Kung Fu Hustle | 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray (Criterion)
On February 9, 2027, Criterion is releasing the 4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray for Kung Fu Hustle, a 2024 action-comedy from director Stephen Chow (King of Comedy).
Martial-arts mayhem meets Looney Tunes invention in this outlandishly entertaining extravaganza from Hong Kong comedy legend Stephen Chow. He brings his everyman magnetism to the role of Sing, a wastrel wannabe gangster in prerevolutionary Shanghai, whose destiny is revealed after he becomes embroiled in a war between an axe-wielding gang and the eccentric residents of a tenement complex, who turn out to be formidable adversaries. Soft-shoe-shuffling mobsters, a panoply of martial-arts icons, and a climactic battle that ascends to the heavens: Chow and legendary action choreographer Yuen Wo-ping throw all this and more into a showstopper that was a resounding success both in Hong Kong and internationally.
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray Features:
- New 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- Audio commentary featuring director-coscreenwriter-actor Stephen Chow and actors Danny Chan Kwok-kwan, Lam Tze-chung, and Tin Kai-man
- New audio commentary featuring Griffin Newman and David Sims, hosts of the podcast Blank Check
- New interview with film curator La Frances Hui
- Making-of documentary featuring interviews with cast and crew members
- Interview with Chow conducted by author Ric Meyers
- Featurettes on the film’s fight choreography, production design, and costume design
- Outtakes, bloopers, and deleted scenes
- Film-to-storyboard comparison
- Trailer
- New English subtitle translation
- PLUS: An essay by comedian and writer Demi Adejuyigbe
Watch the Trailer:
