Well, my family and I love Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle. I’ve also seen Shaolin Soccer, and am looking for another fix. Any thoughts? Are any of Chow’s other offerings good, and are any available in the US market? I’m not opposed to subtitles.
And before anyone else says it, yes, we’ve seen Iron Monkey. Good, but not exactly what we want.
Before its U.S. release, I often saw the import Shaolin Soccer DVD bundled with another Hong Kong film, God of Cooking. I assume it would be sold to the same target audience, so it might be worth checking out.
Did you see Kung Pow - Enter the Fist yet?
It is basically a combination of some old silly Kung-Fu film with new material spliced in and completely dubbed with some really, silly dialogue.
It is not very similar, but definitely worth a watch.
I’ve seen both Kung Pow and Kentucky Fried Movie (love the second, didn’t care for the first)…my son saw “18 Fingers of Death” and was not impressed.
sigh
So, I guess I’ll just have to wait on Chow to release some more stuff to the US.
favorite quote: Don’t make me fight you! Have you ever seen a fist this big? Sometimes I scare myself!
and I still squirm over Shaolin Soccer’s ‘french kiss/suck the raw egg out of another guy’s mouth while holding his struggling body prone’ scene. agggghgh!