It's the 1940s, and the notorious Axe Gang terrorizes Shanghai. Small-time criminals Sing and Bone hope to join, but they only manage to make lots of very dangerous enemies. Fortunately for them, kung fu masters and hidden strength can be found in unlikely places. Now they just have to take on the entire Axe Gang.
Direction
Chow's Looney Tunes physics applied to wuxia—every frame is a punchline
Practical Effects
Wire-fu and CGI merge so seamlessly you'll believe a man can fly
Score
Zany cues that know exactly when to drop the Lone Ranger theme
Director
Stephen Chow
Stephen Chow
Sing
Yuen Qiu
Landlady
Yuen Wah
Landlord
Lam Tze-Chung
Sing's Sidekick
Bruce Leung Siu-Lung
The Beast
Eva Huang Shengyi
Fong
Danny Chan Kwok-Kwan
Brother Sum
Chiu Chi-Ling
Tailor
Xing Yu
Coolie
Zhihua Dong
Donut
Tenky Tin Kai-Man
Axe Gang Advisor
Lam Suet
Axe Gang Vice General
Kang Xi Jia
Harpist Assassin #1
Fung Hak-On
Harpist Assassin #2
Feng Xiaogang
Crocodile Gang Boss
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yuen Qiu (Landlady) was a retired actress and former Peking Opera star; Chow discovered her at a mahjong parlor and had to beg her to return to film.
The film pays direct homage to 70s Shaw Brothers kung fu—The Beast's toad style references the villain from 1978's 'Five Deadly Venoms,' complete with the same actor decades later.
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