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A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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Why this pick
Stephen Chow’s earlier live-action cartoon shares the escalating underdog momentum, gleefully impossible martial-arts physics, deadpan slapstick, and heartfelt belief in a ragtag community.
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Why this pick
Another Chow reinvention comedy: absurd rivalries and broad gags steadily transform into stylized set pieces, with an arrogant hero finding unlikely purpose among a scrappy group.
03
Why this pick
For Chow’s sharply cartoonish visual imagination and tonal whiplash, this romantic fantasy combines outrageous physical comedy, escalating mayhem, bizarre side characters, and an unexpectedly earnest moral streak.
04
Why this pick
A lighter, sports-centered match for the film’s wire-fu exuberance: an outsider with impossible skills is folded into a rough-edged team, amid broad jokes and flamboyant action.
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Why this pick
Its audacious fight choreography, DIY visual flair, and emotionally sincere family stakes capture the buoyant feeling of a live-action cartoon, led by an irrepressible young martial-arts dreamer.
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01 / THE STORY
In Shanghai during the 1930s, Sing and his sidekick Bone aspire to join the notorious Axe Gang, which rules the town under the leadership of cold-blooded Brother Sum. One day, the two visit the Pigsty Alley—the slums of the town. Claiming to be Axe Gang members, they try to blackmail the residents there, but the Landlady chases them off. Sing, in an attempt to bluff them, throws a firecracker (which he claims is a signal to summon his gangs), which blows up the hat of a minor Axe Gang boss passing by. Sing blames the Pigsty Alley residents for throwing the firecracker. The gang boss attacks a barber, only to be struck by an unseen assailant. The remaining gangs fire the signal to summon more gangs there. Three of the tenants—Coolie, Tailor and Donut—reveal themselves to be Kung Fu masters and triumph over all of the gangs. Fearing the Axe Gang's retaliation, the Landlady quickly evicts the trio.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Sing
Brother Sum
Landlord
Landlady
Coolie - 12 Kicks of Tam School
Tailor
Donut
Bone
