By 1979, kung fu cinema had covered quite a bit of territory. In order to stay relevant, filmmakers had to aim their creative juices in different directions, regardless of how outrageous or asinine the premise may look on paper. Enter director Chung Ting’s “Of Cooks and Kung Fu”, a baffling and extremely peculiar outing which features a kung fu master who practices a rather intriguing form of martial arts. Each of his moves are named after popular Chinese dishes, though how each of these skills received their respective culinary moniker is never fully explained. Then again, why should it be? Jacky Chen — yes, you read that correctly — portrays our hero, your prototypical hot-shot kung fu student who thinks he’s more dangerous than he actually is. His master, a man who many refer to as the King of Chefs, is a rather interesting follow: in addition to sleeping in the...
- 5/16/2011
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
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