honestly,that Fight scene starting with the Guy grabbing the lighter,to the Tailor,to the Staff Master,combined with the music brings tears to my eyes everytime I see it.
And the music is amazing.
Is no one talking about the lollipop scene? Out of all the laughers, i didn't expect that such a hilarious, funny comedy making me a crybaby. Hited me like a Bruce Lee kick.
It's so beautiful and making me cry, cause this is something, the whole world can relate to. I mean, we mourn about different things, which others wouldn't. But we were all children and as a child, we would all cry, if someone would take away our lolli. I would say; universal drama
Chi Ling Chiu, who played the tailor was 60 when they made this. He's in his late 70s now and as of a couple of years ago was still preforming in actions movies.
Uncle was FIT.
Shang Chi is nothing against the Tailor. 🤣🤣🤣
This movie is Stephen Chow’s homage to Eastern and Western culture and cinema. The movie starred many actual master level martial artists. Even Stephen Chow has been considered a real martial art master in real life. The dying words of Donut (the staff martial artist) is the same dying words Sean Connery spoke in the movie Untouchable. The landlady’s hand gesture in the car scene is inspired by a scene from Bruce Lee’s movie. Then there’s the obvious Loony Tune effects.
It's the best blend of Eastern and Western comedy and martial arts I've ever seen.
I was pretty sure Donut's last words were the Spiderman lines With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.
@@platinumspider7859 Also the quote: What are you prepare to do
31:15 That is one of the things that’s so good about Stephen Chow’s films, even side characters in his movies are just so iconic and memorable to us who grew up watching his movies
When the Beast meets the Landlord and Landlady, they identified themselves (jokingly) as the legendary lovers Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu, a reference to the novel "Return of the Condor Heroes" by famous writer Jin Yong. That is a hilarious reference even Vietnamese audience can appreciate because Jin Yong's novels and their TV adaptations were very popular.
Fun fact: In 'Return of the Condor Hero', the one with Toad skill (aka Beast in KFH) was the adopted father of Yang Guo. Yang Guo and Xiaolongnu are the 'Fated lovers'.
To bring more depth to the story, Return of the Condor Hero was the second part of the trilogy, the first part is 'Legend of the condor heroes' and Yang Guo's father was the bad guy. He wanted to be Beast's disciple but Beast would only have one and Yang Kang (Yang Guo's father) killed that son of Beast. When Beast realized the truth, he did not help Yang Kang to purge out his poison. Yang Kang tried to silence Huang Rong from revealing the truth and hit her on the back. But Huang Rong wore soft armor but the armor was already poisoned previously by others who was poisoned and had hit her from the back. Hence the poisoned was passed to Yang Kang. Beast was known as *West Venom* who specialized in poisons and also highly skilled (one of the 5 greats in martial arts in LOTCH).
I watched the Andy Lau version of Yang Guo when I was a kid. So good.
A "coolie" is an outdated (and offensive) term used to describe low-wage, unskilled workers (mainly of Chinese, Indian, or other Asian descent)
in indonesia we still use this kuli term. but most likely it only use for jokes matter.
“Offensive” bullshit
@@kulijawa9239 jan sampai kuli jadi “offensive” juga zzz
And it's not quite outdated in Viet Nam. Some might call them Worker or just call them Coolie because it's short
There is a indian movie called 'Coolie no.1'
Wtf I remember this movie as a kid when I was changing channels and I randomly decided to watch it. Best decision of my childhood, I was dying laughing lol
yup. Asian action scenes are better than western movies because it seems like a dance. The fluidity in action sequences is the core of it.
also the standing camera, i dont know why hollywood action movies use so much the shaking camera on fight scenes, they are so unpleasent to watch
@@SaraqaelGuardian thats because most actors on hollywood cant actually fight so they use editing to hide it
And there’s also the fact that they show the impacts, so you know and feel how it hits, when in a lot of western action movies nowadays, it’s either off screen, or they cut around the hit, and you never end up seeing the contact, aside from a few shots, which just diminishes how you perceive the action.
It's part of the reason the fights in the matrix are considered so high tier, the wachowskis were heavily inspired by Hong Kong cinema
@@Ytinasniiable Funnily enough, the action choreographer/action advisor on Kung Fu Hustle is the same as for The Matrix, and just a great choreographer for the Hong Kongese cinema
No matter if it's the late 80's movies or the recent ones; you'll always have a good laugh watching Stephen Chow's works with his consistent style of comedy...!
Forgiveness is the most powerful Kung Fu
thats a great saying
About the action, the fights were mostly choreographed by Yuen Woo-ping (The Matrix, Kill Bill, Crouching Tiger, Ip Man 3 and 4). I say mostly because the original fight choreographer was Sammo Hung, who quit for a variety of reasons, including creative differences.
And the interesting part of it all, Yuen also makes an appearance in the movie - he's the "beggar" who sold the redeemed protagonist the scroll of Buddhist Palm.
the part where the three masters fought the axe gangster foot soldiers was choreographed by sammo hung. the rest of the show was from yuen. so can you spot the differences between sammo's style and yuen's style? stephen and sammo had a fallout over the style they each want, which resulted in the termination of sammo hung by stephen. he was replaced by yuen, who's style met his demand.
@@jamesgabriel7132 it's wild learning that! I just realized the one choreographied by Sammo Hung was the most realistic (in comparison at least) and the best fight scene, while the rest had more CGI/cartooney tropes. very cool
@@OutdatedLeon No , he isn't. That is his brother. Yuen Cheung-Yan.
@@eisenartworks9421 Realistic because those 3 were/are real fighters (with real martial arts skills). The coolie was a Shaolin monastery martial monk and trained in Shaolin temple for more than 10 years (though in this movie, Kungfu hustle, that was his first acting/movie). When he was recommended for the audition, 200 people had already auditioned for the role before him and he got it. During the shoot, one of his kicks landed on the axe-gang member and the poor chap blacked out instantly and was rushed to hospital. That unfortunate man did come to till 3 days later.
This and Shaolin Soccer are my all time favorite movies! xD
I think my favorite part is when they use the shining reference as more than just a reference as it also symbolizes that the main character can subconsciously sense the guys aura, down to the toads and all, the wave of blood showing how much this guy had killed
Great reaction, this was my favorite to this movie. You guys nailed the transitions between serious, funny and emotional.
thank you so much!
actually at 2:49 were "while you were beating those cops, all your men went learn to speak Cantonese". Because they are actually 2 kind of Chinese, the cowboy hat old man speak, Mandarin.
Coolie a kind of worker, but their price were really cheap
I never noticed that they didn't really explicitly show who the main character was. Most of us watched the film for Stephen Chow, so we expected for him to be the main character
Fun fact: The three heroes (coolie, tailor, and baker) are all real martial artists. The tailor's actor even has been playing in movies since the 70s. And each of their fighting styles is based on real-life kung fu.
As someone from Southeast Asia who grew up with Hong Kong cinema, I can tell you that Kung-Fu Hustle was a high-point for action comedies and made Stephen Chow the biggest movie star in Asia at the time.
Here are some viewing suggestions if you would like to watch more HK movies but don't know where to start:
Project A (1983)- A period kungfu movie with Jackie Chan playing a HK colonial marine fighting pirates. Has all the trademark Jackie Chan slapstick and some of his best stunts.
Shaolin Soccer (2001)- Made 3 years before, it's the proto Kungfu Hustle. Has all the hallmarks of a Stephen Chow action comedy but rougher around the edges. Still really good though.
Fist of Legend (1994)- My favourite Jet Li movie. IMO, Jet Li at his most badass and not to be missed.
Hard Boiled (1992)- A John Woo film starring Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung. Although A Better Tomrrow is the more famous film, and The Killer more dramatically intriguing, for sheer gunplay brilliance, there is no topping Hard Boiled. Chow Yun Fat and Tony Leung are magnetic in their roles and one of HK cinema's most unforgettable villans; Mad Dog.
Coolie = People who work by relying on their physical strength, such as to unload ships or transport goods from stations, by moving goods from one place to another.
I'm just happy this movie gotten more attention lately
The Actors who portrayed the Landlord and the Landlady are from the same Peking Opera School as Jackie Chan and many other well know Hong Kong action stars (in a way you can think of it like how classic SNL was known for having many of their alumni turn into genre defining comedy stars, but in this case is more weaving in choreography with storytelling rather than just straight comedy).
The Landlord's actor also started his film career as Bruce Lee's stunt double.
"Chow said that he would start work on Kung Fu Hustle 2 after finishing the sequel to The Mermaid." So hyped, can't wait.
Best news ever lol
We Asians grew up with movies like this. It's in our DNA. Happy to see you lads discover this gem!
Some of my best scenes from Kungfu Hustle 2004.
1. Trying to fight one on one with those villagers.
2. Knives throwing scene.
3.) Old lady chasing scene.
4.) Stephen Chow fights back when that fat guy was trying to offer him drinks but he eventually misunderstood assuming he was following after him.
5. Catching bullet scene.
6. Shoes stepping scene.
Overall this movie has a lot of fun with some emotional content attached to it. Watch more than 50 times since childhood.
Fun fact: the beggar who sold Chow the "Buddhist Palm Manual" is played by Yuen Woo-ping. He is the action choreographer for this film, as well as the Matrix series. He studied under the legendary Yu Jim-yuen as a kid.
It's nice to see you guys enjoy this !!!
This film is an homage to the Kung Fu and Bruce Lee as well. Stephen Chow was inspired to venture into the film industry because of Bruce Lee and had always wanted to make a 'Kung Fu focused' film.
As I grew up watching his movies (and so does many of us in Asia), this is the peak of his career for me and I am so happy to see his name at the end of the credits!
Looking forward to your Shaolin Soccer review :)
I just love the leather face mask right behind you... 🤣🤣
I'm Most Certainly Happy You Both Liked It. Definitely One Of The Best Movies I've Seen, I Hope This Is Start Of The Blow Up For You! All I Can Say Is I'm Glad We Met Bro
thanks man! glad we met as well 💪
this is my favorite reaction to this movie, you guys were in for the whole ride, it's one of the few movies that I love re-watching every few often.
that Uncle Ben / The Untouchable reference always get me, "what are you prepared to do?" lol
Coolie is a hard work worker, it’s an English word borrowed from Chinese word 苦力 means “bitter energy or bitter strength “
I'd also recommend the Fight back to School series, Saint of Gambler, A Chinese Odyssey duology, Royal Tramp duology, Hail the Judge, the Forbidden City Cop, Justice My Foot and King of Comedy, just a few of my fav Stephen Chow's works as an actor.
23:46 the reason why he pretends to be confused because the mafia boss said two sentence that have the same meaning as “hit him”. Cantonese tend to append the phrase “your mom” to the end of the sentence to indicate swearing or for comedic effect. So when the boss tell stephen chow to “hit him” and followed it up with “hit his mom” , stephen chow found that entry point to be confused and proceed to hit the mafia boss, asking him “which one do you want me to hit? Him or his mother?” It is a lot trying to explain the joke behind so I can understand why the subtitle just kind of brushed off the joke
yeah at that scene I laugh a lot.But for who don't understand Cantonese may not get the point
Bill Murray said : " kung fu hustle is the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy ..... it just blew everything off the old map , I just thought this movie is so much better, this is the new standard , it got to have this level of commitment and writing and intelligence to compete. That movie set a new bar "
If you know more about the cultural background of kung fu, it reflected the whole history of Chinese kung fu movie. If you know cantonese, it would even be more funny. Thats why someone would think you underscored it .
man this is truly such a gem, the blend of looney toons style gags with classic chinese wire-work/fighting makes this genuinely a one of a kind masterpiece
This is a cinema masterpiece that has so many things in one, comedy, action, actual martial artists, great story line that link everything from start to end, redemption, hope, tension, humour amongst seriousness, music, sounds effects that you immediately recognize, symbolisms, paying homage to other western movies and cartoons. Directed, produced, written, acted by Stephen Chow.
Absolute Legend.
Only Stephen Chow can combined so many elements and make them work well together. Comedy itself is hard to achieve. its not pure slapstick, but creativity and style as well. the special effects must also work well.
If this is your first chinese martial art movie, you can't set this as the bar for other movies style. perhaps only for comedy+martial art genre, which Stephen Chow specializes in. else you may be disappointed.
I see this film when i was a kid. I was into the kung fu films and it literally had kung fu in the title. When it started i was like "wtf is this" and nearly turned it off when they started dancing. But as soon as i see the landlords i was hooked. It was like a rollercoaster of emotions. The ending was kind of emotional and i never expected to hold back tears in this film
Thanks for keeping the story line intact with great editing. I hate reaction videos where the indiscriminately chop the movie up. You took tour time and made a great reaction video.
You guys have the best reaction to this movie i've seen so far!
this is how Dragon Ball live action should be
a movie 17 years ago, its still so good when a rewatch at 2021....its really a legend....
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One of the best HK action comedy. I love Kung Fu Hustle because I feel that Stephen Chow inspired a lot a Edgar Wright's comedy style. Two director who does action comedy right
This movie is an absolute riot! Good choice guys. The landlord in this was the body double for Bruce Lee back in the day. The landlady was an ass kicking schoolgirl in the Bond movie The Man With The Golden Gun. A mad Japanese one with gangsters and martial arts is Yakuza Apocalypse.
Stephen Chow is a living legend. For ones who speak Chinese, the script has so many more meaningful layers. Love the whole series of "Journey to the West" where he plays the monkey king
Actually, the quality and content, presentation, editing of this channel is so good.💚
thank you so much. that really means a lot!
The music in this film is so freaking under rated
Stephen chow is a great actor, director, comedian, screenwriter and everything gosh i grew up watching his movies and i love it really much
This is a comedy masterpiece a genius parody but if u want to see some amazing Chinese cinematography you'll be blown away by crouching tiger hidden dragon and hero, absolutely stunning movies just flawless. And for action martial arts comedy I'd check out classic Jackie chan movies like drunken master
add to that : house of flying daggers
Great suggestions. Another one That I like that I do not hear much about is called 'Curse Of The Golden Flower', the fight scenes and the color in this film are beautiful.
Jackie Chan is definitely a must for action comedy.
CTHD and Hero are incredible. This genre is deep. So many great films. They are the spaghetti westerns of the East. Grew up watching Kung Fu Theater every Saturday.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is definitely THE martial arts movie of the early 2000's. It was also one of the biggest international Kung-Fu movies ever.
Thank you guys for having a video on this film, Stephen Chow is literally my childhood, hope you guys are having fun watching this film
One of the funniest S. Chow movies is :
The God of Cookery
funnier than this?!?
@@kingscorpion7346 I would say, it is the "same taste". S. Chow has some very funny movies made with lower budget. The God of cookery looks like is made with a liitlebit more money. It is beautiful and very funny.
@@ferencivanics9980 gotta look it up!
It's not even close in comparison to kung fu hustle.
@@jotarokujo4571 Different peoples, different opinions. My opinion is not universal. "One of the funniest". I think that KFH is the best, but TGOC is also very-very funny.
One of my favourites movies of all times, I'm from Brazil and here everyone knows about this movie... At least everyone from the 90,s and early 2000 and the Br dub is awesome too
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The pervert landlord was Bruce Lee’s stunt double in Enter The Dragon.
Every scene with a flip, it was him.
Also the part in the car where she cracks her knuckles was right out of a Bruce Lee movie
Thank you very much
it is because I live in Hong Kong
I love the villains in this movie they are so good, this movie is just amazing!
The scene with the landlady intimidating the gang boss in the car is a reference to a scene from Bruce Lee's movie Way of the Dragon, where he wordlessly does the same threatening gestures.
Glad to see so many people watching this movie recently and most being their first time make these watch alongs so great
Best Live Action Anime Ever. Love this film glad you enjoyed it!
I love how you just enjoyed the silliness not to be too critical of the movie. Hehe
The highest level of Kung Fu is not to kill, is peace. So in the end, the hero didn't kill the beast, and also asks him if he wants to learn.
Shaolin Soccer was before this. It is just as crazy as this and Stephen Chow playing football at the start of this film and deflating the ball saying "no more soccer" was a reference to Shaolin Soccer. That one is a must watch too.
every stephen chow movie is a masterpiece
Man this and shaolin soccer was my childhood favorite. Its awesome seeing it being reacted too
There is a Roger Moore Bond film wherein two young Asian girls exercise their mastery of karate and save Bond in one scene. One of those two girls plays the Landlady in Kung Fu Hustle.
I've lost track of how many times I've seen this. That must make it my favorite movie.
So many references to classic Chinese cinema in this. Look up the films of Sammo Hung.. Jackie Chan's "big brother"... if you like the action in this.. you'll dig his films.
Sammo did the first fight scene in kung fu hustle.. But was sick at the time so yuen wo ping stepped in to do the rest of the action.
I recently found this movie due to a Sonic Scream compilation of various characters and it led me to this spectacular movie.
Coolie is a the bagage carrying boy, usually a poor mans job
thanks!
@@_willandjack coolies are laborer's
The reaction you guys portray is literally my reaction when i was a kid. aaahhh good ol days.
This movie is amazing in how much it just committs to the cartoon insanity. Any more, or any less and it would be stupid.
I've this movie more than once from my childhood days 😆 Great to know you like it too 🤠💖
Yes
This movie is a legend! It has numberless references to Hollywood and Hong Kong cinema. Landlord and landlady are famous stunt doubles, from Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan times, final antagonist is a Bruce Lee's challenger and director plays iron palm protagonist.
This movie got Dan Akroyd Seal of approval for comedy
I've lost count of how many times they showed this on Philippine tv. This is my introduction to Chinese/Hongkong films. The humour is so good i'll never get tired of rewatching this. Nice reaction btw.
Great! The Axe gang was a real thing in San Francisco, USA, by the way.
What..? Is it still a thing? I would like to visit SF just to meet some axe men!!!!
@@samuraijosh1595 "was"... the key word is "was".
@@renegil8338 Oh ok bro.
thanks for the reaction video , as a chinese im really happy to see this video and appreciate you guys !!!
Great reaction guys. I would definetely recommend Saviour of the soul, an old Hong Kong martial arts movie from 1991. It has a lot of the same humor as Kung Fu Hustle, and insane scenography. Also check out John Woo's Hardboiled (from 1992). One of the most insane action movies I've ever seen.
hardboiled is on my list for sure!
coolie is essentially a person who performs labour for very low pay or no pay. literally translates to "hard/suffering" and "power". common during colonial era.
A little information about coolie.
Collie is some kind of laborers. It’s common in Asia.
Actually the instrument playing scene, it's like using sound waves to cut (like supersonic blades or water blades) that the frequency or tones are high and sharp that can cut, not actually "shooting blades or weapons"
EPIC_FRODO a coolie is an old basically derogatory term for manual laborer, like the dude you saw with the bags of, what I assume is rice? People who basically get paid very little to do physically intense work.
Also I think the asylum blood scene was a reference to the trope I guess that martial arts masters often sense the bloodlust coming from someone wanting to kill them, and since the beast is the #1 killer he would have a ton of killing intent/aura around him.
i didnt know that about the asylum blood scene. thanks!
@@_willandjack glad I could help, I read a lot of chinese light novels about martial arts so it's pretty common haha.
Blood scene was also a direct reference/shot from the shining. Stephen chow loves referencing movies. The shot of the asylum with the clouds circling above was a ghost busters reference too.
The beast is Bruce liang! Real life kung fu and taek wan do master that was a old school action actor that came out retirement to do this film.
Journey to the west : conquering the demons..this is even better..no yutuber reviewed it..yet
Glad you guys watched the subtitled version and not the dubbed.
A korean movie called (the wailing)
As a huge horror fan I cannot wait to watch this
Reportedly Kung Fu Hustle 2 is in the works but Chow has been working on other movie projects. Chow said that Hustle 2 will not be a direct sequel and will take place in a more contemporary setting. No timetable was given it could be the next 2 to 5 years before the sequel shows up.
Bro, this news has been floating around since 2005 lol. Don't have too much hope....
@@samuraijosh1595 Bro Just because you're aware of it doesn't mean everyone is. There are some people who never heard of or seen this movie. Regardless sequels to movies can show up 20 years later just like Independence Day 1996 - Independence Day Resurgence 2016. Keep Hope alive LOL!
Pls react to shaolin soccer , steven chow too