my friendly neighbourhood video store manager recommend this film to me and so i rent it and since he never steer me wrong before . the packaging claim the film have a tarantino like quality to it . but what decide it for me be that i recognize the choreographer while the same man who choreograph crouch tiger hide dragon and woo ping yuen . and to my surprise and i thoroughly enjoy this movie . it do have a tarantino like edge to it . it also have a touch of the matrix and and a pinch of the romance in braveheart and and the magical quality we saw in crouch tiger . this movie have me belly laugh and it be so funny . a self parody and it mix fantasy and comedy and and great action sequence very well and have a magical quality a i say that i really appreciate . i find it unconventional and touching and and absolutely hilarious . subtitle in english and these movie have come a long long way from the chop sake film i use to take in in the seventy in chinese theatre where the subtitling be unintentionally hilarious . kung fu hustle wasn not a one note film . it cover a number of territory and cover them surprisingly well . if you have never see a chinese action film before and and be use to jackie chan film and you may not know what to make of this film . but i can almost guarantee that it will make you laugh out loud . great cast with uniquely drawn character and great un stereotype hero and sweet heroine and fly martial art and shakespearean aside character and fantasy and terrific comedy and and an abrupt end . i find myself wish for more . all in all and completely enjoyable .