Kung Fu Hustle (2004) | OSW Review

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👍 Thumbs up the vid ya bollix! 👍 Well helloooo and welcome to another OSW nU film review, as chosen by our megabrah Steven Byers. All top-tier patrons can request a film review! Here's a list of what's coming up in the future: www.patreon.com/posts/6163558 (free post) Our first ever dive into Chinese martial arts cinema - will it stand up to the Irish Martial Arts of Fatal Deviation? Let's....find out! *SPECIAL THANKS:* Dan MacRae (Splicey) tvpowerhang.substack.com/ Jeff Surberus (Video Editor) twitter.com/surberus Petey Nguyen (Artwork) www.twitch.tv/artofphn/videos Dylan Day (Animation) magicpie.co.uk/ B4G.TV (WWE 2K Arena): patreon.com/B4GTV DIMMA @DimmaDude & CAWLIFE @TheCaWLife (WWE 2K Custom Characters) You! 💚

[@MikeyBAmazing]

You got it, my friend! 😜 Love this movie and your videos.. y'all are soo entertaining. I even turned my girlfriend on to your videos. She can't stop laughing. Me either..😂 Cheers from NC.

[@jerryjanik480]

The Jeff Jarrett of Chinese Cinema

[@DasKame]

i love this Movie. Thats how i imagine a dragonball Movie should have to be

[@beepboop204]

my mom loves this movie, im always trying to sneak OSW content into her life, this will help muchly

[@brianlarsen9952]

Thank you Stephen. Awesome choice of a movie. My favorite fighters were the bard duo.

[@thesmark1988]

I don't think it's possible to overstate just how big a deal Stephen Chow was in Hong Kong in his prime: he starred in the five highest grossing movies of the 90s there and the two biggest of the 00s. There's no western equivalent to his box office dominance.

[@petesmart1983]

Until he became a ccp supporter and now hated in Hong kong

[@1daboi100]

​@@petesmart1983there's only 2 choices there, become ccp shill or disappear

[@sven_bender]

Shoutout to the part where Sing uses the knives in his shoulder as wing mirrors during the roadrunner sequence 😂 always loved that detail

[@MrColonsay]

This is legit one of my favorite movies of all time, I am so estatic you folks are covering this one

[@ZillMob]

Me too

[@pitviper2371]

Came to post the same lol

[@Smackjamsbro]

I just made a video about this, I think you might enjoy it.

[@HiGlowie]

Kung Fu Hustle made my 84 year old dad and I bond. We both laughed our asses off and we don’t even share a similar sense of humor.

[@SirGriefALot]

This movie did an amazing job of setting up every fight to seem bigger and more impressive than the one before it.

[@MitchClement-il6iq]

The first fight in pig sty alley against the axe gang is crazy! Fight was done by the great sammo hung! That's why it was a little more serious then the other fight scenes done by yuen woo ping.

[@MrTheMighty]

I adore this film. I worked in a movie rental place in the late aughts, and used to recommend this to anybody I thought might be receptive or who specifically asked for something "different." And when a person came back saying they loved it, I knew that was somebody I could deal with.

[@HiGlowie]

I miss film-rental store clerks who actually recommended good movies. You guys are unsung heroes.

[@rerect]

I saw this movie in the theater in the US when I was a teenager. It was Chinese audio and with English subtitles, can't watch it any other way. One of my favorite movies. It has everything I look for in a movie.

[@PedroBenolielBonito]

Bulk and Skull for the hero duo is actually a PERFECT comparison!

[@fundude365]

OSW YA FOOKIN ANIMALS! So happy to see this. This was the last film I ever got from my local video rental place. Expected some fun, got an unforgettable experience. Never returned the vid, and didn't get caught as they closed the following month. I'm sure the two events were unrelated...

[@mudshowmark2143]

Bill Murray said Kung Fu Hustle is the greatest comedy movie he ever saw. Cant say I disagree.

[@malkomalkavian]

The silent threat bit in the car is an exact copy of a Bruce Lee bit in, I think, Way of the Dragon.

[@MoonspiderHugs]

correct!

[@The2KXperience]

Oh wow, didn't expect to see a Plastic Man reference in this video, but since it's there, here's a little tidbit I always like to share about Plastic Man: Plastic Man's powers extend far beyond simple shapeshifting. He has the ability to alter any cell in his body in any way he chooses, down to a molecular level. For reference, there's another famous DC character that has very similar powers. Doctor Manhattan. So consider that.

[@JHawkeye9000]

Just got to the knife throwing scene. I'm going to guess every knife gets perfectly in a hair roller Edit: It was way funnier than I guessed

[@stonecoldku4161]

29:49 This bit is also inspired by a scene in a Bruce Lee movie called "Way of the Dragon." Bruce has to intimidate a white gangster boss and they don't speak the same language, so he does the same hand gestures that the woman does to convey the message to the boss. That movie is most known for the final boss fight where Bruce Lee fights a heel, Chuck Norris.

[@SegodnyaHolodno]

Yes, exactly the same gestures. I was surprised guys didn't recognize that, that part is quite famous

[@reinersoliven2719]

Didn't know until now that Jay had Pinoy blood in him, shoutout from the Philippines! :D Nice to see this film getting some love. Living in SEA, we get to see a lot of these type of films, you lads should consider seeing some of Jet Li's older films, the once upon in China series. Not as fun as this film, but with the same amount of bollix.

[@eye_wander]

I was looking to see if a Pinoy had commented on this, cause if not, I was going to! As a Half-Pinoy myself, it was a mind-blowing revelation to find out after all these years of watching OSW Review that Jay is Half-Pinoy too! As if a review of one of my favourite martial arts films wasn’t enough of a reason for me to love OSW Review!

[@indyalmighty]

I don't think coolie is an insult here in India. I always saw it as a job description like cobbler or labourer. Also the movie Coolie (the poster shown in the video) is quite infamous in India as the lead actor who was the biggest star at the time (think Arnold of the 80s/90s) was gravely injured while doing a stunt and was in intensive care for a few weeks

[@ik107]

Amitabh Bachchan was Bollywood’s Arnie, Pacino and Eddie Murphy rolled into one in the 80s. Absolute megastar. The guy was close to death from the injury he sustained in Coolie. It was massive news at the time. He did make a recovery and continued to star in movies for a few more years.

[@patrickjspoon]

"Horace Hogan-based content" killed me

[@surft]

A bit of a nitpick but I think it's valid. Why are Japanese characters use in thr matrix style beginning portion in the vid and not Chinese characters

[@Simonskilamb]

Reminds me of Jerry the King's Royal Rumble 2000 commentary every time Kaientai enter

[@nathanp9397]

I imagine it’s more an intentional reference to the Matrix and its anime influences, rather than unintentionally incorrectly using Japanese script

[@bl1neoner370]

Because they know Kung Fu! 🥋

[@joshgallie1543]

As a South East Asian I can tell you nobody think of "coolie" as a slur, at worst it's an insult 😊😊

[@robcolone8546]

So back in 2008, I was kind of a fuck up, and it was roughly 330 in the morning and I couldn’t sleep because I was going through withdrawals from opiates. I was probably on my third day and things weren’t getting better. This movie was on demand and I remember I liked it so much, and it took my mind off of what was going on, I actually fell asleep when it was over. Ever since then, it’s had a place in my heart. And I will I didn’t stay clean from that point on, I have been clean for nearly 10 years.

[@TheAdamArmitt]

love this film. favorite joke is sing always telling people to look at his fist, its pretty big. right before the beast batters him he goes wow thats a pretty big fist

[@kylethompson6012]

This, and Kung Pow:Enter the Fist, are amazing comedy Kung fu movies.

[@Dr.Meth666]

Kung pow fucking rules WeeeeeeeOOOoWEEEEEEEEeeeOOooWWwEEEEEEEE !!!

[@rikimaru700]

My face to your fist style, how do you like it?

[@kylethompson6012]

@@rikimaru700 I bleed, making me the Victor.

[@kurtmcfc1629]

good of you to let OOC use the creative control card and pull out of this one to keep up his part-time schedule.. truly the greatest worker of our era.

[@justinwilliams1127]

I once lent this movie to a friend of my father's when I was 18... he then told my father that I was on drugs for liking that movie and my dad thought he was serious.

[@Antonicane]

Finally! Been waiting a long time to see the lads take on this amazing kung fu epic/Tom & Jerry cartoon.

[@SGTSAM101ST]

My 3rd favorite movie behind A Silent Voice and Blazing Saddles

[@KhanConComedy]

Two of my favorites, too, phenomenal taste. 😄

[@PrinzPassionsfrucht]

This is a shonen Anime with real actors, I love it! A Winner is you lads for showing me this!!!

[@jerryjanik480]

he is the Jeff Jarrett of Hong Kong Cinema

[@MikeyBAmazing]

One of my favorite movies lads!!! Ohh meeeh mawwoh!! 😀💯👍 Loving this from across the pond in North Carolina! 😜

[@Mcrawf21]

Dub is the absolute way to go. The original actors did the English dub. The mismatched mouths add to the comedy.

[@cashomnitrix]

That’s an awesome tidbit, I didn’t know that!

[@Rando1975]

Yuen Wah was also Bruce Lee's stunt double in some of Lee's movies.

[@RTPowellMusic]

Speaking of Bruce-ploitation, the scene where the Landlady silently threatens the guys in the car is taken from a scene in Way of The Dragon, where Bruce Lee does the exact same gestures

[@teeelbaybay]

Come on, guys. The wobbly sticks for the baker are supposed to be similar to traditional Chinese spears, which you see later on!

[@wildwine6400]

Kung Fu Hustle and Kung Pow are 2 of my favourites. Shaolin Soccer is really good too. Hope you do those some day

[@jimbrown5091]

This movie is a great watch. It holds up well on multiple viewings and the fight choreography is top notch.

[@erictheded]

Always meant to check this movie out, so when I saw this video on my feed I went ahead and finally watched it. You guys need to do more reviews for movies I've neglected. Maybe I'll get some culture.

[@Fengalion]

Remember watching this when I had just started college back in the day. Loved it and is just a fun action movie with a good sense of humor. Definitely worth watching today if you want a fun action movie with some silly slapstick.

[@jameswells762]

Did Jay Hunter mutter "I'm half pinoy" ?! The legend and back story grows!

[@sandyklep]

Chinese audio is the ONLY way to watch this film. Without it you'd miss all the great acting... V1, go back and watch the scene with the gangs at the start in Chinese. the performance of the greasy gold grill guy is TOO funny. One of my favourite films... the scene with them laughing at the girl after stealing ice cream has me in tears everytime

[@BrokenAchievements]

It's been 39 degrees in Puerto Rico with humidity to boot.

[@royceflores23]

Love this movie. Someone purchased the dvd for me for a birthday a long time ago and said, “I know you will like this”. And they were right.

[@neojoshizzle]

cheers for putting this up for free on youtube, my defining memory of kung fu hustle was seeing ads for it and being really hyped to see it in cinemas. me and my mate went to see it, his mom bought the tickets, but when we went to go into the screening the ticket attendant disputed our ages and refused us entry. (kung fu hustle is rated fifteen, nothing super offensive) but still denied. so we had our tickets changed to see batman begins. which was still good, but i would have preferrd seeing kung fu hustle.

[@jubjubbers]

The greatest thing about this review is learning you're half Filipino! That's so great beshi po!

[@MrEmperorApples]

I laughed so hard at the Vince Music for the Landlady I spit out my dinner!😂

[@oldskoolhero84]

OSW from outta nowhere! What a treat. Absolutely love your guys work and since finding the channel have watched everything you do multiple times. Thanks for the shits and giggles gents

[@dreamersdisease2481]

I love this movie. So unique. I could never get sick of this movie.

[@jamesmac7071]

The first time I ever saw this movie it was ~ 3 in the morning and I was coming down off a shrooms trip, needless to say I fucking loved it

[@conedx]

i've been seeing this thumbnail for hours. every time i wonder "why the heck am i getting reccomended a review for kung fu hustle?!". just now realized it's an OSW video.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

9:40 Jay cosplaying as Dean Douglas there

[@MCHopie]

Stephen Chow is one of my favourites, a great actor and a great film maker. I love the way movies like Kung Fu Hustle don't feel constricted by genre and you get that mix of action, romance, comedy and darkness. His best film for me is Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons. Glad you guys mentioned how bad dubbing is for his films, Hong Kong movies are often dubbed for mainland China and so that makes the original language hard to find when they don't get big international releases like Kung Fu Hustle did, original language is the only way to see a movie, and hear the performance as well as see it.

[@petesmart1983]

Nope most releases in UK and Ireland are Cantonese because of our relationship with Hong Kong. Not until last few years clampdown it has changed and now chow is hated for being a ccp puppet like Jackie Chan and Donnie yen

[@whall280]

I love that the Landlord CAW looked like Masa Chono

[@Braddicusfinch]

this just makes me REALLY want an OSW review of RRR

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Get in!!! A WINNER IS us!!!

[@anamelessguythatisyoung2851]

Greetings from the Philippines, genuinely surprised that Jay was half-Pinoy. I was waiting intently from your guys review on this once I saw the announcement cause this is a movie that I often rewatch if I do want something fun to watch on a hard day. First watched this as a kid in a public tv channel showing this but dubbed in Tagalog. I don't know if they kept doing it but yeah we often dubbed stuff in Tagalog in various movies, anime and cartoons even. Glad you guys reviewed this movie, it lightened up my day even more.

[@Luke.S2099]

Lol, I did a back to back re-watch of this and Battle Royale so I could watch you guys review both movies. Downloaded them months ago and I saw this pop up and was like right let's do this.

[@Vaishino]

They dying tailor also quotes the Untouchables at them before collapsing. "What are you prepared to do?!"

[@Froggyk123]

This and shaolin soccer are genuinely the most underrated foreign language films of all time

[@Jon_the_Wizard]

I absolutely love Kung-Fu Hustle. Just a really, really enjoyable movie. I don't know if we'll ever get a sequel, but if we do I will be at the theater on day one.

[@HardcoreTitleOwner]

Absolutely love this movie. The mix between violence and comedy is well balanced in my opinion and even the ropey CGI could be understood as a callback to bad special effects in old martial arts movie. Also, the Spanish Dub is bloody fantastic, with every character having a different accent from Spain and also different parts of the world. It shows the dubbers had a lot of fun dubbing, with idioms and expressions from each the respective accents (Sing has a neutral accent, but his best friend has a catalonian accent, the landlords have an andalusian accent and the beast has an italian accent, for example).

[@SirGeeeO]

14:57 For my fellow patriots, that's 84 degrees in freedom units, which is a lovely summer day in America

[@emperortrevornorton3119]

The movie that does a live action road runner cartoon

[@sethwick8348]

You should absolutely do The Dragon Lives Again. It's fucking hilarious.

[@mangrove]

It's fucking mad, I love it. I just realized that The Beast, Bruce Leung, played "Bruce Lee" in The Dragon Lives Again.

[@GodTheBear]

Had no idea that Jay is the FIL-IR Flash!

[@nicholasb62]

One of the few DVDs I didn’t throw out. Love this movie. Great review

[@chrisdeeuu546]

Why is Jay's homer says chalkboard the funniest gag for me?

[@MrWhoDare]

This is an amazing film and I can’t wait to hear these guys’ take on it

[@daviejay]

This movie is legitimately great

[@forsaken1372]

I learned more today from Mr hunts class than I have in the past few years from anywhere else. Love this movie

[@themadoneplays7842]

Even in OSW I can't escape Colm Meany! Seriously, he is the Irish Kevin Bacon.

[@TheGeneral6669]

I remember seeing the trailer for this movie and being hooked with the dance sequence. Definitely one of my favorite kung fu movies.

[@themightEmudE]

This movie does not nearly get the credit it deserves, i cant understand why it doesn't have a bigger cult fan base

[@petesmart1983]

Probably cause of chows ccp worship and sold out his own people in Hong Kong bit like Jackie chan

[@loftus8660]

I watched this last month for the first time since the year it came out, crazy that you guys end up doing a retro so soon after. Its a crazy film and i definitely related to you both in taking a while to 'get' the tone of it, but its really good fun and so self aware. I think the scene with the call outs for the three weak looking guys who all turn out to be jacked / tall, the acting is brilliant 😂

[@evilnoey4873]

Spitting Narcissism! Man I was listening to that back on overclockedremix album before the remix game. Nice.

[@guybrush_bbm]

Love the Mr. Hunter's class gimmick. 5*s

[@rabidsquirrel7487]

Oh my effing gee. An OSDub upload ❤

[@zubrhero5270]

13:06 That description pretty much sums up most of Stephen Chow's movies and his sense of humour in a nutshell. He's great at parody and slapstick. I fully recommend any of his late 80s-90s movies. God of Cookery, Shaolin Soccer, Fight Back to School (2 is the best), Flirting Scholar, King of Beggars... honestly, just pick a random one, I went and checked KZbin to remind myself of some funny clips and they just straight up have the full movies on here. Random non-Stephen Chow recommendation. The Three Masters. A Korean comedy that has 2 guys, both called Mr. Kim, who run 2 competing martial arts schools on the same street. One runs a traditional Korean Taekkyon dojo while the other runs a Japanese Kendo dojo and is obsessed with all things Japanese... And then a 3rd Mr. Kim, who's into Chinese stuff moves onto the street and opens up a Kung-Fu dojo. Again, its on KZbin in it's entirety.

[@PowerArmorV113]

10:25 V1, throwing his hat isn't the eternal war of "Dubs V Subs", which is really one-sided as the Dub group just keep TNA'ing it.

[@OSW]

First time I've seen "Dubs" and it doesn't mean Dubliners!

[@Avocado11]

32:45 The Ghostbusters were busy fighting on the roof. 34:00 No one can defeat him since they'd never hit a guy with glasses.

[@ManOfEthnicity]

I absolutely love this movie. You really do have to watch in Cantonese to enjoy it for the epic it is.

[@bloodrunsclear]

That dance that the Axe gang is doing? It's called 'The Hustle' in America :)

[@neilprete918]

This is probably the first time I'd rather watch the movie then the OSW review of it.

[@Hellwyck]

That wasn't Buddha at 42:00 that was his knock off, I Can't Believe It's Not Buddha.

[@OfficialFingazMC]

Just so you know, being paid to smoke isn't nice. I've worked on a few films and believe me having to smoke down to 2s every take really messes with you. And then if it's a bad take you have to do it again. Luckily i love smoking but not THAT much lol.

[@NOT_Brian]

LOLLLLLLLL the land lady coming out to vinny mac's no chance, fucking brilliant guys LMAO. I love this movie, its fucking great! Cheers! Also... great job with all the street fighter themes, great stuff boys, great stuff.

[@OSW]

Cheers man! Various Street fighter themes were in my head while editing so best break them out 😂 I got to slip in SSF2HD Remix which I think is still stranded on the Xbox360/PS3. Boo!

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

I can imagine there being a genre where the stars are members of boy stables - Noggersploitation

[@TheLoganSomers]

Spiritual successor to Kung Pow enter the fist

[@bag101]

One of my favourites. The tailor with the rings is actually Chiu Chi-ling and is a legit hung gar practitioner (still alive and going strong). You can see him practicing Hung Gar with rings here ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y4e0iGhrm8l9rqM ). I think his effeminate character in the movie is an homage to the fact that hung gar is a soft/hard style.

[@richardsmedley2919]

Just the other month Steven confirmed that the sequel is a go and I just can't wait to see it

[@petesmart1983]

Lol noone like chow now, he's a ccp puppet like Jackie Chan. Non of the older stars will work with him now. And this film wouldn't pass ccp sensors

[@3ngag3]

Great review! As a note, I heard somewhere that Landlady and Landlord did have names at one point, them being billed as Romeo and Juliette.

[@personatodo]

Yuen Wah is also Bruce Lee's stunt double and performed Lee's iconic flip kick in Enter The Dragon. Other Chow movies you should watch: All For The Winner, Love On Delivery, King of Comedy and God of Cookery. The hand signs the Landlady did to the mob boss is a reference to Bruce Lee's Way of the Dragon where he did the same thing to the mob boss. The Spider-Man clip you showed is in Mandarin, Kung Fu Hustle is in Cantonese.

[@scotthuang1433]

Most characters in the movie do speak Cantonese, but Donut is one of the few spoke in Mandarin instead. Also, the actor for Coolie is like the Asian Sean Bean, dies in every role I've seen him in.

[@TheeLiteClub-]

Jay, I demand a 200k Special episode!

[@Peannlui]

Someone had better request Kung Pow: Enter the Fist next.

[@brunodiaz4726]

THIS IS THE FIRST VIDEO FROM THIS CHANNEL I WATCH AND JUST BECAUSE I LOVE THIS MOVIE. But i just noticed right fkin now that the way axe boss approach to the other man is just like Mr blond and the tied cop in reservoir dogs!!!!

[@Ashannon888]

And so many of the cast (Beast, Tailor, Landlord, Landlady etc) are all legit martial artists in their own right make it that much better.

[@whalehands]

Ahhh yes thank you!!! I just received my What Bar? T-shart

[@OSW]

Sláinte brother, hope u dig it!

[@GreatgoatonFire]

Incredible movie. So many memorable moments.

[@Hundo_Mo]

30:37 Having a smoke and giving out. This is OOC’s dream woman.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

The mute is definitely Best Girl. She's beautiful, makes quality ice cream, and she can't nag you!

[@LASombraUS]

The first time I learned of this movie was the Sample UMD for the PSP. When the PSP was released in the U.S.

[@OSW]

Ha! That's awesome. Was it like one of many films on a UMD? What else was on it

[@LASombraUS]

@OSW There where three movie trailers I just remember Kunfu Hustle and Stealth, Three game trailers and only remember Ape Escape and Lumines, And three Music Videos which I just remember one and it was pressure point by the Zutons