It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Kung Fu World!!! (2000)
A spoof of the "investigative journalism" format of the HK TV show, "The Great Disclosure" (a program similar to "Hard Copy" and "Entertainment Weekly"). The program interweaves silly shenanigans with equally silly segments debunking common legends about Shaolin Temple, Hopping Corpses, the origins of Wing Chun, and the origins of Kung Fu in general. The film also hits on popular Qigong feats such as walking on fire, rolling in glass, breaking a spear with one's throat, and breaking bricks over one's head with a sledge hammer.
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Entertaining from beginning to end, it maintains the spirit of the franchise while establishing it's own seal with a fun cast
If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.
It isn't all that great, actually. Really cheesy and very predicable of how certain scenes are gonna turn play out. However, I guess that's the charm of it all, because I would consider this one of my guilty pleasures.
It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.