WHEN A COUNTRY BUMPKIN RUNS AFOUL OF LOCAL GANGSTERS, FISTS FLY IN THIS BOISTEROUS, HIGH-OCTANE ACTION FILM, AN INSPIRED HOMAGE TO JACKIE CHAN
BY WAY OF KAZAKHSTAN

KUNG FU ROOKIE

PREMIERING ON VOD & LEADING DIGITAL PLATFORMS ON MARCH 14, 2025

SYNOPSIS
Country bumpkin Timuchin comes to the city to enroll in the police academy. There he is pranked by a lovely young woman who eventually cottons to his courtship. When they run afoul of local gangsters his Dudley Do Right persona and studied obsession with martial arts send him on a bare-fisted mission to thwart the baddies on his own and rescue the damsel in distress. This inspired homage to Jackie Chan by way of urban Kazakhstan is a boisterous roller coaster ride of old school action movie thrills, spills and other hilarious antics.

 

KUNG FU ROOKIE (2024)
Directed by: Aman Ergaziyev
Written by: Anuar Turizhigitov
Cast: Timur Baktybayev, Kuat Khamitov, Irina Azhmukhamedova
Produced by: Timur Baktybayev
Cinematography by: Nursultan Bazarbay
Genre: World Cinema/Martial Arts/Comedy
RT: 90 minutes
Language: Kazakh and Russian with English Subtitles

 

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