Director: Jeff Lau
Notable Cast: Vincent
Zhao, Andy On, Danny Chan, Dennis To, Ashin, Madina Memet, Jay Chou
Kung Fu League is
one of those concepts that immediately makes martial arts cinema fans excited.
Not only is it a film where they were going to, somehow, get four of the most
iconic kung fu folk heroes to team up, but they managed to grab some iconic
actors to star (or reprise) these characters – even if it isn’t the most famous
stars from the roles. Still, the time travel concept of getting them to team up
is just stupid enough to work. There are
some incredible stupid Chinese films that pull of ridiculous concepts, so the prospect
that Kung Fu League would work was
not out necessarily out of the realm of possibility.
Of course, Kung Fu
League is also a film directed by Jeff Lau. Yes, that Jeff Lau that
continually gives us some of the stupidest and most gimmicky films the last
couple of decades. Just a couple years ago he directed Soccer Killer which went viral for its spoof of various superheroes
playing the titular sport. If you haven’t seen that, I highly suggest trying to
find that clip. It’s baffling.