Kungfu Hustle (2004)

Directed by: Stephen Chow,
Star: Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Yuen Qiu, Danny Chan, and Bruce Leung
Country: China
Date released: 14 Sept 2004
Duration: 95 min
Format: mkv subtitle Indonesia
Quality: Brrip 720p
Genre: Action/ comedy

Synopsis:
In Canton during the 1940s, Brother Sum, the leader of the Deadly Axe Gang, exercises control over the city, openly killing anyone who gets in his way. One day, two troublemakers, Sing and Bone, come to Pig Sty Alley impersonating members of the Axe Gang to gain respect. Their plan fails, and Sing's antics attract the real gang to the scene. In the massive brawl that ensues, more than fifty gangsters are defeated by three tenants who are incognito martial arts masters.

After the fight, Sing and Bone are apprehended by Brother Sum for publicly humiliating the Axe Gang. They escape and ask to join the gang. Sum is impressed by their escape, so he tells them that if they kill a person they will be accepted into the gang. The next day, the duo return to Pig Sty Alley and attempt to murder the Landlady, but their efforts fail. Sing is badly injured and hides in a traffic control pulpit, where his multiple injuries spontaneously heal.

In a flashback, Sing describes his childhood: he bought a Buddhist Palm manual from a beggar and trained himself to be a martial artist, but when he tried to defend a mute girl from bullies, he was beaten up and humiliated. Sing then steals ice cream from a street vendor. Meanwhile, Sum hires two harp-players to assassinate the three martial artists at Pig Sty Alley. They succeed, but are defeated by the Landlady and Landlord, who are martial arts masters in self-imposed retirement.

Sing mugs the ice cream vendor, only to realize she is the mute girl from his childhood and for rescuing her, offers him the lollipop from when they were children. He refuses and knocks it away, shattering it to pieces. Sing is picked up by the Axe Gang and in exchange for joining the
gang, Sum orders him to break into a mental asylum to free a legendary fighter known as The Beast. The Beast confronts the Landlady and Landlord at the casino and they fight, with The Beast besting the two fighters. They manage to overpower him with a bell, through which the Landlady amplifies her lion's roar technique. He tricks them into dropping the bell and the three fight until they become locked together, unable to move. Sing rushes in to help them by hitting The Beast with a table leg. The blow only incenses The Beast, who breaks out and pummels Sing into the floor. Before he can deliver a final blow, the Landlord and Landlady grab him and flee. Sum angrily blames The Beast for letting them escape, and The Beast angrily kills Sum and takes over his men.

At Pig Sty Alley, Sing undergoes a metamorphosis; The Beast's thrashing has awoken his true potential as The Chosen One. He quickly recovers from his wounds, and suggests that the Landlord and Landlady rest. He easily defeats the Axe Gang before confronting The Beast. The two exchange blows before The Beast uses his Toad technique to send Sing rocketing into the sky. As he falls back to earth, Sing delivers the Buddhist Palm to defeat the Beast. After a final failed attack on Sing, he then accepts his defeat.

Some time later, Sing and Bone open a lollipop store. When the mute ice cream vendor walks by, Sing goes out to meet her, and they turn back into children and quickly reconcile. The beggar who gave Sing the Buddhist Palm then tries to sell a young boy several martial arts books. The child stares, intrigued.