Kung Fu Hustle Blu-ray

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.

BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
• New 4K digital restoration of the director’s cut, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• 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