Tao tie gong

1979 [CANTONESE]

Action / Drama

5
IMDb Rating 5.7/10 10 152 152

Plot summary

Efforts of a grandfather teaching his grandson a style of fighting called "Cooking kung-fu"

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805.02 MB
1280*504
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 26
1.46 GB
1920*756
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
1 hr 27 min
Seeds 62

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 7 / 10

Among the Best Martial Arts Comedy Ever

Up there with the funniest of Jackie Chan's films. "Call me...the Devil's Disciple!"If you watch old martial arts of the 70s just to laugh at how badly made they were, this film is for you. Only it has quite a few funny intentional jokes. Having kung fu moves named after recipes? Combining martials arts training and cooking classes?The fight scenes are fairly good, very extended with lots of silly sound effects and deliberate over acting.
Reviewed by 7 / 10

Of cooks and kungfu

The King of Chefs teaches his grandson the rare and secret art of "Cooking Kung Fu",so he may avenge his parents who were killed by a jealous chef and his posse of fighters, who want to rid the country of the great chefs, their descendants and secret martial art technique.Definitely in the Jackie Chan tradition, and done quite well with a pleasant light touch of humour before the serious bits come through. There's a bit of mystery in regards to the killer - whose identity is hidden by his hat - and why he wants the king's chef dead. It's a low budget film, however it appears to have good production values. Jackie Chen is a good clone, though a little over the top in acting.
Reviewed by 5 / 10

Shows you the difference a single letter can make

OF COOKS AND KUNG FU is an obvious rip-off of the Jackie Chan movies SNAKE IN THE EAGLE'S SHADOW and DRUNKEN MASTER, concerning as it does a young goofy student who learns an unusual kung fu style at the hands of his wise old mentor and subsequently uses it to tackle a trained assassin who just so happens to be one of the most feared men in the country. OF COOKS AND KUNG FU stars favoured Chan imitator Jackie Chen, who goes to prove just how important a single letter can be.As it stands, this film isn't too shabby and there were many worse kung fu films put out over the years. However, it's not particularly good either; watchable for a fan, but off-putting for everyone else. The first half of the story is quite slow and predictable, with laboured and mannered fighting forms, but things pick up in the second half when the stakes are raised. There's a lot of waffle to get through until the decent extended fight climax. The training sequences are as fun as ever and Chen certainly supplies a lot of energy to the production, even if he pales in comparison to Chan himself. For once I enjoyed the dubbed English dialogue, full of insults and laughable threats.
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