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Genres:
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Drama
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Release:
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Director:
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Richard E. Grant
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Actors:
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Nicholas Hoult,
John Matshikiza,
Zac Fox,
John Carlisle,
Mathokoza Sibiya,
Sindisiswe Nxumalo,
Michael Richard,
Gabriel Byrne,
Emily Watson,
Julie Walters,
Miranda Richardson,
Celia Imrie,
Julian Wadham,
Fenella Woolgar,
Sid Mitchell
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Duration:
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96 min.
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Rating:
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(6.9/10)175.5
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Plot Summary:
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In Shanghai, China in the 1940s, a wannabe gang member aspires to tie the notorious "Axe Gang" while residents of a shield complex exhibit fabulous powers in defending their neighbourhood.
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Brilliant way to spend an hour and a half
Having been rather disappointed by Stephen Chow's 'Shaolin Soccer' my expectations for KFH were not that high, but this is a vastly superior film.
The merging of comedy and action is nothing new but few films manage to combine the two so successfully. The film is full of stunning set pieces, great slapstick and numerous homages to many different films. What cinema was made for.
Wah-Wah
Richard E Grant writes and directs this semi-autobiographical tale of a young boy's experiences growing up in colonial Swaziland, and his difficult relationship with his alcoholic father
Making the shift from acting to directing isn't always easy, but after an already lengthy career as a performer, Withnail & I star Richard E Grant has moved behind the camera. Wah-Wah is an engaging tale of Grant's upbringing in Swaziland during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Names have been changed and timescales compressed, but Grant insists that everything in the film is based on actual events, which makes this an extraordinarily honest piece of work, as well as a portrait of the last days of British Colonialism that's truthful but never bitter.
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