An Outrageously Influential Motion Comedy Defends Its Turf on Streaming

by way of Huayi Brothers

What do iconic filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, legendary comic and actor Invoice Murray, and Marvel Cinematic Universe blockbuster Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings have in widespread? They’re all famous followers of Stephen Chow’s bonkers 2004 motion comedy Kung Fu Hustle.

The 2-time Academy Award winner and director of such hits as Pulp Fiction and Kill Invoice is a recognized supporter of the offbeat extravaganza, whereas Murray known as it “the supreme achievement in trendy comedy” earlier than admitting that “there ought to have been a day of mourning for American comedy the day that film got here out”, while MCU fans spotted countless nods and winks throughout last year’s martial arts fantasy epic.

Throw in widespread important acclaim, a $104 field workplace haul on a $20 million funds, a standing as one of many highest-grossing foreign-language flicks ever in america on the time of its launch, in addition to nominations for Finest Overseas Movie at each the BAFTAs and the Golden Globes, and it’s apparent we’re speaking a couple of masterclass in melding laugh-out-loud comedian stylings with slapstick bodily gags, and expertly-staged hand-to-hand fight.

In brief; Kung Fu Hustle guidelines, with Google Play Films subscribers discovering that out firsthand over the weekend. As per FlixPatrol, Chow’s magnum opus has roundhouse kicked its method onto the platform’s world most-watched rankings, and the extremely weird (however by no means something lower than massively entertaining) mashup of insanity is the best method to spent 98 minutes of your time when all you wish to do is change off your mind, loosen up, and watch one thing that’s utterly out of its thoughts.