Dopo il successo di
Shaolin Soccer, arrivato in Italia con 20 minuti tagliati e doppiato da calciatori (ouch!),
Stephen Chow è tornato con
Kung Fusion.
Nella Cina degli anni '40 un fallito aspira ad unirsi alla più potente gang della zona, ma riesce soltanto ad mettere nei guai gli abitanti di un quartiere povero, che dovranno combattere contro i malavitosi.
La trama è solo una scusa per una sequenza di combattimenti strampalati tra strani personaggi.
Chow non ha perso il tocco del surreale: le battaglie sono ben coreografate, i personaggi sono
davvero strambi e alcuni momenti comici funzionano molto bene (il vecchio del manuale, i coltelli!).
Non manca il momento commovente, con il rapporto con la venditrice di gelati e l'amico.
Forse Shaolin Soccer riusciva a legare meglio tra loro le situazioni, ma nel complesso il film mantiene, almeno in larga misura, le aspettative.
Il doppiaggio, questa volta usa in maniera scriteriata gli accenti regionali italiani; si stava benissimo senza, ma nel complesso non fa troppi danni (Shaolin Soccer era inascoltabile).
Voto: 7.
Tags: kung-fu, chow, cina, parodia.
Chow, Stephen
Nome di battesimo: Chow, Sing-Chi
Data di nascita: 22 June 1962
Altezza: 5' 8½" (1.74 m)
Ultimi lavori: Biografia:Born Chow Sing-Chi in Hong Kong on 22nd June 1962, Stephen Chow spent his youth days with three sisters in Shanghai, China. He developed an interest in the martial arts after witnessing the talent of Bruce Lee, where he began training in the style of Wing Chun, which was one of Bruce Lee's specialties. His martial arts training served him well to a minimum and he incorporated it in many of his famous action films.In 1982, he graduated from high school and auditioned for an acting school run by TVB, a Hong Kong television station where he was rejected. His friend 'Waise' Lee Chi-Hung (The Legend of the Swordsman, John Woo's 'A Better Tomorrow') helped him out and he was allowed to take night classes. He graduated in 1983 and was hired to host a children's television program called 'Space Shuttle 430' even though he wasn't fond of children. This didn't stop him from carrying on his duty as he developed an off-beat rapport with co-stars of the show that audiences loved, which led the program to run for five years. During the show's final run in 1988, he broke into dramatic roles in numerous television programs and went on to star in his first feature film where actor 'Danny' Lee Sau-Yin (City on Fire, John Woo's 'The Killer') cast him in 'Final Justice' which earned him an Award for Best Supporting Actor at the 25th Annual Taiwanese Film Awards.In 1990, he introduced his incredible comedy talent in the film,'All for the Winner' which was a hilarious spin-off of the film, 'God of Gamblers' starring Chow Yun-Fat. The film became such a success that he also starred alongside Chow Yun-Fat in the successful sequel, 'God of Gamblers 2'. He excelled in the comedy genre and developed a trademark that reinvented his career in years to come as he began doing parodies of Hollywood, Japanese Hong Kong cinema films, such as 'Fist of Fury 1991', 'From Beijing with Love', and his directorial debut, 'All's Well Ends Well'. The parody film, 'Justice My Foot' earned him Best Actor of Asia at the Pacific Film Festival.His idea of combining sports with action kung-fu & comedy came into play in 2002 with 'Shaolin Soccer' where some CGI digital effects were used to help create astonishing action sequences with the help of legendary action choreographer 'Tony' Ching Siu-Tung who provided a stylized twist to the fights. The film struck gold on release, ranking the highest grossing film in the history of Hong Kong cinema with a record of HK$60 million.Finally, Hollywood took support of Chow's comedic skills and Miramax Films bought the distribution rights to 'Shaolin Soccer' and released it internationally in 2003. Following the success of 'Shaolin Soccer' Columbia Tristar released his next kung-fu comedy project, 'Kung Fu Hustle', on which he collaborated with another legendary action choreographer, Yuen Wo-Ping, to create some hard-hitting martial arts sequences, for which Wo-Ping has been famous since the '70s in Hong Kong.Stephen Chow's creativity of action and comedy continues to find new audiences and his work will continue to entertain viewers around the world for years to come.
Trivia random: Grew up in Hong Kong.
Citazione random: "Right from the beginning of my work, I wanted to capture a mass audience. And I love the unusual: you never see dancing villains. For me, there's a fine line between comedy and drama; so it's not just played for laughs. There's a little romance in this story, too - something for everybody."
Kung fu (2004)
Kung Fusion
Regista: Stephen Chow Scrittore: Tsang Kan Cheong,
Stephen Chow Genere: Action, Comedy, Crime, Fantasy
Valutazione: 7.8/10 (16697 voti)
Durata: 95 min
Paese: China, HongKong
Lingua: Cantonese, Mandarin
Cast:Trama:Set in Canton, China in the 1940s, the story revolves around a hapless wannabe gangster who aspires to become a member of the notorious "Axe Gang." Other characters include an obnoxious landlady and her apparently frail husband who exhibit extraordinary powers in defending their turf.
Trivia random: Surpassed Siu lam juk kau (2001) (Shaolin Soccer) in February 2005 to become the highest-grossing Hong Kong-made movie in Hong Kong.
Siu lam juk kau (2001)
Regista: Stephen Chow Scrittore: Stephen Chow,
Kan-Cheung Tsang Genere: Action, Comedy, Sport
Valutazione: 7.3/10 (9681 voti)
Durata: 113 min
Paese: HongKong, China
Lingua: Cantonese
Cast:Trama:After a fateful mistake costing his career, an ex-soccer player bum meets a shaolin kung fu student trying to spread the word of kung fu. The ex-soccer player helps reconcile with his five brothers, and teaches them soccer, adding shaolin kung fu as a twist.
Trivia random: All of the "Bullet Time" like effects in the film were done by only two motion picture cameras and all the "still" frames were generated with a computer.
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