KUNG FU HUSTLE (2004) Reaction | First Time Watching

[@kallreader7376]

Fight choreographer was Yuen Woo Ping, who also did The Matrix series, Kill Bill 1&2, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and a whole bunch of classic Hong Kong Kung Fu and action movies.

[@kiranpunnoose2441]

Yuen Woo Ping is one of the most legendary martial arts choreographers, ever. He also did the Ip Man franchise and Jet Li's Fearless.

[@patinho5589]

@@kiranpunnoose2441the* most.

[@shainewhite2781]

One of the funniest martial arts action comedy movies ever made!

[@dingleberry4234]

This is completely random but I like how you’re sitting there with your mother spending time together. Reminds me of my own mother

[@Hinokami777]

Same reason I subscribed just nice wholesome mother son fun and bonding

[@andreshernandez1180]

18:34 “What are you prepared to do?” is an homage to the movie The Untouchables, that’s why he even says it in English, if you’ve seen it you know, if you haven’t, YOU MUST!

[@gemmahamilton2565]

This film is an absolute gem! Amazing fight scenes and hilarious animated moments that still make me laugh after numerous viewings. Always lovely to see both your reactions 😊

[@couch.patati-patata]

Remember The two karate girls in school girl uniforms in The Man with a Golden Gun? The landlady was one of them.

[@wwyeoh8026]

She was once a bond girl in 007 movie too.

[@RocZi]

Thanks for watching in original cantonese language, so you get all the nuances and the intention from the voice tonation, as there will always be something lost in translation with dub. It was really fun watching your 2 reactions and enjoyment to this movie. Kung Fu Hustle (2004) is a masterpiece with a complex story that connects together very well from top to end, paced very well, and the music and sound effects are excellent, they purposely chose to record the music from live orchestra. Kung Fu Hustle (2004) has actually a lot of references to hong kong movies. It is not a parody but paying homage, giving respect and tribute to the inspirations of what Stephen Chow watches when he is growing up. Stephen Chow also said his idol is Bruce Lee. Stephen Chow put in a lot of hong kong and also western references, - Roger Rabbit style (lips bitten by snakes), - speedy gonzales (fat woman running), - the pigsty alley village is based on the lawless slum in hong kong, called Kowloon Walled City, ruled by gangsters. History traced this city back to the year 960 during the Song dynasty (960-1279). By 1990 the walled city contained 50,000 residents. It is demolished by 1994. - the landlady gesture in the car with the axe gang boss is exactly what bruce lee did, which is directly from classic bruce lee movie, The Way of the Dragon (1972). Look for "Bruce Lee knuckle cracks his fists from "Way of the Dragon" ". here : /watch?v=BQZG1qZNxUA - the powers of the 3 heroes are traditional powers, but the powers of the two musicians are mystical so they are more powerful than traditional powers. - each of the 3 powers, the kick, the staff, the rings are all from classic hong kong movies - the 2 blind musicians' powers is also from classic hong kong movie. Them using the zither instrument is reference to Deadful Melody (1994). The chinese literal translation of this title is "Six-Fingered Demon Musician". - the look of the 2 musician assassins with sunglasses is reference to The Blues Brothers (1980) looks. - When the landlord said, "who knew the beast could unlock the chi flow", and then the landlady said, Stephen Chow is "The One", referencing Matrix (1999). - the white and black outfit that Sing (Stephen Chow) wears is what bruce lee wore from classic bruce lee movie in Enter the Dragon (1973). You see this outfit worn by Jet Li too in Fearless (2006). - spiderman reference, about with great power comes great responsibility line. - The Shining reference, when the blood pour out from the beast's cell. - This movie's time period is during the era of 1920s. - The Axe Gang is based on the real Axe Gang founded in 1921 in Shanghai around Japanese Occupation. - The top hats you see on the gangsters is a reference to the hats in Gangs of New York (2002) - Toad style is from chinese martial art novel. - The landlady and tenants is directly from classic hong kong movies, The House of 72 Tenants (1973). - The fierce landlady with the passive husband is also from another classic hong kong movie. - The buddhist palm is fictional and derives from classic novels and made into a classic hong kong movie and also has its own drama series. - the landlord style is tai chi that uses flows. so he looks slimy and has good evasion and transfer the energy flow directed at him to another direction. - the landlady scream power, called Lion's Roar, is also from classic hong kong movie, The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber (1978). - the fight scene with many axe gangsters and them flying in the sky is reference to Matrix 2 Reloaded (2003). - why Sing or landlady/landlord didn't kill, because the philosophies of different chinese martial arts is not about killing, but self defense, forgiveness, discipline, spreading love, not evil, etc. before the tailor dies, he said : "What are you prepared to do?" is a reference to The Untouchables (1987) dying scene. In the ending where the metal flower flew to the Ice Cream girl, it is a reference to Forrest Gump (1994) ending scene with Tom Hanks and the floating feather. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) took references from Kung Fu Hustle and also gave special thanks to Kung Fu Hustle in their credits. Watching Kung Fu Hustle (2004) is like watching the entire history of Hong Kong cinema. Anyone, especially those from Hong Kong, who can get the references will be extra blessed. In a 2010 interview, actor Bill Murray called Kung Fu Hustle "the supreme achievement of the modern age in terms of comedy". In 2021, American filmmaker James Gunn called it "the greatest film ever made".

[@RocZi]

Kung Fu Hustle (2004) You should watch Shaolin Soccer (2001) next. Since you enjoyed this one. Shaolin Soccer (2001) is also brilliantly Directed, Produced, Written, and Acted as main character by the legendary Stephen Chow himself. Same as Kung Fu Hustle (2004). Please get the original cantonese language version, hong kong version. That's means preferably not the Americanized version (which is also cantonese spoken, but they edit in english text overlays, dubbed over the original sound effects, changed some music to english music, and simplified the english subtitles). WORST of all, they cut down 22 minutes of the original movie length (original 102 minutes to 80 minutes americanized version) Stephen Chow made both films emphasizing for the international audience in mind. It is his first big break into western market. He is already very famous and well known in Hong Kong, south-east asia, Asia in general. We love his unique style and humour. By the way, just last month, Stephon Chow announced to the public that he has finished the story draft for Shaolin Women's Soccer. He is auditioning for female actresses and we are finally getting another Stephen Chow directed movie (which is very rare nowadays), which is also a sequel to Shaolin Soccer (2001), after 22 years.

[@serialzero1979]

(sees thumbnail) YES. LET'S GOOOOOOOOO! I love the landlady so much. I don't know if anyone has already mentioned this, but the actress who played her had actually retired from acting, was dropping off someone else for an audition, and they liked her look so much they convinced her to come out of retirement to be in this movie. >w

[@アキコ2003]

I like type of wacky humor, there aren't many movies with this type of humor nowadays

[@mshn2053]

Stephen Chow is the most favored Hong Kong star amongst many Koreans too. He has so many ingenious and hilarious movies in 80s and 90s. You should also react to his "Shaolin Soccer" (2001).

[@ChrisWake]

LMAO @ 31:25 "Pull your fucking pants off!... Up!" Hilarious ending to a hysterical classic. Thanks for doing this one guys. Laughed my ass off throughout the reaction.

[@Jen-Mom]

😅

[@toriporter946]

“Pull your freakin pants off” …… I mean up 😂😂

[@Jen-Mom]

😂

[@johnoliver6101]

I love you kids. You produce good stuff. In the beginning they squish a soccer ball & tell the kids no more football. This refers to the film he made before this, Shaolin Soccer (equally funny & maybe a tad more whacky). Note that the actor who played the landlord of Pig Sty Alley can also be seen more recently as a village elder in Marvel's Shiang Chi & The Legend Of The Ten Rings.

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

"We should hang out" "Agreed" Me: tears coming out from eyes from laughter

[@beakermeepmeep]

Stephen Chow's salute to the pop culture of his youth. He not only cast 1970s kungfu actors (Landlady, Tailor, Baker, Beast, Beggar, plus a few still active in the 2000s like Landlord & one of the Harp Killers), but also delightfully sprinkled the movie with fighting style references, i.e. Buddha's Palm (a famous movie/TV/comic genre of old), Deadly Melody (Ni Kuang's wuxia novel, also made into a Shaw Bros film, plus HK & China TV series), Toad Skill (one of the bosses in the Jin Yong's Condor Heroes trilogy), the 5 fictional manuals at the end (Nine Swords Of Dugu 独孤九剑, Single Yang Finger 一阳指, Nine Yin Scripture 九阴真经, Eighteen Dragon-Subduing Palms 降龙18掌 all originated in Jin Yong's novels, while Thousand-Hand Divine Palms 千手神掌 was the syllabus for Buddha's Palm).

[@kallreader7376]

The “what are you prepared to do” line was a reference to the Untouchables movie with Kevin Costner and Sean Connery.

[@Flix2Us]

I thought that line sounded familiar! Thanks for pointing it out.

[@obscillesk]

I see this as the Galaxy Quest of Kung Fu movies, its so good :D

[@YukoValis]

Just an amazing movie. Although a comedy it also has some really good action scenes. I call old martial arts movies "Snap-stick" a play on slap stick and the snapping sound martial arts movies make when someone makes an attack. This feels like an homage to those old school films.

[@brianmict]

Mom mentioned Kill Bill, which got me to thinking about Django Unchained. She definitely needs to see that one too! And on the subject of slavery, 12 Years a Slave is an AMAZING and brutal movie that should be watched as well.

[@ChazWalsh]

I died at "PULL YOUR FUCKING, PANTS OFF!" xD

[@marcellawong229]

Up not off.

[@ChazWalsh]

@@marcellawong229 31:24

[@marcellawong229]

@@ChazWalsh subs are off.

[@marcellawong229]

@@ChazWalsh nevermind, my bad.

[@thedivareview]

Could not love this reaction more. Thank you for it & thank you for being so conscientious as to show it in Stephen Chow's original Cantonese language, which was the standard in most of the great Hong Kong films before the Mainland handover. Like many commenters here, I hope you will also watch the film prior to this, Shaolin Soccer. Small notes of interest; Yuen Wah, playing the landlord, was part of a small group of cinematic martial artists called The 7 Little Fortunes, which included his brother, Yuen Biao, Sammo Hung, and a fella called Jackie Chan. Many in the west may not know it was Yuen Wah who stunt doubled Bruce Lee's amazing flips & cartwheels in Enter the Dragon. Speaking of brothers, the gentleman playing the Beggar who sells "Sing" {Sing-Chi is Stephen Chow's real name) the seemingly overpriced instruction manual is Yuen Cheung-yan, the brother of the this film's fight choreographer, the legendary, Yuen Woo-ping. Making it a bigger family affair, the Beggar character is based on the titular character from 1979's Drunken Master, directed by Yeun-Woo-ping with the Master played by their father, Yuen Siu-Tin, who makes an apprentice of a whippersnapper called Jackie Chan. Both Drunken Master films are extremely enjoyable, but I think your mother would really love Drunkem Master II (Thanks to a heavenly goddess called Anita Mui). There's actually a movie based on the experiences of the Yuens, Jackie, Sammo and The 7 Little Fortunes (& Yuen Woo-ping & Angela Mao) and the torturous discpline they suffered training in Peking Opera School, called Painted Faces. There is really a whole universe of brilliant Hong Kong films that you and your mother would love in all shapes, sizes and genres... Off the top of my head: From Bruce Lee: Fists of Fury, Way of the Dragon (Return of the Dragon, as it was released outside of Asia. As adamantly pro-original language as I am, I let this one and Drunken Master II slide), Enter The Dragon (obviously) Two of the best crime dramas ever made; Infernal Affairs (Scorsese remade this as The Departed), and Election, directed by Johnnie To Jet Li: Shaolin Temple (debut), The Once Upon a Time in China series (Esp 1 & 6, {Which became the basis of Shanghai Noon)} PS: He plays Wong Fei-hung, the same real-life hero as Jackie Chan portrays in the Drunken Master films) Jackie Chan (Where even to start?): Wheels on Meals, Police Story 2, Police Story 3 {w/ Michelle Yeoh, released in the west as Supercop), New Police Story, Armour of God, Thunderbolt. And of course, Rumble in the Bronx, with the role of "The Bronx" being played by Canada :D Speaking of Michelle Yeoh, Heroic Trio, starring the other 2 biggest actresses of that time, Maggie Cheung & Anita Mui, is a wacky, badass, dark, silly Marvel-wishes-it-could superheroine tale. Wing Chun - wuxia biopic of the woman who invented the art. I can't even start on the excellent, gloriously filmed, dramatic art house perfection of the Wong Kar-wai films: My Faves, Chungking Express, Happy Together, In The Mood for Love (Great movies, but not necessarily good for reactions). A Chinese entry that is simply one of the most beautiful films ever made (Great for a reaction), Hero, starring Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, & Zhang Ziyi, directed by Zhang Yimou (Whose filmography is a whole other amazing thing) Besides HERO, one of my favourite movies of Donnie Yen is a high octane basher called Sha Po Lang (SPL, sometimes), co starring the legendary Sammo Hung (Also in Ip Man 2, where he chorergraphed the Ip Man films as well as this one), which really helped make him an A-Lister. Sorry this is so long. I'd have sent it in an email, but you don't list one. I'm thrilled that you've reviewed Kung Fu Hustle. Thanks for the fun & be well.🥰

[@Jen-Mom]

❤

[@stanleywiggins5047]

The director of Kun Fu Hustle directed one of the Matrix movies . The one scene in both is the give away . I mean it's not to hard recognise

[@marcellawong229]

This is a false statement.

[@drow8508]

Watching the shao Lin soccer next time. You will know why he broke the football at beginning 😂

[@kidsricokids-karenandkate3685]

Shaolin soccer next please.

[@rccraig7580]

Steven Chow says he's either working on or will work on a sequel for this movie. I think he said it won't be a direct sequel or one that takes place in a more contemporary setting but for now it looks like a sequel is in a holding pattern.

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

you can see the Kungfu Hustle movie poster hang in Shang Chi's apartment maybe a nod to the original Rings Master, the tailor. love the reaction, especially on the flashback scene where the bullies peed on him, your mother couldn't even watched that scene. Her maternal instinct kicked in. next : Shaolin Soccer

[@Jen-Mom]

❤

[@user-EricWatson55]

Prepare for insanity! 😂

[@davehazel5632]

Hey guys, I really enjoyed this reaction. I don't know if you have seen After Hours, it's a dark comedy by Martin Scorsese, but it's a really funny movie from 1985 and has many stars in it. Have you seen Only The Brave with Josh Brolin from the Goonies or Deadpool 2 as Cable. (If you haven't seen the 2 Deadpool movies you must check them out). 12 Strong is another movie all reactors have overlooked, but a GREAT movie. Another comedy I'd love to see your reaction to is Stripes with Bill Murray if you haven't seen it. Keep up the reactions, I really enjoy this mother-and-son team. You make me laugh a lot.

[@Jen-Mom]

Thanks for the suggestions! ❤

[@_Wai_Wai_]

so the name Donut, for the noodle maker, I think refers to a Chinese snack, the fried Crullers that is usually eaten for breakfast, I think mostly in Guangdong province. Or perhaps even GuangXi.

[@kiranpunnoose2441]

The Landlady and Landlord are an elite martial arts grandmasters who are superior than the three (Coolie, Tailor, and Donut). The Landlord is a master of Tai Chi and the Landlady is a master of Lama Pai (the Lion's Roar).

[@TonyTigerTonyTiger]

31:22 That is what they call a Freudian slip 🙂

[@Jen-Mom]

😅

[@cookungfoo]

That is their son😁 32:56 He didn't die he healed like dad after getting papped out and tossed out the window by mom up also and he has mom's running speed. Plus the doctor/lawyer reference from son and dad😁 and mom saying their son would have been his age now😏

[@marcellawong229]

Not their son. Their son died in a kung fu fight.

[@mangelwurzel]

Another fine flick of this genre is Kung Pow Enter the Fist.

[@tuesdae666]

Hadn't realised you guys haven't watched this yet!

[@Jen-Mom]

It was so good! 😊

[@fungivan1997]

please watch the shaolin soccer, its also directed and started by stephen chow

[@subitman12]

I don't remember if you saw another Stephen Chow movie. Another good one is Shaolin Soccer. It's about a group of monks who decided to rejoin soceity. However, when the monastery needs money or be closed down, the monks decided to join together and enter a soccer tournament to win the prize money. Hilarity ensues.

[@jokerex3izzat969]

Recommend Fight Back To School And Fight Back To School 2 SAME Actor (Stephen Chow)

[@alfianmelodic]

this movie always remind me of my childhood, first time i've seen this at least 2005. maybe i already watch about 30times 😂 but the feeling still the same. thank you for your reaction, it means a lot.

[@sieltina88]

Check his other movie, same director, same humour, name is "Shaolin Soccer".

[@curtiszyr]

Quite a number of popular references in this movie . You really have to hipped to Asian pop culture to get it

[@jamesnalo4408]

The guy looks like Mobazne, you even sounds like him.

[@user-mh9ly2en6p]

Watch Shaolin Soccer with same set of cast and director..it has the same fun

[@scottneil1187]

Just looked it up, there's a sequel incoming!.

[@Vlad.Larionov]

It is very interesting to see your reaction to the film Robocop 1987. This is a cool movie 👍🔥

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

Kung Fu Hustle 2 to 6 at 31:40

[@alanfoster6589]

I haven't heard anybody actually say "Good Gracious" in...well, it would be impolite to say. But it was charming. 😉

[@Jen-Mom]

😅

[@ameliah8164]

I am Chinese and I really enjoy watching your reaction to this movie. I think I have watched the movie over a hundred times, but it is still funny every time. I also recommend the movie "Wandering Earth" (a Chinese science fiction film)

[@bas7467]

The sequel has finally been announced!

[@sanketkachare4488]

Now you react to this ..pls watch shaolin soccer next by same director

[@kallreader7376]

Btw, since you did the James Bond series, you might check out From Beijing with Love, which is a Stephen Chow James Bond spoof. It is an older film, but still humorous. I would recommend Shaolin Soccer first though, as it’s special effects and fight sequences are more akin to this film’s tone.

[@alexfleming266]

You have to watch Kung Fu Hustle in English Dub it’s more funnier and better than the original version especially the funny 😆 parts

[@scottneil1187]

This film I so damn funny, however I personally think his earlier film Shaolin Soccer is better. Another great comedy Kung-Fu film is Kung Pow Enter The Fist, its so funny and utterly ridiculous and very clever when you look into how it was made.

[@BATMAN-ys3re]

Kardashian look... That was nasty 😂😂😂

[@Jen-Mom]

😊

[@BATMAN-ys3re]

​@@Jen-Mom😊

[@floydhill9265]

Maybe some dancing..... 😅

[@oreesama22]

the doctor part is a joke/meme, as in every Chinese/Asian parents want them to be that

[@OneAndOnlyZekePolaris]

Please tell me you let her watch Kill Bill

[@YukoValis]

Sorry for the second post. It is kind of a shame you didn't watch this in english. It was kind of meant for that.

[@fajarkurniawan9434]

nah every movie is better in the original language in English, you will miss the joke part when the actor trying to speak actual English

[@seematomar3023]

Where is kgf 2 reaction 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@Flix2Us]

We'll be posting it within the next couple weeks.

[@Jarni1979]

18:33 The Untouchables scene

[@01sandeeproy]

The Protagonist Stephen chow is the director of this movie as well and that kungfu couple landlord and landlady's real son ❤ Anyways, please react to Bollywood movie "Dangal".

[@marcellawong229]

Not their real son.