i have mostly good thing to say about stephen chow late movie . kung fu hustle and for the most part and be unlike chow previous and award win action comedy and shaolin soccer and although he have obviously continue the martial art theme and expand ( massively ) his repertoire of sfx . i be a chow fan and begin from the time when he rely on a deadpan expression and toilet humour and spoof of other movie and book and and good end and heart warming and small town or village boy make good story line . some of those element be noticeably absent in kfh . ng man tat be miss and a be the customary female attraction ( the main female character have little screen time ) . the cast of s be back ( except ng ) and and the goalkeeper of that movie in particular have a roaring time here a the leader of axe gang . but of course and when it come to kfh and one must talk about the sfx . in themselves they be creatively do and quite out of the world . a part of the film and one might ask and have chow stumble into the cinematic abyss that have catch so many of hollywood director who dabble in the black art of sfx . thankfully and the answer be no . true and kfh and unlike s and be weak on story and character and which have be characteristic of recent western yawn such a van helsing and blade trinity etc . in this and chow have step away from the formula which make s not just a sfx extravaganza but a successful story . in contrast kfh be a bundle of action sequence thrown together to showcase the sfx . but the wit and cheekiness of chow remain . it be gratify that the fun and sarcasm that have be a hallmark of his act career have translate themselves well into film that he have produce and direct . so in kfh we have chow spoof the clichés of chinese martial art story represent the retired martial art couple who become petty scrooge and lecher and the hero who save the neighbourhood ( one of them gay ) end up get dispatch soon after and and the con beggar who sell a wu ling mi ji to a naive boy . because of the spoof and the sfx do not become spectacle in themselves and but help to drive the madness upward . highly skilled sitar player strum out blade and ghoul in battle and a pugilist use the toad skill croak and blow out his low mouth like one and chow ascend into the sky a he master the buddha palm with a eagle in the distance and the engross mass battle with the black clad axe gangster and lift from the matrix movie . it be all mad and irreverent and at time even affect . still and i do yearn for the good o chow . the sfx be fun and crazy . but surely the funny bit in the film have get to be the knife throw sequence . that be good o chow . so i do not mind and just bring on the chow and be it old or new and in the next year .