Chicken and Duck Talk

1988 [CANTONESE]

Comedy

3
IMDb Rating 7.1/10 10 995 995

Plot summary

A witty and thoroughly engaging send-up of both the fast food business and the cut-throat techniques often employed by conglomerates to crush independent competition.

Director

Clifton Ko Photo
Clifton Ko

Top cast

Ken Boyle Photo
Ken Boyle as Caucasian asking for refund
Sylvia Chang Photo
Sylvia Chang as Mrs. Hui
Ronny Yu Photo
Ronny Yu as Manhole Worker
Pak-Kwong Ho Photo
Pak-Kwong Ho as Minibus Driver
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
906.48 MB
1280*720
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 1
1.64 GB
1920*1080
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 38 min
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by DanTheMan2150AD 7 / 10

Possesses a cultural specificity and an incisive understanding of people

Rich with local detail, Chicken and Duck Talk serves up plenty of slapstick, overacting and situation comedy thanks to its satirical look at Hong Kong culture and its robust understanding of its locals. The conflict between ingrained cultural institutions, such as the Hong Kong-style café, and corporate chains like McDonald's has long been an issue in Hong Kong, and the film smartly satirises that situation. Be it the reactionary tactics that are exaggerated business strategies, using fast, cheap imitation as a way to give the business an edge. Or writer and star Michael Hui's pragmatic, penny-pinching ways are an exaggeration of the Hong Kong people and the film's local pride, whether appropriate or inflated. Ordinary people can be lousy, and the emotions they operate from are so basic that it's easy to understand and even sympathise with them. People are naturally difficult, and Michael Hui captures that reality clearly and with self-deprecating humour. While the film has mostly good intentions and a very moral heart to it, it does slip up on occasion with some questionable production values, lacklustre direction, generous overacting and dated humour. That being said, Richard Yuen delivers a suitably funky score which includes not-so-subtle riffs on both the classic James Bond theme and, bizarrely, Streets of Fire. I can't believe I even caught that. Qualifying as an accurate, if exaggerated, primer on the daily lives and ingrained values of Hong Kong and its people, Chicken and Duck Talk is imbued with a generous amount of energy that's difficult to hate, even when it's got sit-com style family conflicts, sudden introductions of sentimentality or mild cases of xenophobia.
Reviewed by XinderellaLee25 8 / 10

Not bad Funny Comedy Food film

Not sure if there's HD Blu ray version yet, funny, love the Chicken costume fights beat up Duck costume guy. It's giving me Peter Griffin vs Chicken guy. Yes Billy Yip should be added to the cast as the Taxi Driver Guy in the beginning you can see his face clearly it's him he is so recognizable. It's about 2 restaurants who opened across each other competing each other. Nothing sexual scenes. There are real life situations such as City inspector inspection of food restaurants but nothing this dramatic. It cast Ricky Hui who is also famous for his Character in Mr Vampire. It also Cast Lowell Lo who is also in many famous films such as Mortuary Blues and You Bet Your Life with Sandra Ng. Yes this has English subtitles release version available.
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