Kung Fu Hustle/The Medallion (2-Disc Set; KUNG FU Full Frame) (US Version) DVD Region 1

KUNG FU HUSTLE: Stephen Chow's follow-up to SHAOLIN SOCCER ups the over-the-top action quotient by about three zillion percent. The story is set in 1930s Hong Kong, with Chow as a shaggy-haired, would-be bad guy named Sing, who gets caught up in the middle of a war between the top-hat-wearing Axe gang and the hard scrabble inhabitants of Pig Sty Alley. Chow--who wrote, produced, and directed--doesn't step in as the star here for quite a while, letting the comic duties fly in a myriad of directions: a landlady in curlers (Yuen Qiu) has a yell that can flatten buildings; people get kicked across courtyards and through walls; musician assassins whip ghost sabers from lyre strings, and a mental patient in pink flip-flops named "the Beast" (Leung Siu Lung) catches bullets in his fingers. Buoyed by SOCCER's box office success, HUSTLE uses bigger production values and a dizzying amount of CGI-enhanced martial arts (imagine Bruce Lee vs. Bugs Bunny in THE MATRIX). It's full of references to other films and filmmakers, revering spaghetti westerns and '70s Shaw brothers movies a la Tarantino's KILL BILL (fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping worked on both films). It also pays sly homage to the works of Wong Kar Wai, D.W. Griffith, Sam Raimi, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Kubrick, and Akira Kurosawa. Raymond Wong's inspired score matches each cinematic reference with the appropriate cue as the camera circles and swoops around the sprawling sets. This is a real treat, more than a great action film or comedy, it's a great film period, and one that set box office records in the East. THE MEDALLION: Jackie Chan is back in action with THE MEDALLION, yet another fast-paced martial arts action-comedy. Chan plays Eddie Yang, a Hong Kong cop who is working with Interpol officer Arthur Watson (Lee Evans) in order to protect a gifted young child. Aware that the child holds a centuries-old medallion that could give him limitless powers, Snakehead (Julian Sands) and his band of criminals kidnap the child and head for Dublin. It isn't long before Eddie arrives in Ireland where he is teamed up with beautiful Interpol officer Nicole James (Claire Forlani), who also happens to be a former flame. Together Eddie, Nicole, and the bumbling Watson manage to track down the child, but after an accident in which Eddie appears to have died, it's up to the gifted boy to put the trusty medallion to work and resuscitate him. director Gordon Chan uses special effects alongside superstar choreographer Sammo Hung's action sequences, giving the audience a double dose of adrenaline.

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Product Title:	Kung Fu Hustle/The Medallion (2-Disc Set; KUNG FU Full Frame) (US Version) Kung Fu Hustle/The Medallion (2-Disc Set; KUNG FU Full Frame) (US Version) Kung Fu Hustle/The Medallion (2-Disc Set; KUNG FU Full Frame) (US Version) Kung Fu Hustle/The Medallion (2-Disc Set; KUNG FU Full Frame) (US Version) Kung Fu Hustle/The Medallion (2-Disc Set; KUNG FU Full Frame) (US Version)
Artist Name(s):	Jackie Chan (Actor) | Raymond Wong (Actor) | Claire Forlani (Actor) | Tseng Kan Cheong (Actor) | Ken Lo (Actor) 成龍 (Actor) | 黃浩然 (Actor) | 嘉莉蘭妮 (Actor) | Tseng Kan Cheong (Actor) | Ken Lo (Actor) 成龙 (Actor) | 黄浩然 (Actor) | 嘉莉兰妮 (Actor) | Tseng Kan Cheong (Actor) | Ken Lo (Actor) 成龍 （ジャッキー・チェン） (Actor) | 黄浩然（レイモンド・ウォン） (Actor) | Claire Forlani (Actor) | Tseng Kan Cheong (Actor) | Ken Lo (Actor) 성룡 (Actor) | Raymond Wong (Actor) | Claire Forlani (Actor) | Tseng Kan Cheong (Actor) | Ken Lo (Actor)
Director:	Gordon Chan | Ken Lo 陳嘉上 | Ken Lo 陈嘉上 | Ken Lo 陳嘉上　（ゴードン・チャン） | Ken Lo 진가상 | Ken Lo
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Release Date:	2005-08-09
UPC Code:	043396121362
Language:	English
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	China
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Color
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	R (MPAA)
Publisher:	Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Other Information:	2 DVDs
Package Weight:	254 (g)
Shipment Unit:	2 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1004415457

Director: Gordon Chan, Stephen Chow

DVD Features:

2-DVD Set - Side by Side
Disc 1: KUNG FU HUSTLE - Full Frame
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Cantonese, French
DSS - English, Cantonese, French
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
Subtitles - English, French - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Cast and Crew
Behind the Scenes - "Behind the Scenes of KUNG FU HUSTLE" TV Feature
Deleted Scenes
Interview - Stephen Chow - Director/Star (conducted by Ric Meyers)
Outtakes - With Bloopers
Trailers - 1. Sony Pictures Previews
2. TV Spots
Interactive Features:
Scene Selections
Text/Photo Galleries:
International Poster Exploration Gallery
Disc 2: THE MEDALLION
Widescreen
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, French
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - Alfred Cheung - Producer
Deleted Scenes
Trailer - Theatrical