Isto é Kung Fu Hustle.
In 1940s Shanghai, petty crooks Sing and Bone aspire to join the notorious Axe Gang, which rules the town with an iron fist under the leadership of cold-blooded Brother Sum. One day, the two visit the run down Pigsty Alley claiming to be Axe Gang members, and attempt to threaten the residents before being chased off by the slum's Landlady. Sing, in an attempt to bluff them, throws a firecracker, which blows up the hat of a minor Axe Gang boss passing by. Sing blames the residents for throwing the firecracker, and the gang boss attacks a barber, only to be struck by an unseen assailant. The gang then calls for reinforcements while three of the tenants—Coolie, Tailor and Donut—reveal themselves to be Kung Fu masters and triumph over the gang members. Fearing the Axe Gang's retaliation, the Landlady quickly evicts the trio.
Infuriated by the loss of his men, Sum orders the capture of Sing and Bone, intending to kill them for causing trouble and posing as gang members. Sing narrowly frees themselves with his lock-picking skill, surprising Sum who allows them to join the gang once they have killed a man. Lamenting his failure, Sing tells Bone his story from when he was a young boy: He used his meager savings to buy a manual from a beggar, who called him "a potential Kung Fu genius", and taught himself the legendary Buddhist Palm moves. He tried to protect a mute girl named Fong from a younger Brother Sum and his gang, but was beaten up instead as the techniques he learned did not work. The defeat and humiliation convinced him that good guys never win, and to become a relentless criminal in order to survive in the world.
The next day, Sing and Bone return to the Pigsty Alley to kill the Landlady; their plan backfires, however, and Sing barely escapes from the Landlady's wrath. Seeking safety in a traffic pulpit, Sing is surprised as his body rapidly heals from the injuries sustained during the escape; the pain causes him to strike the sides of the pulpit with extreme force, covering the surface with hand-shaped impressions
Aqui está a cena que você está pensando com a "esfera de cobre":
É uma púlpito de tráfego, uma tecnologia desatualizada que envolvia estacionar um policial em um espaço elevado para direcionar o tráfego, no qual Sing fica por falta de um lugar melhor. Ele não se teleporta exatamente para isso, mas a cena corta rapidamente do fracasso para o púlpito. Aparentemente, isso é uma referência a Palma de Ru Lai que também apresentava "Palma budista", e tinha o professor moribundo dentro de um sino e o tocava para deformar e mostrar as técnicas de seu estilo a seus alunos.
O krb observa nos comentários que:
The puplit [sic] is shown 3 times. There is a scene where Sing and Bone are in the pulpit and Sing tells a story about his childhood. After Sing is bitten by the snakes he retreats there while healing, beats it up in response to the intense pain, and later claims to have no memory of how he recovered. Later when Sing is in a dire situation, the movie cuts to Bone looking up at the pulpit and seeing all the hand shaped dents left by Sing as a way of explaining to the audience what is happening to Sing at that time.
O momento do filme não funciona muito bem, já que é da 2003, mas foi intencionalmente estilizado após os filmes de Kung Fu dos 1970s.