KUNG FU HUSTLE

Sing has learned kung fu from an illustrated booklet, obviously not the best way. He and his buddies pretend to be members of the dreaded Axe Gang in order to shake down the seemingly beaten down inhabitants of Pig Sty Alley, but they are easily defeated by the Pig Sty denizens, no matter how decrepit looking, all of whom have a martial arts specialty. Enter the real Axe Gang in search of the imposters and new victims. However, all mayhem breaks loose in the mother of all kung-fu battles. The jaw-dropping choreography of the fight scenes is both comically impossible and astoundingly athletic (with the help of a few wires). -- Chale Nafus